Days 8-10 Alaska Cruise/Land Adventure With Holland America. Train from Anchorage to Denali

Going to Alaska and taking a cruise has been near the top of our bucket list for a while. We are so happy our travel agent suggested Holland America. We didn't want Disney World on a ship. We wanted a comfortable way to see the beauty of Alaska and experience a cruise.

Our cruise ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam is perfect. 86,700 tons, 936 feet long, top speed of 27.5 MPH, 929 crew and a guest capacity of 2,106. On this cruise there are about 1200 guests. We love it.

Day 8 - The cruise portion of our adventure is over. We ride a Cruisetrain from Whittier to Anchorage and stay in the Westmark Hotel.

Day 9 - We ride the Holland America McKinley Explorer train from Anchorage to the McKinley Chalet Resort for two nights and get our first view of the Denali Mountain.

Day 10 - We ride a National Park Service bus into Denali and become part of the 30% of people that actually see Denali. It is often covered by clouds