Cunard 11 Night Alaska Cruise Rockies Express from Seattle to Chicago
11 Night Cunard Alaskan Cruise from Seattle with Amtrak Rockies Sleeper Train to Chicago
Includes The Seattle Space Needle Entrance Tickets
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Departure Date: 11th June 2025
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Total Nights: 17 Nights
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Cruise: Queen Elizabeth
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Package Type: Cruise and Rail
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Includes Train Travel
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Includes Hotel Stay
Cunard Line
The age of elegance lives on aboard Cunard's impressive fleet, with white-gloved afternoon teas, grand staircases, exuberant cabins and formal galas in elegant restaurants.
Now that Cunard has observed the centenary of its pioneering world cruise, the famous mantra of dignified excellence has intensified to create not just one of the greatest cruise experiences, but the finest travel money can buy.
2081
Passengers
911
Crew
2010
Launched
2016
Last refit
90900t
Tonnage
294m
Length
32m
Width
21kts
Speed
12
Decks
USD
Currency
Overview
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Return flights from the UK with baggage allowance
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One night's four-star room-only accommodation in Seattle (in hotel featured or similar)
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Tickets for Seattle's Space Needle
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11 nights' full-board cruise accommodation on board Cunard Queen Elizabeth
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Two nights' full-board sleeper roomette accommodation on the Amtrak Empire Builder train
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Two nights' four-star room-only accommodation in Chicago (in hotel featured or similar)
Cruise Itinerary
Day 1
Fly from London, UK to Seattle, USA
Transfer to your hotel for an overnight hotel stay. Seattle is perhaps not the best-known American city for British cruisers but it is a city which has lots to offer during a short stay. The shopping here is excellent, as is the dining and bars for some lively nightlife. Pike Place Market is a focal point in the downtown area and just steps away from the waterfront. For the best views of the city visit the Space Needle which was built for the Worlds Fair in 1962. This 605 foot tower is the equivalent to 60 floors high and houses the revolving Sky City restaurant open for lunch a dinner daily.
Day 2
Seattle, USA
Make your own way to the nearby cruise terminal to embark the ship.
Day 3
At sea
Relax and make the most of the myriad of facilities available on board the ship, from fantastic entertainment to delicious and diverse dining options.
Day 4
Ketchikan, USA
Ketchikan is known as the salmon capital of the world, is a quaint village, three miles long, just three blocks wide and wedged between the water and the forested slopes of Deer Mountain. The native American village is partly propped up on wooden pilings and the Totem Heritage centre houses more totem poles than anywhere else in the world. Perhaps or take a tour of the surrounding area with a very good chance of spotting majestic bald eagles that soar effortless over the inlet in their search for salmon.
Day 5
Glacier Bay, USA
Glacier Bay National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with many glaciers to see; the scenery includes tidewater glaciers, glassy water, mountains, and wildlife such as whales, harbour seals, otters and brown bears.
Day 6
Skagway, USA
Skagwayis the gateway to the Klondike and one-time boomtown of the gold rush era of 1898. This town enjoys reservation status within the national park, with its rustic boardwalks and frontier style storefronts and saloons.
Day 7
Juneau, USA
Juneau is the capital of Alaska perched on a hillside where the historical downtown buildings give it a somewhat frontier feel. 4000ft mountains create a dramatic backdrop to the city, beyond which lies the Juneau Icefield from which 30 glaciers flow, the most famous being the Mendenhall Glacier.
Day 8
Hubbard Glacier, USA
Hubbard Glacier - another scenic cruising stop. This is the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska extending 76 miles from its source on Mt. Logan in the Yukon. The cliff face you sail along is over six miles wide, 300 to 400 feet from the top to sea level and 300 feet from sea level to the bottom. As Hubbard is advancing, it creaks and groans as it moves and is a very actively calving glacier. This makes for some exciting moments when the huge chunks of ice crash into the Bay creating a wonderful sound called 'white thunder' by the Tlingit people. Small ice bergs, sometimes with sea birds or seals resting on them, float in the water which is glacial blue. Seals calve on the ice bergs here as Orca whales do not visit the bay.
Day 9
Sitka, USA
Sitka is situated on Baranof Island - in Alaska's Inside Passage and located at the heart of the world's largest temperate forest - The Tongass National Forest. This is the nation's largest national forest, covering most of Southeast Alaska and surrounding the famous Inside Passage. It offers the chance to view eagles, bears, spawning salmon, and the breath-taking vistas of "wild" Alaska. Sitka has a unique blend of Tlingit culture and Russian heritage and is surrounded by island studded waters, jagged mountains, and a towering volcano.
Day 10
Misty Fjord, USA
The spectacular Misty Fjords National Monument, lying just 22 miles east of Ketchikan, is known for its steep-walled fjords, coastal cliffs, and 3,000-foot rock walls that rise dramatically from the sea. Taking its name from the almost constant precipitation characteristic of the area, the monument is covered with thick rainforest that grows on nearly vertical slopes from sea level to mountaintops. Dramatic waterfalls plunge into the saltwater through narrow clefts or course over great rounded granite shoulders, fed by lakes, streams, and more than 150 inches of annual rainfall.
Day 11
At sea
Relax and make the most of the myriad of facilities available on board the ship, from fantastic entertainment to delicious and diverse dining options.
Day 12
Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)
Victoria (British Columbia) was once a British colonial post and is full of historic sites, public parks and groomed gardens. Here, the locals appear more British than the British. The beautiful town centre features the impressive government buildings, the Fairmount Hotel and the harbour area where pleasure boats navigate past seaplanes as they take-off and land.
Day 13
Seattle, USA
Disembark the ship after breakfast and board the Amtrak Empire Builder train service and spend overnight on board the train in a cosy sleeper roomette.
Day 14
US Rockies Train Journey, USA
Overnight on board the Amtrak Empire Builder train service in a cosy sleeper roomette. Your train journey takes you through the Cascade Mountains, Icicle Canyon and Spokane - the home of Bing Crosby. Then it’s onward through Glacier Park (where snowfall averages 100-200 inches per year) and across high trestle bridges. Montana marks the end of the Rockies and Havre is a service stop where you will have time to catch some refreshing mountain air. Wagner is where Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid pulled off their final great train robbery on 3rd July 1901. Wolf Point had a major frontier role in wolf trapping and trading and it is also the home of the Wild Horse Stampede. Fort Buford in North Dakota is where Chief Sitting Bull surrendered after the battle of Little Big Horn in 1881. The twin cities of St Paul & Minneapolis are midway between the Equator and the North Pole; and where you will have an opportunity to stretch your legs. After Minneapolis you will see 140 miles of Mississippi River farmland and river bank towns with barges and restored paddle-wheel boats. Winona, with Sugar Loaf Mountain on the right, was a ceremonial meeting place of the Sioux. The train crosses into Wisconsin at La Crosse, at this point the Mississippi River is wide, quiet and immensely scenic. Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan was initially made famous by German immigrants brewing beer and is the home of the Miller brewery.
Day Days 15 to 16
Chicago, USA
Disembark the train for two nights' hotel stay. There is lots to see and do in Chicago: - go to the beach, shop on the Magnificent Mile, stare at the reflections in the giant Cloud Gate stainless steel bean sculpture or stand on the glass Ledge 103 floors up in the Willis Tower(formerly Sears Tower), the tallest building in the US. You can enjoy a fine dining experience with a view in the Signature Room on 95th Floor of the John Hancock Building. Route 66 starts in Chicago at the Buckingham Fountain, and there is the amazing elevated CTA metro system which defines the central Loop area of Downtown Chicago.
Day 17
Fly Chicago, USA overnight to UK
Make your own way to the airport for your overnight flight home.
Day 18
London, UK
Disembark your overnight flight in the morning for your onward journey home.
Day 1
Fly from London, UK to Seattle, USA
Day 2
Seattle, USA
Day 3
At sea
Day 4
Ketchikan, USA
Day 5
Glacier Bay, USA
Day 6
Skagway, USA
Day 7
Juneau, USA
Day 8
Hubbard Glacier, USA
Day 9
Sitka, USA
Day 10
Misty Fjord, USA
Day 11
At sea
Day 12
Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)
Day 13
Seattle, USA
Day 14
US Rockies Train Journey, USA
Day Days 15 to 16
Chicago, USA
Day 17
Fly Chicago, USA overnight to UK
Day 18
London, UK
Ship Details
Cunard Line
Queen Elizabeth
Join us on Queen Elizabeth and immerse yourself in her evocative art deco elegance. This stunning Queen exudes style and has an especially refined feel. Prepare yourself for a truly remarkable voyage.
Your Hotel Stay
Mayflower Park Hotel
3 star hotel
Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago
3 star hotel
Mayflower Park Hotel
3 star hotel
Train Travel Included
Amtrak Empire Builder Train - Seattle to Chicago
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