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By Mike Miller

Hotel Booking For Alaskans and Alaska visitors who yearn for a different kind of day cruise in Southcentral or Southeast Alaska there's good news this spring, summer, and fall from the folks at the Alaska Marine Highway System. And we're talking fast ferries here -- sleek, spiffy double-hull catamarans that can transport passengers from Cordova to Valdez or from Juneau to Skagway faster than you can say "Beam me up, Scotty."

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Cheap Hotel Two high speed ferries will offer this kind of service: the M/V Chenega will home port in Cordova and the M/V Fairweather will be based in Juneau. Each ship is barely a year old and can accommodate up to 150 passengers. And each boasts a comfortable observation lounge that can accommodate all 150 travelers. Or, for a change of perspective, 109 of these passengers can travel in either vessel's mid-ship area. The interior space features a combination of reclining airliner-type seats and table arrangements with some zones dedicated to work and study. Additional seating is available in the ship's exterior solarium, located aft. There are no passenger cabins. Each ship offers a full-service snack bar and can carry up to 35 cars.

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Flight Booking From Cordova, the Chenega will offer daily service through Prince William Sound to Valdez and Whittier, both connected by road to Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska.

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Travel Agent From Juneau the Fairweather will offer non-stop sailings to Sitka, Haines, and Skagway, the latter two connected by highways to the main body of Alaska via Canada's Yukon Territory.

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Online Booking More good news: Starting May 1 passengers will get a new 30 percent discount on one-way and roundtrip Chenega travel between Cordova and Valdez and between Cordova and Whittier. The discounted fares will be valid May 1 through September 30.

Travel Health Insurance This translates into one-way fares of $34 for adults 64 years and younger and $24 for seniors 65 years and older on the Valdez run. Between Cordova and Whittier the fares are $60 and $43, respectively. The 30 percent discount also applies to children's fares, cars, bikes, and kayaks.

Hotel Reservation In Southeast Alaska the same discount - 30 percent - applies to trips between Juneau and Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park, May 1- August 16. Fares will be priced $28 for adults and $20 for seniors. Between Juneau and the picturesque small community of Pelican, fares will run $34 for adults and $24 for seniors from May 1 through September 30. (Please note: The Bartlett Cove and Pelican trips will be aboard either the traditional ferry vessel LaConte or the Aurora, not the Fairweather.)

London Hotel Booking Chenega's Spring Schedule in Southeast

Discount Travel At present the Fairweather is laid up for engine repairs. In the meantime, until mid-April when the Fairweather returns to service and the Chenega heads to southcentral Alaska and its Cordova summertime homeport, the Chenega is providing fast ferry service between Juneau and Sitka on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and between Juneau and Haines/Skagway on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Orlando Hotel The Juneau-Sitka trips depart at 8 a.m. for an approximately four and a half hour journey to Sitka (depending on tides in Sergius Narrows), then a departure from Sitka at 1:30 p.m. with arrival back in Juneau around 6 p.m. - again depending on tides.

Booking Agency Chenega's Juneau departures for Haines/Skagway are at 8 a.m., arriving in Haines in two hours and 45 minutes. The vessel will then execute a 30-minute shuttle Haines-Skagway-Haines for a southbound departure to Juneau at 12:15 p.m. Arrival in the capital city will be at 4:45 p.m.

International Travel Medical Fairweather's Summer Schedule in Southeast

New York Hotel May 1 through September 30, 2006 the fast ferry Fairweather will again sail the popular routings that garnered the vessel high praise in summer '05: Juneau non-stop trips to and from Sitka, Haines, and Skagway. The schedule is especially attractive for both Alaskans and visitors from Outside who are looking for a one-day cruising excursion or a two-day (or longer) overnighter. Here's how it all shapes up:

Online Travel Booking On Mondays and Wednesdays, Fairweather will depart Juneau's ferry terminal at nearby Auke Bay at 8 a.m. for a 12:30 p.m. arrival in Sitka. Departing from Sitka at 1:30 p.m., the vessel will arrive back in Juneau at 6 p.m.

Travel Medical Insurance Tuesdays, the vessel will leave Juneau at 8 a.m., arrive in Skagway at 10:30 a.m., depart at 11 a.m. and be back in Juneau at 1:30 p.m.

Miami Hotel Thursdays through Sundays Fairweather will provide two round trips, one to and from Haines and the other to and from Skagway. The first will be an 8 a.m. departure from Juneau with a 10:15 a.m. docking at Haines; departure from Haines at 10:45 a.m. and arrival back in Juneau at 1 p.m. After a half-hour turnaround, the vessel will leave Juneau at 1:30 p.m., arrive in Skagway at 4 p.m. then depart Skagway at 4:30 p.m. for an arrival back in Juneau at 7 p.m.

Air Deccan Booking You can make reservations for either vessel at http://www.ferryalaska.com or by calling toll free 800-642-0066.

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Alaskan travel writer Mike Miller lives in Juneau where his current passion is publishing an information-packed website about Alaska cruising and ferry travel: http://www.AlaskaCruisingReport.com. Miller has authored or contributed to a number of books (Fodors, Sierra Club Books, Globe Pequot, The Milepost and others). He also writes for TravelAge West (for travel agents) as well as for major newspapers and magazines.

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Hilton Hotel Alaska travel writer Mike Miller lives in Juneau where he publishes the Alaska cruising website http://www.AlaskaCruisingReport.com. The site covers virtually every facet of cruiseship travel in Alaska. He also writes newspaper stories, magazine articles, and books (Fodors, Sierra Club Books, Globe Pequot, AlaskaBooks, and others)

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