Alaskan Dream Cruises.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: TRAVEL

Alaskan Dream Cruises is the overnight cruise branch of Allen Marine, which has been providing day boat tours in Southeast Alaska since 1970. "We've had a lot of time to explore the area on day excursions--we had a desire to get into overnight cruise business and share Southeast Alaska for longer periods of time," says Senior VP Jamey Cagle.

Currently in its fourth year, Alaskan Dream Cruises has proved to be a unique cruise experience. Cagle says the cruises span the Southeast Alaska region, providing guests experiences in a wide range of communities, bays, and inlets from Skagway to Metlakatla.

Unlike many cruise opportunities in Alaska, the company's three vessels provide eight-, nine-, eleven-, and thirteen-day cruises and accommodate forty to sixty guests. "Being smaller cruise ships, we are able to explore smaller bays and inlets," Cagle says.

Alaskan Dream Cruises is an Alaska Native, locally owned business. "We have a Native expedition leader on board [every cruise] who shares the culture of the area, [and] we visit several Native communities," he says.

Cagle...