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Cruise West on Alaska

Cruise West – Cruise line stationed in Seattle, Washington. They were founded in 1973 by Chuck West,and firstly they started as Alaska tour operator. In 1990’s they wanted to expand their business, so bought some new ships and expanded their destination list with Columbia & Snake Rivers, British Columbia, California’s wine country, and into Mexico’s Sea of Cortes. They are something totally different from other cruise lines we review here, since their ships have capacity 78-138 passengers.

Cruise West Fleet

with capacity of passengers

• Spirit of Oceanus – 120 guests
• Spirit of Yorktown – 138 guests
• Spirit of Endeavour – 102 guests
• Spirit of Glacier Bay – 102 guests
• Spirit of ‘98 – 96 guests
• Spirit of Discovery – 84 guests
• Spirit of Alaska – 78 guests
• Spirit of Columbia – 78 guests
• Pacific Explorer – 100 guests
• Amadeus Diamond – 148 guests