Why Alaska Cruises Will Be Busy This Summer - And How to Avoid Crowds on Your Sailing | The Points Guy

Alaska’s 2022 cruise season is about to begin in late April, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the busiest ever.
Voyages to Alaska resumed last year, but with COVID-19 numbers down this year and more capacity in the region, passengers are more eager than ever to return this summer. With popular ports, such as Juneau, typically seeing as many as 14,000 cruise passengers on days when five or six ships call there, The Points Guy thought it would be helpful to outline a few ways cruisers can avoid the crowds.
Read on to find out what’s going on in the Last Frontier, just how shoulder-to-shoulder the tourist situation might be this year and what you can do to steer clear of the masses on an Alaska cruise.