American Cruise Lines  announce that its inaugural season in Alaska aboard the American Spirit has begun, with its opening 11-night Seattle-to-Juneau cruise having just been successfully completed. Weekly roundtrip cruises from Juneau will now run through early September.

Featuring a complimentary shore tour package and pre-cruise hotel stay, the seven-night 'Alaska Inside Passage' roundtrip cruises depart from and return to Juneau. Ports of call include Glacier Bay, Icy Strait/Hoonah, Skagway, Petersburg and Tracy Arm.

The ship is specially designed to navigate calm, narrow inland waterways like those of the Inside Passage,