Alaska or Hawaii Honeymoon?
 

Hello,

I've been an avid reader of the Fodors boards for some time, but this is my first post! I am planning my honeymoon and we've narrowed it down to either an Alaska cruise or a Hawaii cruise (7/8 days). We had hoped for Europe, but it is simply too expensive fight now and these cruises appear to be on the edge of our budget. I wanted to see what everybody's opinions were on these two options.

We are from Florida and have each been on several Carribean cruises. We are both in our thirties. So the beach and watersports do not hold much appeal to us; we can do that whenever we want. We do like seeing natural beauty (unlike that which we can find in Florida), going on sightseeing boats/tours, seeing quaint towns/villages, eating good food and generally seeing the sights.

We are more into seeing the ports and the shore excursions rather than relaxing on the ship; we can relax at home. For that reason, we've tried to find itineraries that are heavy on ports and less "at sea". By the same token, we are not into extreme activities (i.e. difficult hiking, watersports, seaplanes, etc.) We are more interested seeing something magnificient and extraordinary, and something we can't see in Florida.

The problem is that it looks like Alaska (with its glaciers, mountains and forests) and Hawaii (with its volcanoes, mountains and forests) both fit the bill. With that in mind, what are your suggestions and recommendations between these two?

Confused in Florida

Congrats to you!
I too am working on honeymoon/wedding plans for HI. So I can't give any ifo there, but I have been to AK many times.
Both summer and winter. I have never done the cruise thing, so can't tell you much about it other then seeing masses of people getting off the ship.
I loved AK and think everybody should go there at least once.
I would pick AK, but again I've not yet been to HI.

My wife and I did ours in Alaska with a 7 night cruise. Being in the Navy, I was all too familiar with the Carribean so I decided to see somewhere I had not yet been to. It was indeed a great time. It was mid June. Visited Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. Toured a couple of glaciers. On the return, we spent 3 nights in Vancouver. One of my best vacations ever.