
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Whittier to Vancouver
Alaska
Sailing Itinerary
Trip Details
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Your Ship
Luminara
Ilma's near-sister, two suites larger, and the one sent to Asia and Alaska
Aboard
- Handed over at Saint-Nazaire in June 2025 and in service since that July
- 226 suites for 452 guests, two suites more than Ilma
- Marina Beach, a floating platform with a pool open to the sea
- 731 works of art aboard, about two thirds of them commissioned for her
- Ran the line's first Asia-Pacific season and its first Alaska season
- Calls at Klawock and Wrangell, which large ships cannot work
Ashore
Where You Stop
Sitka
Vancouver
Alaska
Alaska
Tidewater glaciers calving into the sea, humpbacks feeding in the Inside Passage, and gold-rush towns you can only reach by water, on a ship that carries you to all of it while you sleep.
- Best Time to Go
- Late May through early September; the season simply does not run outside it
- Typical Length
- 7 nights round-trip, or 7 to 14 one-way with a land tour


Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (share-alike) · Re-encoded to WebP.
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