The 2026 Alaska cruise season has kicked off in a big way from Vancouver, Canada, and Seattle, Washington. This year – the busiest on record in terms of the sheer number of passengers set to visit the Last Frontier – sees plenty of new entrants to the region, including MSC Cruises and Virgin Voyages.
Virgin Voyages made its maiden call into Vancouver on 11 May with the arrival of Brilliant Lady – just one of the 360 individual vessel calls that the Port of Vancouver is expected to receive this season.
MSC, meanwhile, welcomed the newly refitted MSC Poesiato its new summertime homeport of Seattle, where the line will operate its first