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Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of cruise radio.

Very happy to have you here. So last week we were in the med aboard Carnival Vista. This week, we are in Alaska, in Denali at the Mount McKinley Chalet. So Holland America and Princess, they both have land and sea packages.

Kind of if you want to pair up a land tour to see interior Alaska after your cruise.

You can do that or before your cruise.

So a lot happening here in Alaska this week.

Also, at the lodge we're at, the Mount McKinley Chalet, they just opened up an entertainment center, we'll say.

It's called Donali Square. They just had a ribbon cuttingcutting ceremony for it, and it's going to be a nice place. There's a center stage where live music happens. There's an awesome new restaurant slash coffee house. Tons of local shops around here. And it's like a little village. We'll have to post some pictures in the show notes at

cruiserradi.net to show you all about it. But we talked to the president of Holland

America Line, Orlando Ashford, a little while ago. And here's what he had to say about

Denali Square. What was the goal in developing Denali Square? Yeah, so we're continually working

on trying to enhance the experience for our guests. One of the themes for Holland America Line overall is really creating space for reflection and connection,

really trying to create an authentic experience.

And so what we feel that we've done is really gotten the right balance of sort of celebrating nature and the openness and the things that make Alaska great,

but also creating a really wonderful oasis

for our guests to connect with one another and connect with that nature at the same time.

How popular is the Alaska Land Tour package?

Really popular. This is one of our strongest elements of our business. We've been serving Alaska

for almost 70 years. We'll be celebrating that birthday here, our anniversary here very shortly,

and it continues to be widely popular. It has been, and it does as we look forward.

How does the Holland America cruise experience segue into the Land Tour experience?

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