TRAVEL INSURANCE

Optional trip cancellation/medical insurance is available and strongly recommended. Insurance premium is due with deposit and is refundable up to final payment date. The premium is $373 per person for Inside and Oceanview Staterooms and $435 for Balcony Staterooms.

PRICING FOR LAND & CRUISE TOUR

INTERIOR STATEROOM 143 square feet

$5,469 –per person (2 in a cabin or room) $373 per person Travelex Insurance

OCEAN VIEW STATEROOM (picture window) 161 square feet

$5,869 (2 in a cabin or room) $373 per person Travelex Insurance

BALCONY STATEROOM (veranda) 205 square feet

$6,669 (2 in a cabin or room) $435 per person Travelex Insurance

PAYMENT POLICY

A $500 per person deposit is due no later than February 19, 2019 to secure your reservation. First come, first served. Final payment is due no later than March 22, 2019. Please make checks payable to USS Tours, Attn. Pat Brown and mail to 125 W. Main Street Springfield, Ohio 45502. Phone: (937)-323-4948.

USS TOURS MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

All those purchasing a USS Tour must have a current United Senior Services Membership. This policy was established to insure fairness and consistency with our members.

REFUND POLICY

100% of the tour cost will be refunded on all cancellations made prior to final payment date. Cancellations made after final date are subject to cancellation fees assessed by hotels, attractions and ground operators if insurance is not purchased.

VALID PASSPORT REQUIRED(cannot expire before January 18, 2020)

PASSPORTREQUIRED

The Last FrontierJULY 18-30, 2019

YOUR ITINERARY

Cruise/Tour Includes: ✔ Round-trip air

✔ All airport transfers

✔ Alaska coaches throughout

✔ 4-nights land-lodging

✔ Baggage handling throughout

✔ Fairbanks Alaska Salmon Bake

✔ Fairbanks City Tour

✔ Iditarod Sled Dog Kennel

✔ Gold Dredge #8

✔ Denali 7-hour Wildlife Tour

✔ Alaska Zoo

✔ All air, cruise and hotel taxes and fees

✔ All sightseeing and entrance fees according to itinerary

✔ All gratuities for drivers, train attendants & step-on guides during land tour

✔ 7-night NCL Cruise & all onboard meals

✔ Cabin credits of $50 inside, $60 Ocean View & $100 Balcony

✔ Compliments of USS Tours: choose 2 of the following cabin packages: unlimited beverage pkg., specialty dinner pkg., 20 photo pkg., 20-minute internet package or $50 per cabin shore excursion credit!

✔ Professionally escorted

Day 1: Depart Springfield for the Port Columbus Airport and your flight to Fairbanks, Alaska accompanied by your USS escort. Your Norwegian Cruise Line Tour Director will greet you at the airport to welcome you to Fairbanks. The remainder of your day is free to explore and prepare for an unforgettable journey in the days ahead accompanied by local Alaskan guides and your USS Escort.

Day 2: Your guide will greet you at your hotel this morning. Today, you’ll enjoy a visit to the historic Gold Dredge #8 where you will get the chance to do some gold panning just like the early pioneers of Alaska. You can even turn your gold into jewelry at the Dredge’s gift shop! Then board your deluxe motorcoach for a city tour of Fairbanks before stopping in historic downtown for lunch on your own. This afternoon, learn about the Alaska state sport of dog mushing with an included stop at a local Iditarod Sled Dog Kennel. You’ll be amazed to learn about the musher, the dogs, and even get to hold a future champion puppy in your arms! Tonight a special treat, an authentic Alaska Salmon Bake featuring all-you-can-eat wood-grilled salmon, beer battered cod, slow roasted prime rib and a dedicated dessert cabin, the only one in Alaska!

The Last Frontier

PASSPORTREQUIRED

JULY 18-30, 2019

Maybe it’s the pure mountain air of Denali, or the awe of watching Orcas slip through the icy waves. Maybe it’s the cultures that have thrived for hundreds of years, or the land that looks like

it has never been touched. All of these things and more combine to create a magical land

called Alaska. For those who have dreamed of experiencing “The Great Land”, wait no

longer. USS Tours will make your dream a reality!

Day 3: This morning, travel on the Alaska Railroad

to Denali National Park with 360-degree

views from your deluxe dome railcar seats. As

you travel through the high tundra plateau into the gorgeous

scenery of the Healy Gorge and Canyon, be watchful for wildlife. This afternoon we arrive in Denali and prepare for an incredible 7-hour Wildlife Tour as you travel 53 miles into Denali National Park in search of the Big Five: Dall Sheep, Grizzles, a glimpse at the magnificent Denali, Moose and Caribou. Return to Denali for dinner on-your-own and a good night’s sleep. While in this beautiful park, take time to experience the solitude and tranquility of this 6-million-acre wilderness.

Day 4: Your morning is free for optional activities in Denali like horseback riding or rafting on the Nenana River. Later in the day, board the Alaska Railroad from Denali to Talkeetna, again in a deluxe dome railcar. Talkeetna has an early Alaska flavor. Log cabins, road house and dirt streets with a hand-carved sign that says “Welcome to Beautiful

Downtown Talkeetna”!. Located at the base

of North America’s tallest peak, Denali,

Talkeetna is an excellent vantage point for photos. The upper

half of Denali is permanently

covered with snow and has 5 massive glaciers on

its slopes! Later continue via motorcoach from Talkeetna to Anchorage where you will check into your hotel for the night.

Day 5: This morning, coach to the Alaska Zoo exhibiting the widest variety of animals native to the state of Alaska. This afternoon, board Norwegian Cruise Line’s exclusive Cruisetrain for the journey from Anchorage to Seward in a single-level glass-domed railcar. During the journey, take in the sprawling views of Alaska’s picturesque glaciers. Upon arrival in Seward, board your cruise ship for a fantastic 7-day Alaska Cruise.

Day 6: Today get up close and personal with the gigantic Hubbard Glacier, North America’s largest tidewater glacier. It’s 1350 square miles of blue ice extends into part of Yukon, Canada and is one of the most active (calving) in Alaska.

Day 7: Icy Strait Point is owned-and-operated by Alaska natives, supporting the community of Hoonah, Alaska’s largest Native Tlingit village. The Hoonahs are dedicated to providing every guest local Native culture and hospitality. Activities include: a drive to the top of 1550’ Hoonah Mountain. Your driver will narrate as you pass through the village of Hoonah and then up the mountainside.to the world’s largest Zip Rider, with six 5,330’ long ziplines dropping 1330’. Or go whale watching with your onboard naturalist as you explore Alaska’s largest summer population of humpback whales

Day 8: Next port, Juneau. Opt for a tour of Juneau’s only drive-up glacier, Mendenhall, and a must-see is the Red Dog Saloon where sawdust, a honky-tonk piano and swinging doors beckon you to enjoy a frosty brew. Don’t forget to take a picture of the 1000 lb Kodiak Bear. Or, take the Mount Roberts Aerial Tramway ascending to 1,800’. A restaurant, theater, nature center and retail shops are located at the top of the tramway, as well as a trail up the mountain to a large cross erected by Roman Catholic Father Brown in the early 1900s.

Depart Juneau and cruise Tracy Arm Fjord and its twin Sawyer Glacier. Sailing past Tracy Arm, your ship can cruise within ½ mile of Sawyer, where there are often 100-200 seals on the ice flow.

Day 9: In a single year from 1896 to 1897 this remote town grew from a few tents to a city of 20,000 gold seekers. Today, travelers come in search of other riches—to experience yesteryear along Skagway’s boardwalk lined with buildings that replicate those Gold Rush Days. Choose an excursion to see the Gold Rush Cemetery (Alaska’s Boot Hill) or the Trail of ’98 Museum. Or, board The White Pass Narrow – Gauge Railroad linking Skagway with Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory. The train will climb to an elevation of 3,000’ allowing you to view the routes

that the gold miners used; Chikoot Trail, White Pass Trail and the

infamous Dead Horse Gulch where 3,000 horses died carrying the required one-ton of provisions needed for the journey.

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE’S CRUISETRAIN

DENALI NATIONAL PARK

ICY STRAIT POINT

SKAG WAY BOARDWALK

INSIDE PASSAGE

RED DOG SALOON

ALASKA DOME RAILCAR

Day 10: While in Ketchikan, discover the totem that brings good fortune by rubbing its belly at Saxman Totem Village

displaying the largest collection of totems in the world or the Raptor Center for rescued

eagles. Or, opt for a flightseeing tour to Misty Fjords National Monument with its snow-capped mountains and ice blue lakes.

Day 11: Shaped by the staggering force of massive glaciers millions of years ago, the Inside Passage boasts wildlife-filled fjords and lush island scenery — habitat for bald eagles, sea lions, porpoises and whales. Its mountains are carpeted with majestic forests. Inside Passage Alaska is home to Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Indians. Have your camera or cell phone at-the-ready.

Day 12: Disembark your ship in Vancouver, B.C. and board your private coach for a narrated tour of the city including Chinatown; Stanley Park with views of immaculate gardens and Gastown, the oldest neighborhood in Vancouver featuring a working Steam Clock, one of only a few in the world! Enjoy lunch on your own before transferring to the airport for your late afternoon flight.

Day 13: Arrive at Port Columbus Airport for your transfer home.