Alaskan Dream Cruises is expanding its seven-night True Alaskan Family Cruises in 2017 with an overnight stay and second day in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The extra time in Glacier Bay allows your family to spend more time enjoying the scenery and wildlife around the Marble Islands, Gloomy Knob, and Margerie Glacier. It will disembark in Bartlett Cove near the park’s visitor center, as well as in Reid Inlet, a more remote wilderness area that cruise travelers typically only sail past.  In Bartlett Cove, the only inhabited area of the park, adults and children can visit Snow, the largest humpback whale skeleton exhibit in the United States. The newly opened Huna Tribal House, also nearby, is a gathering place for tribal members and a learning place for visitors interested in Tlingit history and culture. A National Park Service ranger and a Native Huna Tlingit interpretive guide will be aboard to spend time with families and to share the park’s natural wonders and history as an Alaska Native ancestral home. Children can also become a Junior Range. Family cruises are also staffed with a designated Youth Expedition Leader, who leads activities and educational programs specific for young cruisers. The 74-passenger Chichagof Dream departs on July 9 and July 23 for this unique 7-night family sailing. Children ages 15 and under receive a 30 percent discount. These family cruises are designed and recommended for multi-generational groups and families with children age seven and up, although all ages are welcomed.