You Don't Have to Cruise to See Alaska: Taming the Wild Frontier with Adventures by Disney

Everyone enjoyed the Trail Breakers Kennel experience. Not only were we able to hold the puppies, but one of the young boys in our group was picked to be outfitted for an Iditarod race, 1150 miles long! Since none of us were ready to run the 1150-mile dog sled race (and there was no snow), we continued on our voyage.

Another day we experienced a jet boat ride along the Nenana River to visit a trapper and learn about his life. We also learned how to pan for gold, and everyone turned out a few specs richer. Later in Denali, I found a glass shop that made my gold into a unique, reasonably-priced pendant.

Along the Tanana River they have the Nenana Ice Classic which started in 1917. When will the Tanana River ice break up at Nenana? A tripod is planted two feet into the river ice between two bridges and connected to a clock. When the tripod falls the clock stops. The winner is the one that guessed the correct date, hour and minute the clock will stop. After exploring Denali National Park, four of us wanted to stay for the dog sled demonstration. Can you believe Disney took the others back to their hotel, and had the bus return to pick the four of us up later? Now that is personal service!