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[quote=Anonymous]Aww man, that's a tough one.

My Alaska trip was one of my favorite trips I've ever done, but you're thinking about a cruise. I went with my sister and we did a road trip and it was absolutely amazing. You do NOT have to do a cruise to see Alaska. Plus, we probably spent less money on our road trip than we would've on a cruise and we went for 2 weeks. We encountered many people on cruises in some areas, like Homer, Denali (for their land portion) and when I was looking into this, they were spending so much more on the same experiences we did when we booked them ourselves and did it at our own pace.

Iceland is also amazing! I went with my husband for 2 weeks in 2023 and I loved it. We did a road trip there too. For cost, it's probably about the same. Iceland will eat up your budget on your rental car, while AK will eat up the budget on excursions (which of course are optional but just add to the fun!)

I felt that we got to do much more of a variety in Alaska than Iceland. So in AK, we did:
Bear viewing w/ bush plane ride to Katmai
Boat cruise in Kenai
Glacier Landing (well, we didn't actually do this because it was cancelled due to weather but we planned it)
Full day Denali by bus (can't drive past mile 15, must take a bus). 
A few short hikes
Fishing for halibut
Glacier hike
Bush plane / overnight in Wrangell St Elais NP, with a mine tour

Iceland it was more sightseeing, hot springs, and hiking. There's stuff like whale watching, glacier hikes, snorkeling but we didn't want to do that stuff as we've done it elsewhere.

You honestly can't go wrong. 
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