Alaska's Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge: The must-stay option on an Alaska cruisetour

Alaska's Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge: The must-stay option on an Alaska cruisetour

Autumn starts early in Alaska's interior. After watching the season's first snow dust the peaks of Denali National Park from my window seat in a motorcoach last August, I disembarked and took a deep breath of brisk mountain air before entering the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge's great room.A grand stone fireplace drew my gaze upward to the vaulted ceiling and rustic pine-tree-inspired chandelier. Beneath the carved wood mantelpiece, people pl…