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The third and final stop on this Alaskan adventure is Ketchikan, where passengers will get a taste of Alaska's native history and a dose of local celebrity.

The Disney Wonder's first Alaskan port of call is the gold rush town of Skagway, where prospectors flocked by the boatload in 1896 after the glittering ore was discovered.

Mickey Mouse will be spending the summer of 2012 in New York, as Disney Cruise Line launches cruises from the Big Apple. Disney will also be cruising from Galveston, Texas and Seattle for the first time next year.

An Anchorage state representative decided to take a long trip including a 12-hour ferry ride back to Alaska rather than submit to an "invasive" pat-down by TSA screeners at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Tourists who want to view Alaska's Pacfic walrus may want to do it sooner rather than later. The Interior Department has decided that global warming is threatening the Pacific walrus, but will not put it on the endangered species list quite yet.