Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge - Copper Center, Alaska

Bonnie H

Wow, this place is so beautiful!!! The drive up was amazing and the staff was great. We got there a little early but they did have our rooms ready and the rooms were super nice...BUT no refrigerator. We were not with a cruise, had our own beverages so that was a bummer. We tried to make reservation for dinner, but were told only a 5:30 or 8:30 was available but we could try the bar. When we came down at 7:30, the bar was completely full but resturant was completely empty....not sure what that was all about. Dinner was good and glad we were able to have dinner as there is no other place around this location.

Lisa N.

Out of all of the Princess Lodges in Alaska, the Copper Center is my favorite for the view of the Wrangell Mountains (10,000+ ft) in the autumn colors, relaxing vibes, and beautiful landscapes. Plus you can see the Alaska Pipeline from one of the overlooks.

They have a garden on site that they use in their salads and garnishes for mixed drinks.

There is a cozy fireplace in the main area overlooking the mountains. And, there are a few trails around the property to stretch your legs.

If you want a weekend to do nothing and relax, this is your place.

I like how the rooms were all connected to the main area like a hotel versus multiple separate buildings.

It's only a 2.5 hour drive from Valdez.

Vicky Eves

This is a nice lodge, but it feels dated and tired. The scenery is breathtaking but unless you have an excursion or tour planned there is little to do here (which might be what you are looking for). There are onsite trails, but be warned, even with bug spray the mosquitoes are relentless and I’ve never seen so many in my life! It was a nice enough stay, and served its purpose, but it doesn’t compare well to similar lodges unfortunately.

Jim Weidman

Location is wonderful. Rooms are small. Amenities are ok. Princess needs to start offering a shuttle to local places not just keeping you capti at their hotel. Also if something goes wrong on trip do not expect any help from princess management. They can't make a decision and will only communicate by random form letter under doors

Michelle D

My husband and I stayed here for a quick trip. I came along for some R&R, but we chose here to stay as my husband had business to attend to near by. When we checked in they told us our previously booked room wasn't available but we were being moved to an ADA room to accommodate cruise ship passengers taking up most of the hotel. We get to our room and while doing our standard practice of checking for bed bugs we noticed how flimsy and worn out the bed was. This is your standard spring mattress no frills. We called down to ask if we could be moved, this bed was unacceptable, they explained that they were fully booked and this wasn't possible.OK, again, we've been traveling awhile to get here, we'll suffer through the mattress. My next observation was the room with a "view" was of a roof and the chimney was also right by our window so we couldn't open the window to get fresh air without having the room smell like smoke. We went downstairs for dinner and the service was great, Tyson was very enthusiastic about his job and made it a good experience, but tables were consistently sticky (noticed this at every meal, we had 4 meals total here) and there were always floaties in the water, including the bottle they leave at the table. They don't have cream for coffee, but milk. Food was average. I'm not going to rave about it but not going to poo poo it either. I will say the salmon was perfectly cooked. I rarely order salmon out because I often find it dry, but this was great. The girls at the espresso machine in the morning were really pleasant. The atmosphere is very cozy and outside is beautiful, so many flowers (wonderfully fragrant) and an abundance of seating to choose from and enjoy the view. Back to the room, our bathroom was gross. The shower curtain was red with mildew from the bottom about 6 inches up and the handles in the shower had a build up around them that could have been easily cleaned had someone taken the time. The shower curtain was also too short which caused the water to flood the bathroom when you showered. The shower head kept flying off and would spray everywhere, this I can only imagine would be extremely difficult for someone handicap to deal with. The faucet in the bathroom sink either gave you a dribble or turbo jet stream which soaked yourself and the mirror. Our bed had hairs on the comforter and in the bed during our stay I found a long gray hair. I have dyed red hair, my husband as short dark hair. Yuck! The bedroom had dust built up in the corners. I was overall just really disappointed in the room. If my room is clean I am primarily happy, but this made me feel uncomfortable in the room. Upon check out we asked for compensation due to things described throughout our stay and their response was "We do not do that here. We are so busy and booked all the time that we do not make accommodations for things such as this." We were told the manager of the hotel would call us. She did call and apologized and said if we came back to please notify her so she could do something special for us. All in all we won't be staying here again but grateful for the experience and the beauty that surrounds the hotel.

SuperXav39

This is a very lovely lodge with friendly staff, spacious, clean and comfortable rooms, good bar restaurant with more reasonable pricing compared to the main restaurant, awesome on site shop and generous laundry machines for your convenience. Our only complaint was the 2 am fire alarm= but we got to meet nice neighbors and see the sun was still slightly out! Ha!

John Jennings

Staff are fantastic. Princess cruises need to lift their game. Very limited wine selection, everything you asked for they had run out. Half the food offered on the menu had run out. No chef Sundays so limited food offered.. Not the luxury tour that was sold to us.

Michelle Sadler

By far the best of the three princess lodges. Beautiful location. Small and intimate. Air conditioning. Lovely friendly staff. Could have stayed there the whole land trip. Just went downhill after here.