Enter the Gold Rush Training Camp, to learn how to extract paydirt, sluice, and assay your results. Learn the art of gold panning with a humorous and educational show. Practice your technique in heated troughs. Authentic gold is guaranteed! Weigh your fortune with our assayers. Meet canine athletes that have run the world-famous Iditarod race as well as our experienced mushers. Hear about the history of this breed through personal stories and an amazing collection of the gear necessary on long-distance races like the Iditarod. Observe the musher hooking them up to an authentic sled for a fast practice lap around the track. The next generation of puppies are there to cuddle and hold. Puppy kisses guaranteed! Take a guided tour of the 350-ton Sixty Mile Dredge – one of the last rescued authentic gold dredges used for placer mining. Take a break with lunch at the Alaskan BBQ where our menu is based on Alaskan home-grown foods and finish with a campfire complete with s'mores, or soda floats (weather dependent), lots of performances, and laughter with our costumed characters. You will return to the ship not as a cheechako (newcomer to Alaska) but as a seasoned sourdough (someone who has experienced Alaska and is now a part of its history and culture) with lots of memories to share back home.