Nightlife

The main evening event is the concessionaire's Cabin Nite Dinner Theater, at the McKinley Chalet Resort (tel. 800/276-7234 or 907/683-8200), a professionally produced musical revue about a gold-rush-era woman who ran a roadhouse in Kantishna. You can buy the $57 tickets (half price ages 2-12) virtually anywhere in the area. The actors, singing throughout the evening, stay in character to serve big platters of food to diners sitting at long tables, doing a good job of building a rowdy, happy atmosphere for adults and kids. Shows happen nightly at 5:30 and 8:30.

Princess Cruises and Tours puts on its own evening show, The Music of Denali, at the Denali Princess Lodge. The musical performance lasts an hour, the entire dinner 2 hours. Tickets are for sale at the hotel's tour desk (tel. 800/426-0500 or 907/683-2282) for $49 (half price ages 6-12).