My husband and I had been talking about going to Alaska for quite a while, but always found ourselves going somewhere warmer instead. When I found out this was the last year the Amsterdam would be doing its two-week Alaska itinerary, we decided it was time to go.
We used the Holland America (HAL) website, deciding to book an inside cabin low and in the center. Our decision was based on two issues:
1. My husband tends toward seasickness, so we wanted a cabin which would be more stable.
We purposely took a central, inside room on the Dolphin Deck (lowest). Specifically, 1841. It was a bit smaller than I expected. But it was well-appointed with three closets, night stands with two drawers each, two large drawers under the bed, and a desk with a flat screen television and dvd player. We didn't have a tub, but the shower was large and roomy, which would have been our preference anyway. The nightstands' top drawers were lockable and there was a keypad safe in one of the closets.
It was a quiet room, with no noise coming from the engines or anything above us.