Our first trip on Holland America and first trip to Alaska!! The total trip was just unbelievable. Took the 7 day trip north and extended it with a land tour to Denali to Fairbanks. The trip was almost perfect but I will get to that later!

We booked the trip on-line and upgraded ourselves to a suite/balcony -- would definitely recommend this to everyone -- worth every penny extra!! You would miss sooo much of Alaska without one.

Embarkation went very smoothly -- got on ship early (middle of day. Had lunch -- very good considering we had been in the airport since 4:30 a.m.! Went to our suite and was pleasantly surprised. Read more