This trip was to celebrate my 50th birthday, I traveled with my husband, 11 year old son, mother & uncle. We did the 7 day cruise/4 day land tour, left from Vancouver on the Coral Princess. We enjoyed the time on the ship and enjoyed Alaska, we did not enjoy the Cruise version of Alaska, if I see one more jewelry store!!! If you want to experience Alaska you really need to do the excursions, or plan things to get out past the towns!

Cruise boat thoughts:

Dining - We ended up doing any time dining & had no issues, usually ate around 8PM because we were just so busy, we always got seated by a window, a few times we sat with other people & enjoyed it each time. Had no issues with the staff in the dining room, they were all very friendly & helpful. We enjoyed the food in the dining rooms vs the buffet, all the different types of food on the buffet with the smells going on just got to me, but each night I had to check what they had & try the different cheeses they sat out! As an option, you could get your food & sit by the pool vs in the buffet room. For breakfast we tried the dining room but ended up at the buffet most mornings because it was fast & easy. Lunch was usually in port so wed stop somewhere in town. On ship we tried the English Pub lunch one day, enjoyed the Shepards pie but the fish & chips were tough, otherwise we did the buffet or pizza. Read more