I was sceptical at first when we booked our Alaska cruise as we live "near Alaska" approx 90 miles from Ketchikan as the crow flies. We see eagles, bears, moose, whales, and snowcapped mountains on a regular basis. We wanted to go with friends from back east so decided on an Alaskan cruise, but right up until a month prior we were not that thrilled..we wanted to see palm trees and tiki huts on our vacation, not snow!
We had cruised several times before on most of the other lines but this was our 1st time with H.A. and also Alaska.
We boarded the Zaandam in Vancouver on a wet a dreary day and were pleasantly surprised once we got on board. It was a much smaller ship than we had sailed before but we found it very easy to navigate and never got lost!
The room was stellar! Great service from Sandi! The beds were deliciously comfortable!