I just got home from the 7 night Alaska cruise on the Noordam the week of September 26th.

I flew up the day before from Santa Ana non stop on Alaska. I landed in Seattle and took the GrayLine bus to the Sheraton. Then the next day I took some shuttle or other with our quilt group to the ship. Boarding was fast and easy. Coming home I used the transfer bus from HAL to SeaTac fine.

I am 42 year old married mom of 2 small kids and am an experienced cruiser. We are platinum with Carnival and RCCL. This was my first cruise with Holland. I was the only person in my cabin and I was with a group of about 55 quilters. We have done Alaska 3 times on RCCL. Read more