Island Princess Review

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Cruise of a lifetime to Alaska

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shootingstar07
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jun 2008
Cabin: Balcony

PART ONE - LAND PORTION

This adventure to Alaska started in May, 2007. We had recently moved to an active adult community in Bridgeville DE. Our community started a travel club and this was the first "big" trip planned. We used a local travel agency. After much discussion, we voted on a southbound trip on a smaller vessel. Also, we were looking for a good pre-cruise package and liked Princess' Heart of Alaska 12 day cruise/tour. The tour portion of the cruise included 2 days in Fairbanks, 2 in Denali and 1 day in Talkeetna. The cruise portion was 7 nights. Approximately 30 people joined our group, all over 55 years old..

We departed home early June 4th for our flight out of Philadelphia. We were booked on Northwest Airlines with a connecting flight in Minneapolis into Fairbanks. Our flight out of Philadelphia was delayed about 2 hours. We were concerned about connecting with our Minneapolis flight. I was assured ny NWA ground personnel that they would hold that flight since Princess had 70+ passengers connecting and they would not leave without them. NWA was true to their word. We made it to Minneapolis with minutes to spare and we literally ran to make the connection. Both flights were jammed. We arrived in Fairbanks tired at 8:30 p.m. local time. Sun was still shining!!! Princess had several buses waiting, but none for us. There was much confusion with ground help saying we had to wait for another bus. When we finally got on the bus, we were given an envelope with our hotel name (Bear Lodge) room key and next day's schedule and luggage tags. Check-in was a breeze. Very nice. NOTE: take bug spray. The mosquitos are HUGE.

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Balcony

Cabin BB

Cabin A408. Small bathroom. Shower curtains instead of door - water spills over on floor. Noisy, cabin is below runners on Deck 14. Window washing boom on deck 14 partially blocks forward view. Comfortable bedding.

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