My wife & I took this cruise as an anniversary gift to ourselves. I felt I did a lot of research before booking it. We booked our air and transportation with Celebrity. Will not do that again! We left Hartford CT at 6:00 am and got to Seattle via Dallas at 3:15pm for a cruise that sailed at 4:00 pm. They were having the Muster Drill as we arrived. We checked into our CC cabin and met our stateroom attendant Jose. So far so good. We sailed to what had to be the prettiest port I have ever seen, Sitka, Alaska. Did the tourist things and departed for Hubbard Glacier. Very beautiful, but we could not get very close because of the floating ice. Not the cruise line's fault. The Captain, I am sure, did the best he could. On to Juneau & Ketchikan. If you go on one tour, take the Bering Sea crab boat named The Allian Ballad. It was in Ketchikan and is loosely profiled after the TV show Deadliest Catch. I won't give it all away, but if you have never seen a dozen American bald eagles from 20 ft away you will be blown away. We did participate in a lot of activities on the ship and had a good time. Overall this trip to Alaska was fabulous. The only regret was I thought Celebrity Cruise Lines would be a notch above the rest, and that just did not happen.