Embarkation - We arrived early at the port and were glad that we had. Clearing US immigration took the most time. After this it was only 15 minutes to register our credit card and get our room keys and we were on board by 12.15pm.

Ship - The sun is a clean ship with very helpful staff. Our room steward Roberto looked after everything. Our daughter travelled with us and every night the sofa bed was made up and put away the next morning. The cabin was right at the Aft of the ship and was an excellent location for the Alaska cruise. it was sheltered and therefore could be used in the day when the weather was fine. There was some soot from the ship but as I was aware of the problem from information on this site we were prepared and just checked the chairs before sitting down. The bathroom and dressing area were spacious I was presently surprised. Huge Bath!!

Restaurants- Before we left I thought that we would use the speciality restaurants most nights, but after eating at the Seven seas on the first night we used this most of the time as the food was good and the choice very varied. Ate at Le Bistro twice, well worth the extra. The food and service were excellent and the view from the windows breathtaking. The buffet food was OK but the seating was lacking at busy times there was not enough seats available and people therefore used Pacific heights and sports bar tables making all these areas very full. We tended to therefore avoid this area at busy times. Read more