We(wife,3year old son and myself) took the cruise to Alaska from Seattle on the Golden Princess.Our cruise was a 7 night cruise in the last week of July, 2008.
Embarkation Port.
We arrived at the Seattle port at 11:00am.The brochures had mentioned that "boarding would start at noon" and it would be preferable to arrive after 1:00 pm to avoid the crowds.Thus , we thought that it would be a long wait.But no,it was avery smooth and great start to the vacation.