We were on an Alaskan cruise on the NCL Star on June 13 to June 20, 2004.

Our experiences on the trip are somewhat colored by the embarkation process in Seattle and trying to get to our tour in Victoria. This was the fourth sailing with NCL and our sixth cruise overall.

Boarding the ship in Seattle was totally a mess. NCL blames Immigration and Customs in causing the problem by interviewing each crew member off the ship causing a three hour delay. Of course in reading comments by other Cruise Critic members, they had the same problem the week before. It took us over an hour waiting in line on the streets before we even got to the building. The baggage handlers took baggage from the back of the line while those that were in line in the middle had to struggle with their bags. Read more