Background Information
This was our first cruise, and the first time we had ever looked into cruising, so we did a lot of scoping out the best price. We looked at third party website, and also the cruise line websites and found that we could always get a better price when dealing directly with the cruise line. We also talked to a few travel agents, but again found we could get a better deal on our own. We choose to leave from Vancouver, since we live here and all we had to do is take a 15 minute taxi ride and we were right at the port. It couldn't have been easier.
My husband and I (28) went with our daughter (18 months) and my mom (71),