We just got back from our first cruise to Alaska and it was awesome. Having never cruised before we weren't sure what to expect, all we knew was what we had read on cruise critic and in travel books. We were not disappointed at all, we had a great time and can't wait to go on another cruise. It was just myself and my husband (mid 30's celebrating our 7 year wedding anniversary).

We arrived in Seattle the day before the cruise, we got in around 10:00am and were at our hotel the Grand Hyatt by 11:00 checked in and then decided to walk around Seattle. Seattle is a very beautiful city, made me miss living by the ocean. We walked around Pike Market , the piers (to see where we would be embarking from), had lunch at The Crab Pot which we liked , we got the Pacific Clambake which was an enormous amount of food that we couldn't even finish. After that we went walked to the Experimental Music Project Museum and Sci Fi museum, we liked the Sci Fi part the best the Experimental Music Project was just ok. A great place if you like to see artist instruments and if you like Jimmy Hendrix and The Presidents of the United States. Walked back to our hotel and then went to get a light dinner at the Palomino since we like their chopped salad. After that we did some shopping and called it a night.

Saturday woke up early, had breakfast at a place across from the hotel, I can't remember the name, it did have great Asian dEcor. Waited around then got a taxi to the pier 66. Checking in like many have said was a breeze, we were on board in no time with our sparkling wine in hand. Explored the ship, ate at the Market Cafe, had some cocktails in the java lounge until they said our room was ready. We had an ocean view room with a picture window which was great. Did the Muster drill came back, had a few more cocktails and dinner and went to sleep. Read more