We originally booked the Hawaii to Vancouver trip, but then decided we didn't want the flight to Hawaii and then home from Vancouver. So we switched to this cruise, so we could fly round trip to Seattle. We went in a day early, stayed at the Hyatt at Olive & 8
we used Shuttle Express to take us from the airport to Hotel, next day hotel to pier and then pier back to airport - total was $108 for two. Our driver picked us up at 11:15 from the hotel and had us at the pier in 20 minutes, but everyone was directed to the overflow parking lot where we sat for over an hour. Then we were allowed a few cars at a time to go to the drop off point, where we had over an hour going through security and waiting in line to check in. We did not get on the ship until 2:00 and went directly to our Aqua cabin. All personnel were great - except for the service at the bar in the casino, where you could not get served. We ate in Blu and enjoyed every meal. We ate twice in the MDR for lunch and that was good. We had one dinner in Tuscan - excellent.
Ketchikan we walked off the ship, did no excursions,
the black out curtains need to be replaced along with the carpet. Everything else was in fine shape. We were taken care of by Marlon and he was always smiling and asking what he could do for us.
all the jewelry stores from the caribbean move to Alaska in the summer. Every stores was a jewelry store. We got off the main drag and found a store to buy Alaska xmas ornaments and pictures.
our guide was wonderful, but Mendenhall Glacier is disappointing after Tracy Arm