Island Princess Review

Northbound Cruisetour - Fantastic cruise, so-so land tour

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colorado_cruiser2010
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2010
Cabin: Mini-Suite with Balcony
Traveled with children

This was a family cruise - my husband and I (mid-40s) and 3 kids (20, 18 and 5). We selected a cruise because we thought there would be something for all ages. The travel agent selected the Island Princess, and she made a fantastic choice. Overall, the Island Princess met or exceeded our expectations in almost every area. The land portion of the trip was not quite as great, which I will explain below. The cruise stopped in Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau and then Whittier.

The boat left on Monday; we flew to Vancouver and stayed at the Pan-Pacific the night before. I HIGHLY recommend staying at the Pan-Pacific. It's a great hotel, and you can't beat the location. Best of all, they will take your bags directly from your room to the ship - no shlepping bags! We got both a city view and a harbor view - the harbor view was not worth the extra money. The harbor view room was MUCH smaller than the city view, and not as nice.

Embarkation was pretty smooth - a little bit of sit and wait around, but overall was pretty good. Most of our bags were in our rooms when we got them, except for one. Our son's bag wasn't there - finally after several hours we called and they said they had held it because he packed a knife on it (we were unaware he had done so). They held the knife, and delivered the bag.

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Mini-Suite with Balcony

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Overall good cabin in more or less the middle of the ship. Lots of room for storage, good size bathroom. Good for parents/small kids, would NOT recommend the mini-suite if the 3rd and 4th people are over about 14.

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