We took the southbound Millennium on August 13th. We embarked Seward in the rain, but were very lucky, other than a half day of rain in Ketchikan, we had great weather. We arrived in Anchorage at noon on the day of the cruise. We were picked up at the airport by a van and taken to the little bus station (a storefront) , we had booked the bus trip to Seward with Seward bus company. The bus was clean and ontime, although the driver did not offer any commentary or point out any landmarks on the 3 hour trip, which was a bit of a disappointment. We arrived at the cruise ship dock at 5:30pm. There was a small line which moved quickly and we were onboard within 1/2 hour.

Our cabin was 7199 a corner port side family veranda and it was great! Huge balcony which we used a lot , plenty of storage , the living room, which had two pullout couches ,and the bedroom had a sliding door between the two. The balcony had a table , four chairs and four lounge chairs as well. Perfect.

The food: This was a hit and miss situation. While the food in the main dining room was always good and our server and asst. server were great, there was not one dish that had a WOW factor. The morning buffet was good, with all the usual breakfast items, but no variety , pretty much the same everyday. And the way they have the tables set up, is terrible. You have to access the tables through a narrow walkway in each section, which is tough when it is busy. also, all of the drink stations were NEVER open, even in the crowded periods, the stations would be out of coffee or the juice machine was closed...very annoying. At lunch they had a variety of items pizza, pasta, burgers and hot dogs by the pool. At 5:30pm they had sushi and Asian stir fry , pizza and pasta this went until 9:30 after that NOTHING, unless you ordered room service. This ship did not have a regular dinner buffet, only the above items. On our last night we decided to just eat at the buffet for dinner, no one even bused our dirty plates, you were on your own. And when they say closed at 9:30, they mean it! Read more