My husband and I (ages 57 and 58)took the 7 day roundtrip cruise to Alaska from Seattle, and we did it B2B. We went May 23 and then again on May 30. We live in NY and to fly to Seattle for a 7 day cruise was just not enough vacation for us. So, we decided to do the same cruise twice. People asked us why. Many people thought that we were nuts to do the same cruise twice. But, we had a wonderful time. We loved doing the same ports twice in two weeks. And each week was very different in many ways.

We flew into Seattle two days early and stayed at The Inn at Harbor Steps. Great small boutique hotel, within a few blocks of Pike Pl. Market, and with a great hot breakfast included, a fireplace in our room, and wine and cheese in the late afternoons. Seattle was very cold and rainy and I worried that I had not brought enough warm clothes, but I was wrong. Alaska turned out to be much warmer and sunnier than Seattle!

On both of our trips we traveled with friends, just different groups each week. Made for a great time. Read more