Coral Princess Review

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Alaska is Amazing!

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Sail Date: Jun 2011
Cabin: Balcony

Just a little background- my husband and I are both 28 years old, from South Florida, and have been on 13 cruises prior to this: Royal Caribbean (8), Carnival (4), and NCL (1). Alaska was one of the "pre-baby bucket list" items we wanted to check off before we think about having children.

We planned to walk to the Alaska Railroad from our hotel (Comfort Inn Ship Creek), but the shuttle driver offered to drop us off. It was literally a 5 minute walk- maybe more with our 3 suitcases. He loaded up our things- drove us across the street and unloaded our belongings. There is a large, permanent, tent to the right of the building. This is where you drop off luggage. There was a rep from Princess there who tagged our bags and loaded them in to a van. We proceeded in to the depot for check-in. We purchased the tickets ahead of time through the Alaska Railroad company website ($30 less per person than the train transfer offered through Princess- same train though). The train leaves Anchorage at 10:00am and arrives in Whittier at 12:05. Great way to travel to the ship as there are only two options- bus or train. The buses are timed due to the tunnel in Whittier being one way and shared by cars & train! It was a beautiful two hour ride along the coast, winding around the mountain edges.

Caution- Whittier is rainy and foggy more frequently than not! We emerged from the tunnel in Whittier and could barely see the ship even though it wasn't far in front of us. We came prepared with good rain coats. It never poured, just a constantly heavy drizzle ALL DAY.

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Balcony

Cabin BA

Headboard was yellowed and dirty. Cabin was perfect sized. Huge balcony was fabulous for Alaska.

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