My boyfriend and I found a last-minute deal for the Inside Passage on the Golden Princess a month before we set-sail. I did a lot of research on what to do before going, but decided to wait until we found out what the weather was like before booking any excursions (a 7 hour hike in the rain was not what we wanted to do). Well, Princess closes their online excursion reservation system at least a week before leaving and many outside companies don't have spots left. So, we went on the cruise without much of a plan, and it all turned out for the best.

Before Cruise/Transportation:

We flew into Seattle the Friday before the cruise in order to allow for Airline mishaps and to spend some time in Seattle. We found the lightrail train system was 2.75/pp and went directly from the airport to downtown a block away from our hotel. We stayed at The Rosevelt from a priceline "name your own price" of $110.00 and it was right in the middle of everything. We visited the old side of town for dinner, and Saturday morning we went to The Market to see the fish throwing and had breakfast overlooking Puget Sound. We also went on the monorail to the Space Needle. While prices to go up were steep, it was something we needed to do! We hit up a grocery store across from our hotel for our 2 bottles of wine allotment on the cruise and got a taxi ride for $12 dollars to Pier 91. Read more