Sometimes the quality and enjoyment of a vacation can be affected by the beginning and end, fortunately in this case I can separate them.
We chose to use Princess Air Scheduling because of the open-jaw airline flights. For those of you not familiar with the term is means using two separate airports, and in the case of this cruise those happened to be Arrival in Vancouver, B.C. And departing from Anchorage, AK. Surprisingly to me the outbound flight on US Air was on time and the crew was friendly, arrival in Vancouver I had requested a wheelchair, none was there. I made SEVERAL requests to the US Gate Personnel, (Less than helpful) and after waiting nearly one half hour we decided to walk. Vancouver Airport is a pretty good hike for someone with bad knees. Anyway after retrieving our luggage we boarded the bus for the trip to the pier.
This was our sixth cruise on Princess and the second on The Island Princess,as well as our fourth Alaska Cruise with other on Celebrity, 7 night, Princess 7 night plus land, and Holland American 14 night.
Princess cabins are adequate size like most cruise ships the bathroom is so small you have to go outside to change your mind.