This and a short trip on the Golden Princess a month earlier were an introduction to the newer Princess ships. These are nice ships, and the visits to the glaciers and the scenery in the inland passage are the highlights of this particular voyage. This is especially true with the number of cruise ships overpowering Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan these days. We had been on an inland passage cruise on the old Regal Princess in 1993, so the ports were familiar. We were blessed with beautiful weather for this trip, which came on the end of a tour also blessed with seeing Mt. McKinley for at least some portion of the day all four days.

FOOD We do traditional late seating dining and the service was spectacular, really made the evening meal a treat. Menu variety was good, and the only thing that would have made it better would have been a nice lamb chop or leg of lamb one night. We also generally have breakfast and lunch in the dining rooms and these were very enjoyable. The breakfast menu could be better with additions such as corned beef hash, and beans. We also tried the pizza available on deck and it was very nicely done. A couple times we tried the buffet and were not impressed. Breakfast lacked fish dishes. Usually you expect to see at least salmon available, and the size of the buffet itself seems cramped, too crowded to be a pleasant experience. We had taken a trip recently on the Golden Princess and it had the same "too small" feeling.

ROOM The rooms are configured with what is essentially a dressing area between the bathroom door and the closet space. This appears a little strange at first, but it works well in practice and it is an improvement over the "in-line" configuration on Read more