This was our 12th cruise with Carnival since 1998 with our 2 sons. Embarkation was a breeze. We used Carnival to transfer us from Anchorage (the Hilton) to Whittier. We found the ship to be clean and beautiful. The staff was excellent. Our room, with an wonderful view from our balcony, was spacious and our cabin steward was perfect.

Our sons have outgrown Camp Carnival, but the CC staff has always been professional. My youngest son is a special needs child and I am extremely overprotective. The CC staff has been an absolute dream on every ship we have sailed. I heard equally wonderful things about this Camp Carnival staff. My son did participate in the older teen activities and had a great time. He is 17. He made lots of friends.

We had already done a week in the Alaskan Interior (and our youngest son can't do standard shore excursions) so we did not participate in those. However, I heard rave reviews about the train in Skagway and the whale watching in Juneau. Read more