Background:
My husband and I live in the Pacific NW so leaving from Seattle is very easy for us. It's a 2.5 hour drive but we still came up a day early to enjoy some of what Seattle has to offer. This was our second cruise on NCL (and overall) and we did the same itinerary last year. We enjoyed it so much that during our cruise last year, we booked again for this year. Alaska has so much to see and do that we didn't find ourselves getting bored at all.
The hotel was nice and because of my status with Marriott we were upgraded to a suite, but it was close to the road so it was kind of noisy. We had a great view of the water though. We had dinner at the Fish Club which is normally a good choice, but my dinner was terrible. Hubby liked his though.