We flew to Seattle on Saturday, July 13. We purchased the Princess transfer package and stayed at the Double Tree hotel that night. The staff at the hotel was very helpful and arranged a taxi and info for us to sightsee and enjoy dinner that night.

The next morning we were taken to the ship by a pleasant, informative driver that pointed out points of interest along the way. Embarkment went as smoothly as possible while loading thousands of people young and old on to the ship. This was the only time I felt that I was in a huge crowd. My husband and I were amazed by the open feeling on the ship after seeing all the people boarding. Even the Horizon Court, where lunch was served on embarkment day didn't have a horrible line.

Once on the ship on Sunday we went to our room and left our backpacks and then toured the ship. I was amazed had how well our cabin was laid out. We were on deck 10, cabin c504. I t was setup with a queen bed and upper berth for our 14 year old daughter. The only complaint was the upper berth's mattress was too hard so we asked our cabin steward for a topper. This solved that problem. There was plenty storage space for hanging our clothes and a cabinet with several shelves for other items. There was the bathroom dressing area and a mirror over the desk area with a blow dryer so we were not on top of each other while dressing. Read more