Alaska has been on my bucket list for a long time. This year we took the plunge and booked a 7 night Vancouver Round Trip cruise to Alaska on the Celebrity Century - myself, my husband and our four kids ages 10, 13, 14 and 16. It was a wonderful family adventure enjoyed in different ways by all of us.

As we live in Victoria on Vancouver Island, we traveled by ferry to Vancouver. As walk on passengers we then took public transit (one bus and then sky train - fairly easy even with large suitcases)to Canada Place. Embarkation was very smooth - the only slow area was through US customs, a long line but lots of agents working so it went fairly quickly. Before we knew it we had gotten our sea passes and were on board.

I had read many things about the Century, but as a first time cruiser I found it to be a lovely ship, with beautiful woodwork and bright, spacious public areas. It was spotless throughout and crew could be seen cleaning and polishing around the ship at all times. The large staircase mid ship is beautiful, and the many areas of the ship like rendezvous square, the crystal lounge, hemisphere and the main pool deck provided ample space - it never felt overly crowded, even though the ship was close to full. Yes, there was some wear and tear and updating could be done, but overall it was in very good repair and because it was always so clean it was nice to be anywhere on the ship. Read more