We took Norwegian Sun for our 15 days Panama canal cruise in the end of April this year (see review) and thought that was the our last cruise trip for this year. Then opportunity rise and we ended booking this 14 days, back to back, Alaska trip. This was our fifth trip to Alaska and we pretty well been in every port except Icy Strait point which just open up recently.

Everything on the ship was as good as that mentioned in my previous review for the Panama canal. This time, we booked the picture windows suite (8th floor, forward) on the 1st 7days and unobstructed view, 6th floor forward, on the 2nd 7th days. Both rooms were good, but I enjoyed the 6th floor one better because it was close to the walking deck and the restaurants which located on the middle and end of the 6th floor. Also, I enjoyed taking photo, and walking deck is a great place to get a close up shoot for the whales and other sea animals.

The only negative part of 6th floor was that there are people walking outside of your window from 8am to 8pm. For me, it was not an problem because the windows were coated with refractive and very difficult to see inside from the outside, one has to try every hard and has their own faces exposed for a long time at the window before they could see anything. In the evening, it would be a different story but the section were blocked after 8pm. Both room have big windows. Read more