This is our 2nd cruise with Princess and 6th cruise overall. My wife and I traveled with our two older (20 and 22) children. This was our first cruise to Alaska. All of our other cruises have been in the Caribbean. We booked the 14 day Off the Beaten Path cruisetour, of which the 7 day Voyage of the Glaciers cruise was the first week.

Getting there. We flew into Vancouver the day before the cruise to avoid any potential conflicts on cruise day. Vancouver was very nice and we wished that we had come a day earlier to spend some quality time there. As it was, we had an enjoyable short visit. We stayed at the Century Plaza Hotel and Spa. The hotel was nice enough and in a good location. Since we got there early, they were nice enough to hold our luggage for us until the rooms were ready. We were within easy walking distance of downtown. Definitely could've spent more time there as the limited time held us back from doing anything time consuming.

Embarkation: This was very easy as time from getting out of the taxi to in the room was 30 minutes or so. I have to give it to Princess; they have people moving down to a science. They keep everyone moving to the point where we were only waiting about 5 or 10 minutes. The rest of the time we were moving, going through customs, getting our cruise cards, etc. Read more