We had a wonderful time celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary on the Norwegian Sun. Overall we loved it. We arrived in Vancouver a day early and stayed at the Hyatt. It was lovely. We really enjoyed our time in Vancouver visiting Granville Island, Gas Town and going to the top of the building with the 360 degree view of the city. We also loved eating at a nice bar at the port called Mahoney and Sons. Great beer and salads. Embarkation was okay. We got there earlier than they suggested and people were already lined up. The taxi took us right up to the door.

I will talk about the excursions first. We went on 4 excursions during the cruise. We booked 3 independently and 1 with Norwegian. They were ALL amazing and HIGHLY recommended. Getting off and on the boat on ports days was extremely easy! The first was with Island Wings in Ketchikan. A floatplane with Michelle. Amazing!! The second was whale watching in Juneau with Harv and Marv's. Captain 'T' was great! We saw whales, orcas, sea lions and eagles'very close! I will never forget it! In Skagway we did the Glacier Discovery by Helicopter tour with TEMSCO Helicopters Inc. Very professional and loved every minute of it! Finally we took the White Pass Railway and booked through Norwegian. Beautiful trip on a beautiful day! It doesn't matter which side you sit on, because they make you switch sides on the way back. My only complaint is that I did not know they would pick us up at the ship rather than the terminal so we had to walk back to the ship to get the train.

As far as the ship goes, the service was top-notch. Arnel, our steward was wonderful. Since this was our first cruise we don't have much to compare it to. We loved the freestyling option. The biggest disappointment was the food. Although there was plenty and we could always find something we liked (fish was excellent and loved the pretzel rolls.), it got old after the first few days. When we docked we ate in port. I highly recommend Tracy's in Juneau for crab, chowder and yummy biscuits. We ate in the Four Seasons and Seven Seas one night each and both were very disappointing. The meat was not good at all and service was average to poor. After that we stuck to the Garden Caf' and Great Outdoors for the buffets. We did have two specialty dinners: Il Adagio(Italian) and Teppanyaki. Both were just okay. The view in Il Adagio was great but the food was average. Dessert was very good. Teppanyaki was fun and very intimate and food was better than average. A great place to get some popcorn was in the sports bar. They have a popcorn machine set up in the corner by the bar. This was a treat that I think not many people knew about. Read more