We had the unfortunate experience of being on the August 16th sailing that ended up stranded in Ketchikan, Alaska. It was definitely not the trip we planned, but it wasn't all bad either.

We arrived at Canada Place for embarkation around 11 am. The line for Customs was pretty ridiculous and slow. Once through that, the rest of the embarkation process was pretty quick and easy. Onboard, we immediately went to lunch at the buffet and waited for the rooms to be ready.

We had Family Oceanview stateroom 7199. Wow! We were a party of four (a forty-something couple, retired mom, and 10 yr old). It was a good room setup with the closing divider and two tvs. The balcony on this room is going to be impossible to outdo, except perhaps on the Royal Suite which is directly below. During our only two days of actual sailing, we really enjoyed being out on the balcony. There was a table with 4 chairs and two loungers on the balcony. Plenty of room for lots of guests. Beyond those first two days, it was a little depressing to see ship after ship come into and leave port. The only plus was having a direct view of the aft of several other ships and knowing we still had the best room. :) Hey, I was stuck in the salmon capital for four days; just doing my best to make salmonade out of salmons! Read more