Island Princess, May 11-14, 2007 Room C219 Spring repositioning cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver BC

My husband (DH) and I have five cruises under our belts, but we convinced my sister (DS) and our 30-year-old daughter (DD) that a short trip along the West Coast would be their perfect introduction to cruising. DS has anxiety attacks about travel, and the fact that she agreed to come along was a big step on her part. We hoped the cruise, and all the travel aspects, would go so well that she would be willing to travel with us again in the future. (Note: DS applied for a passport 11 weeks before the cruise. The government said passports were taking 6-10 weeks. She got hers at Week 12.....beware!)

TRANSPORTATION: We all flew down from Seattle the night before, taking SuperShuttle from LAX to our hotel in San Pedro (Port of Los Angeles). We reserved a private van in advance online from SuperShuttle, which, because there were four of us, came to only a few dollars more than being on a regular shuttle (the thought being that a direct van would likely get us there sooner). Read more