Indescribable! Perfect!
This was a trip that we had planned for over a year! There were four of us that took the entire trip...two more joined us on the ship for the cruise portion. We went two days early so we could have an extra day in Vancouver. We spent the day walking through town and going through the park. The day was beautiful and the Rhododendrons we beautiful. We stayed at a lovely boutique hotel "The Le Soleil".
We were early to the port and we were not able to board before noon but at noon we were on in a flash. We were greeted with a smile and champagne. We went directly to the La Veranda for a lovely lunch and the cabins were released to us about 2:20. We ate at the Signature Restaurant the first night, thinking that if we loved it we could go back. We loved it and no we did not get to go back since they were booked every night and still everyone on the ship that wanted to dine there did not get in. (Book early). The day at Victoria was beautiful. Since there were six of us we rented a van and drove to Butchart Gardens. The gardens were beautiful and we had a lovely lunch in the main dining room at the gardens. Three of us then went back to the ship and three of us got dropped in town and we went to The Empress Hotel and walked around the government buildings before strolling back to the ship.