Norwegian Star - Sept. 13 - 20, 2008 ALASKA!!!

Background - We have a total of 9 people gong on this trip. Ages between 47 and 77. Four had only been on 1 cruise prior to this and 2 who had never cruises. This is my 5th cruise. My 2nd with NCL, but my previous NCL was in 1981, so things are a little different. My last cruise 3 years ago was on the Carnival Valor, which was a wonderful vacation, but I think they are a totally different class of cruise.

Day 1, Sept 12 - We had the horrible time of 615am leaving from the Columbus Ohio airport on Friday. Our flight was on time and smooth. We arrived in Seattle at 10:45am, due to a miscommunication on our part, our transfer was late. We stayed at the Quality Inn & Suites not to far from the space needle. The hotel was clean and the staff was wonderful, the rooms were extremely small - preparing us for the ship! Read more