My wife and did the 11 day cruise including Denali. This was our first HA cruise and we were very pleased. The highlight of the trip was Glacier Bay. The low light was the day we spent at sea. I had a great experience on the first day. As we were leaving Vancouver and entering the inner passage I was training my binoculars when a humpback whale breached right in front of my lenses! There were many other really nice experiences and we met some very pleasant people. The population is on the older side and the activities for kids are very limited.

The evening entertainment was very good. Mostly made up of comedians and singers as well as the ship's crew. All the shows were enjoyable. The activities needed a little more work. The cooking classes were a disappointment. They were pretty weak and one occasion the crowd was left waiting when the performer never made it.

We are Catholics and HA offers Mass daily. The priest was excellent and the service was always packed. Read more