My wife and I took our two daughters on this cruise to celebrate my youngest daughters graduation from college. My oldest daughter, my wife and I flew in from Charleston, SC, meeting my youngest daughter (who flew in from St. Louis) in Seattle on Saturday before the cruise on Sunday. We checked into the Sutton Suites near the airport (a Fly, Sleep & Cruise Hotel) (a dump). We toured Seattle on Saturday (nice town, nice day).

The check in went smooth and we were in our stateroom quickly. The ship was nice and we had beautiful weather for the week.

The Stateroom: We had a balcony stateroom for the four of us. It was a little tight, and from the time the beds were turned down until they were made up (mid-morning) the view was blocked and the balcony was useless (one single bed out of the couch, one single bed that dropped out of the ceiling, both blocking balcony door and view.) Storage for clothing and baggage was tight. Bathroom storage for personal was not concealed (a girl thing). Read more