It was a fully Diamond points funded cruise to a destination we wanted to see. Alaska is an outstanding destination. The excursions were excellent. On board we were treated like royalty and had lovely, comfortable, clean accommodations. The food, both variety and quality, were very good. One improvement from my perspective is if the buffet had a featured cuisine from different cultures every day, i.e. Greek, Italian, Asian, etc. for the dinner or lunch menus. I recognize that this may not please all passengers. The performances by the NCL singers and dancers were lively, entertaining and enjoyable. The lounge music especially Black Diamonds was so professionally done and so very enjoyable. Innovation was another group that we found very entertaining.

To elaborate on excursions: we thoroughly enjoyed all that we booked. The two really outstanding ones were the Whale Watching and Wildlife in Juneau and in Skagway, the Best of White Pass that included Liarsville and Red Onion. Seward has little to offer of interest. but this is a debarkation, embarkation point. Vancouver is a wonderful, clean city and I wish had more time to see it. The Hop On, Hop Off Trolley was a good investment. While most of the ports of call were the same Vancouver to Seward and Seward to Vancouver, Icy Pointe was only on the return and well worth the stop. We are glad we did the round trip because it is impossible to see all you want to see in just one go round. And weather can be a factor. On the way to Seward, Hubbard Glacier was so fogged in, we could not see it. On the way back, we had a wonderful viewing day and the ship was able to get closer to the glacier than any time all summer we were told by the crew. Alaska is a definite 5 thumbs up.