This cruise marked a milestone birthday for my wife, as well as her retirement (you should be able to figure out the birthday!) after almost five decades as a Nurse, the last 25 of those as a Nursing Professor.

We thought the full transit would be interesting after two partials on the Coral and Sea Princess some years ago. We also liked the new-for-us ports on the West Coast.

We had read many comments from former Island fans about the changes on the ship but since we never sailed upon her, we were open-minded. We had, as noted above, sailed on the sister ship, Coral. Read more