Embarkation was quick and easy, we had stayed at the Red Lion downtown, very nice accomodations and convenient to all attractions. About a $15 cab ride to the pier with tip. We arrived Pier 91 about 11:15. The staff at the embarkation counter were friendly and knew what they were doing. After a quick processing we were in line waiting before too long. We just happened to be in line in front of two fellow CC cruisers, Hello Neal and Wendy, we met with them later at the roll call get together and we met another CC'r Hello to you Chris. We were in our cabin by about 12:30, and enjoying our new home and great food for the next 7 terrific days.  The ship was really nice, all locations in good shape and the locations we were at were all in cool and comfortable tones, nothing bright and obnoxious like on some ships. We spent a lot of time playing trivia games and such with our new friends, no medals, but we have a great selection of luggage tags. The meals were all very good, always seemed to be fresh, even the breakfast in the Horizon buffett. We did anytime dining, as we did not want to be tied to a set time every day. We had dinner with our great new friends most evenings, and with being able to make a reservation in tha Capri and Portofini dining rooms we still could adjust our dining times to our schedules. Nice deli on deck 5, hot cookies at all times, we really miss being able to get a hot cookie whenever we want.My wife and I were celebating our anniversary and on the 5th night they set up ballons and a sign on our cabin door, and gave us a nice cake with dinner, kind of a nice touch. Weather was great the whole week, sunshine and no clouds all week, temps in the upper 70's to low 80's. They said it was unusual weather for the area, but we loved it.Disembarkment was not too bad, we met in the Explorer lounge about 8:30 and had to wait about 30-45 mins before we were called. The luggage was all set out by color tag and number, pretty easy to find our luggage.  We had a 12:50 flight, we were at the airport about 10:30, plenty of time in advance. We used a town car service called "Driver for Hire" to our hotel and from the airport. Fees were about or less than a cab, and much more comfortable, highly recommended, very friendly, drivers and right on time, a simple call from the ship when we had our luggage and they were there right away.The only problem we had was a piece of our luggage had the wheel and mount broken off between drop off and getting to our cabin. They were unable to repair it and just kind of left it up to us to take care of. We filed a damage claim, and are now waiting for a response from Princess. They indicated that they would be taking care of it for us, time will tell.All told we really enjoyed the ship and the ports, and can't wait to go to Alaska again someday.