September 3 - 17, 2009 - Pacific Princess 14 night to Alaska

This was our 24th cruise, 11th on Princess, 2nd to Alaska and our first "Small Ship Experience". We arrived in Seattle on Thursday, September 3, 2009 after an uneventful trip from Grand Rapids, Michigan via Cleveland, Ohio.

We chose the Princess transfer and upon picking up luggage we were met by a man who said he had our luggage. The suitcase we had looked like ours, same manufacturer, same tacky neon yellow tags we put on years ago, but...different names on the tag! Thank goodness he checked before leaving the airport! We were directed past the luggage carousels to the Princess luggage drop off. Next saw our luggage outside our cabin. Very easy and pleasant check-in. After a hasty lifeboat drill the ship actually left the port 15 minutes early! Read more