Chose this cruise due to price of ship and flight. Enjoyed the ports of call so much. Best show on the seas with the male and female acrobats that met in gymnastics school. Passengers were friendly and food was delicious. Especially enjoyed Cagne's Steakhouse and the dessert buffet. Even unknown ports like Nanaimo and Astoria, Oregon were fantastic. Even went back to Oregon on land a year later to explore. The Marine Maritime museam there was excellent and educational. We knew about the tea time at Butchart Gardens and the excursion explorers were there to make it a future excursion! Do yourself a favor and book it yourself to $ave. Take the bus to the gardens for $2! It was so pretty that I want to do a destination wedding there. Not to be missed also is the Tillamook cheese factory in Oregon, though we did not do that on the trip, I've done it by land and it was A+.