We choose this particular cruise because we wanted to see Alaska as late in the season as possible. We hoped to see the Northern Lights and our best chance was mid- September. We spent 11 days on land, followed by a 7 day cruise.

Boarding the ship couldn't have been any easier. We arrived via tour bus and from the time we dropped our luggage off to the Porter's outside and to us actually getting on the ship was maybe an hour. I was surprised to find that our stateroom was ready immediately and our luggage was waiting for us.

The ship was on the smaller side but still quite nice, our cabin was small, but the large closet area made it so much less cramped once we were able to unpack our bags and get our suitcases out of the way. Read more