This cruise was on my bucket list, with Panama canal, & a friend was interested enough to come with me.
We arrived in Vancouver the evening before embarkation & overnighted in an airport hotel, as it was Canada Day we started off for the port quite early, utilising the train service to get there. The streets around the port were crowded, but there were lots of people giving directions & we quickly found where to drop off our luggage. We were pretty early for our check in slot, so we made the most of the carnival atmosphere, sporting flags & temporary (we hoped) maple leaf tattoos.
Once it was time to check in we proceeded to the hall, which is where it all went a little awry. As UK passport holders we were directed to a separate queue, this was smaller than the main queue, but it appeared there was only 1 (or possible 2) counters serving us compared to a dozen or so for the main, it moved incredible slowly. Then suddenly they started sending people to all different desks & things sped up, when we got to a desk the woman asked us how long we'd been there & seemed shocked at our response, considering we were processed in less than 5 minutes, I really don't know why it all took so long & can't really understand the logic in the separation to begin with. Anyway, after that we were quite soon aboard. We decided to check if the luggage had been delivered, it had, put in the cabin, take a quick look around, then go for our 1st cocktail of the cruise & a bite to eat.
Our cabin was an inside &, whilst not particularly large, was perfectly adequate for us, (we were really only in it to sleep, shower & change). There was enough storage space for 2 women on a 3 week holiday, the beds quite comfortable & though I would probably get into trouble for swinging a cat in the bathroom, it served, I did find the positioning of the toilet a bit strange, as I'm sure has been mentioned before. Also unlike another review, I had no problem adjusting the temperature.