I've now cruised on Princess three times - mostly because they offer more cruises from San Francisco and LA than any other line. But I did want to see Alaska again, and the 10-day RT cruise on Sea Princess seemed like the perfect choice.

Embarkation was a bit of a nightmare, but that was due to the Norovirus outbreak, and the need to do a top to bottom disinfection. It meant we sailed about five hours late, and for some reason, we couldn't make up the time in transit, so our itinerary was changed at the last minute. That was unfortunate, because I really wanted to see Haines, and it also meant we had to tender into Juneau (there were four other ships there at the same time).

Once on board (at 7 PM!), I went straight to dinner. I wasn't expecting much that first night, because they had to accommodate just about everyone at the same time, but they made a gallant effort. Read more