We took the 7 night Alaska "Sawyer Glacier" cruise on Rhapsody of the Seas out of Seattle on August 19. This was our third cruise with RCCL, but first time to Alaska, our previous two being in the Caribbean.

The one thing many people recommended to us was to go on the Inside Passage, aka "northbound" or "southbound" cruise instead, however we weren't able to make flight arrangements due to some restrictions we had. The reason this cruise is preferred over ours is because it is one-way. So there are more ports and less time cruising. It also stays to the less rough waters. Having said that, there is always a lot to do on the ship and the Royal Carribbean Cruise Director's staff is always great and provides lots of things to do.

There are two distinct components to a cruise review, the ship and the destinations. So I'll try and cover both here. First of all, the destinations: Read more