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Day 2 - This was a sea day for us. The ship took the Canadian inside passage on Day 1 and through the night and on day 2 on our way to Sitka we are on the west side of Haida Gwaii Island so we had sea views. There was some wave action, but nothing too bad. We had breakfast in the dining room this day. I had the eggs benedict, which unfortunately weren't very good, but hubby had the breakfast bowl which he enjoyed. Our highlights for today were what we saw at mealtime. At breakfast I spotted some dolphins out the window and shortly afterwards we saw a whale that was "waving" its fin. Later on we had lunch at Park Cafe and noticed several whales spraying water out their blow holes.

I will do a day by day posting of our recent cruise to Alaska on Serenade of the Seas (May 22-29). Day 1 boarding in Vancouver. We had done our tests in Ontario before flying to Vancouver the day before. We took the Canada Line from the airport which ends very close to the pier for those staying in that area. We were at Holiday Inn which was about a 20 minute walk. Our scheduled boarding time was 11am. Everything was very smooth, though we did have to wait for a bit for the ship to be ready for boarding (maybe 30 min). We were lucky have a beautiful day in Vancouver for embarkation. We had a balcony stateroom 1002 port side. The bridge does block your view forward a little, but only when they have the shades down, otherwise you can see straight through. An FYI, we slept with our curtains open the entire cruise. In Alaska there is always something new and gorgeous to see, we had some spectacular views even at 2:30am as there are only 3-4 hours of actual darkness, at least in May.

We have an Alaska cruise booked May 22, 2022 and are flying in from Ottawa 4 days early. Looking for suggestions for renting a car that may not be airport rental prices. Also suggestion for a hotel for the night before cruise. Finally, best way to get from cruise port to Airport post cruise (we fly out day after). TIA