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Here is some help. Like mentioned; the Marriott in on airport property. It is not cheap; but you can walk to it verses waiting on shuttle. I stayed there in Aug and walked to and from the terminal. Took me less than five min. you go out baggage claim and walk across the parking lot. You can see the Marriott the entire time. That said. I have also stayed at the Hilton and Doubletree; both are less than two miles from airport and both have airport shuttles.

Every now and then on tv; I will see advertisements for river cruise lines. Viking, Uniworld, and Ama are the three I have seen

Looks like a lot of fun for a Halloween cruise

Thanks for the above pics. Ship looks great

Thanks, getting excited and look forward to pics from the first passengers

Sailed on CB in Feb.. Ship, cabin, crew, food. All great. We had aft Penthouse Suite. Was beautiful, clean, and large. I stayed in family suite on Emerald last year with grandkids. Great suite, like others mentioned, mini suite plus inside, private doors, two full bathrooms. Only negative is balcony. Since it is all the way forward, nothing blocks the wind. Our steward had to tie down the furniture every night. The wind was rough and furniture would get tossed around unless it is tied down. Basically balcony is useless once you leave port. But maybe we just had very windy weather in Alaska. While you are in port it is large and nice to be on. But we would book family suite again

Jeter02, here are a few suggestions. 1. Princess IT told me that since Sky is not officially sailing until 20 Oct; some of the bookings may not show up in the medallion class app. Once it is christened and fully operational; then all the sailings should be accessed via the app 2. You can order medallion via the ocean.com weblink

The wakeview or aft terrace pool is really nice and quiet. Plus it is right behind the world fresh marketplace; so if you get hungry; you are a minute away.

why does it close at 5pm.

No, you pretty much covered it. Which ship will you be crusing on? If it's a medallion class ship; they will try and have you use a medallion on board

I use auto updates on my iphone. I have been using the medallion class app today; and just checked it again 8pm. no issues at all

Thanks to all who have added the new pics of the ship. They all look great and can not wait to cruise critic members get on board and start positing their pictures. Have a great day

Hlitner, very good advice; and thanks for sharing

Thanks for the info; I have a cruise next Oct; but airfare won't be avail until next month.

jangor, if and when you get the app working; you should be able to receive two green checkmarks; once you have those you can order your medallions for delivery to home or the cruise port. You have paper copy so you are good to go even if app crashes