Tradizney

How was it and do they stick to the deck boarding times I saw in the preboarding info?

Are you on the Dream?

I've done this cruise 2 times and while it seems I'm usually at the airport by 9 am, I would not want to risk missing the flight. It could be costly. Book and excursion and see some sites before hitting the airport. Don't risk it. I'm leaving Friday and my return flight is after 2pm. Just easier to entertain ourselves then rush around and be worried.

I did an Alaskan cruise in early June 2002 on Carnival's Spirit. The ship was only a year old at that point. The ship was great as it has an indoor pool, which can come in handy if you enjoy swimming while floating by glaciers! I do recommend a balcony. It is well worth a few extra dollars. We used our balcony a lot. Early June is still "off peak", by a week. The average temperture was around 50, except when we drove to Denali, where it was in the 60's. I suggest layers for clothing. Gloves are great to remember as well. I bought a winter coat with a zip out liner, which came in handy at night. I usually just wore the liner. On board it is comfortable and we usually wore one shirt, sometimes a short sleeve. The Spirit is Carnival's superliner fleet. I loved the lockerroom showers and prefered to shower there after sitting in the jaquzzi. A lot more room in a shower with mutiple shower heads. I do hear that August is buggier if you are heading inland.

Search Tradizney on the boards as I did a write up of our trip with links to excursions we took.

tracey