judynorth Posted April 8, 2015 #176 Share Posted April 8, 2015 We are booked September 2, northbound from Vancouver on Princess Coral. First-time cruises and very excited! We've cruised on the Coral twice, once to AK. It is a great ship for AK. Have a great first cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnjcruiser Posted April 8, 2015 #177 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Booked Westerdam May 30th, Seattle return. First time to Alaska and first time with Holland America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotfish Posted April 8, 2015 #178 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Our 1st cruise, 6/20-27 NCL Jewel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea saw 56 Posted April 9, 2015 #179 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Looking forward to our 3rd Alaska cruise. All on NCL. 1st one on the Wind in June 2002, second on the Star in August 2008. We are taking the last cruise of the Season this time, leaving September 19th from Seattle - returning to Vancouver. Can't ever get enough of Alaska and can't wait to go back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldanna Posted April 9, 2015 #180 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Where's the best place for helicopter tour?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjiRodney Posted April 9, 2015 #181 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Carnival Legend May 18th, will be our 2nd cruise to Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco33 Posted April 10, 2015 #182 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I am also on the Carnival Legend May 18th. First time cruise ever!! Happy to finally be a member of this forum after lurking for many years. Only thing booked so far is Whale watching in Juneau. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulubelle45 Posted April 11, 2015 #183 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I am even earlier......sailing May 8th.......;) Got you beat by a few days, May 2 -6, 2015 on the Coral Princess. It's called an Alaska Sampler only port is Ketchikan round trip from Vancouver. Went for a week last year on the X Century and fell in love! Taking my mom on her first cruise for her 80th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx_jackie Posted April 11, 2015 #184 Share Posted April 11, 2015 We've cruised on the Coral twice, once to AK. It is a great ship for AK. Have a great first cruise. Thanks! We did a good bit of research on the itinerary, but we hadn't heard much about the Coral itself. We'll be in Alaska, so I'm sure we'll be happy, but that's good to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judynorth Posted April 11, 2015 #185 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Thanks! We did a good bit of research on the itinerary, but we hadn't heard much about the Coral itself. We'll be in Alaska, so I'm sure we'll be happy, but that's good to hear! There are some great viewing locations on the Coral that most of the pax won't know about. If you go all the way forward on the B, C, and D decks and go through the doors marked Crew Only (don't worry, it's OK) you will find a great viewing balcony. Since most of the pax don't know about these places they are usually uncrowded. It is unshielded so it will be colder then on the Lido but you don't have blue panels tinting the view and it is easy to duck inside for a bit to warm up. I always thought that the Coral was a happy ship. Everyone on the crew was friendly and happy which made for happy pax. The smaller size is much better for AK, IMHO. So many people prefer the big ships but I like the smaller ships for AK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divingbabe Posted April 23, 2015 #186 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I did because I am putting a group together and I wanted everyone to be able to schedule time and also some people need more time to be able to pay for it The reason we book a year in advance for some cruises, is that the really popular ones fill up fast, like Panama. Others we book 2 months out, because we get unbelievable deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Texan Posted April 23, 2015 #187 Share Posted April 23, 2015 We are booked on the NCL Pearl for September 6, 2015. It's our first trip to Alaska and are very excited. DIY on all of our excursions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MpwdMom Posted April 23, 2015 #188 Share Posted April 23, 2015 You can take the city bus to Totem Bight Park in Ketchikan and see the totems there. We are taking the HAL 14 night cruise on the Statendam on July 27. It will be our 50th anniversary celebration cruise. Congratulations to y'all! We celebrated 40 years this past Dec., so we're calling this - May 13th - our anniversary cruise. It will be our first trip to Alaska...we're so excited! Thank you to all on CC, the info is priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judynorth Posted April 23, 2015 #189 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Congratulations to y'all! We celebrated 40 years this past Dec., so we're calling this - May 13th - our anniversary cruise. It will be our first trip to Alaska...we're so excited! Thank you to all on CC, the info is priceless. Our anniversary is July 31 so we will be on our cruise for our celebration. I wonder if they do anything special on the ship for a 50th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy4kruisin Posted April 24, 2015 #190 Share Posted April 24, 2015 We are! We are! In one week. Our first Alaska cruise, RT from Seattle on Westerdam. Our first Holland American cries as well. So Excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylen Posted April 24, 2015 #191 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I am - can't wait! Star Princess NB on August 8th, plus 3 days at Denali. Mine and Princess' 50th b-day, and 1st time to Alaska :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted April 24, 2015 #192 Share Posted April 24, 2015 We will be doing a B2B on the Millennium in June --- looking forward to making new memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulubelle45 Posted April 24, 2015 #193 Share Posted April 24, 2015 8 days 18 hrs. Not that I'm counting. Went last August on the Century going on the Coral this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanDom Posted April 24, 2015 #194 Share Posted April 24, 2015 We will be on the Statendam 14nights cruise through Alaska at the 18th of may. Second time to Alaska and we are really looking forward to it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judynorth Posted April 24, 2015 #195 Share Posted April 24, 2015 We will be on the Statendam 14nights cruise through Alaska at the 18th of may.Second time to Alaska and we are really looking forward to it :) We are on the same itinerary on July 27th. It is our second time on this itinerary. I'll be interested to know how the cruise went and what you did in each port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanDom Posted April 24, 2015 #196 Share Posted April 24, 2015 We are on the same itinerary on July 27th. It is our second time on this itinerary. I'll be interested to know how the cruise went and what you did in each port. I promise to write a review with pics after coming back :) and don't mind to ask :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky cal Posted April 24, 2015 #197 Share Posted April 24, 2015 8 days 18 hrs. Not that I'm counting. Went last August on the Century going on the Coral this time Can't wait to hear your impressions of the Coral Princess. We are going on July 29! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylip Posted April 24, 2015 #198 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Marylen We are on the same cruise. We are doing the 3 day on your own tour after. Train to Mt McKinley and Denali and end in Fairbanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljcruising Posted April 24, 2015 #199 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Count me in!!! DH and I are on the Oosterdam 05/31/15 south bound doing land tour first arriving in Fairbanks on 05/24/15 with 3 days in Denali.... I am ready to start packing!! 1st Cruise AND 1st time flying... YIKES! Excited and very nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mek Posted April 24, 2015 #200 Share Posted April 24, 2015 This week I booked a Princess cruise-tour for June on Grand Princess. We were just in Alaska last August, but have never done a cruise tour. This will be our 4th Alaskan cruise - looking forward to Denali and Fairbanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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