Princess Cruise Alaska Vacation

Cruising to Alaska

Cruising is a great adventure for everyone in the family and going to Alaska offers great scenery and a chance to see wildlife, glaciers, and much much more. I travel to Alaska on the Celebrity Mercury a smaller ship which for me was great as I got to know people and was able to walk from one end to the other. Our ship was going from Vancouver to Ketchikan, Glacier Bay, Juneau,Sitka, Victoria and back to Seattle. We where on board for a total of 8 nights. In Ketchikan I saw salmon and seals and walk along the boardwalk of Creek Street which is built into the side of a hill all along the river. Glacier Bay we dodge icebergs and did a polar bear dip into the glacier water filled pool, Juneau I met a bear at the Mendhall Glacier and ate a meal at the Red Dog Saloon, Sitka we saw some Russian dancers, a native museum,wild bird rescue center and an old russian church, Victoria we took a water tour of the bay and had a great lunch by parliment buildings and ended our trip with docking on a beautiful day in Seattle.Life aboard ship was great as well. We received excellent service, entertainment and our accomodations met our expectations.The only negative was that on a small ship you run into smokers often and cigarette smoke.