Sassy19305

We did an Alaska Cruisetour a few years back and don't remember there being many, if any, kids on the land portion. We were fortunate, like the previous poster, and had clear views of Denali for the time we could view her. It was amazing. We did the tour that flew to Brooks Camp to view the bears and also did a flight across Denali. Like I said, AMAZING!

We have done the Trans Pacific from Australia three times. My DH was worried about all of the sea days, too, on our first one. He now loves them. They have tons of activities,; whether you like participating or watching. You would have a hard time doing everything scheduled. We bring binoculars so we can watch for sea life from our balcony. On these itineraries we have seen a banded sea snake, many turtles. a hammer head shark (chasing one of the turtles), dolphins and a sun fish. We always enjoy watching for flying fish too.

We sailed on Azamara (Alaska) and had the equivalent status from RCL (we are D+). If you enjoy great food, Azamara was wonderful. The beds were among the most comfortable we have ever slept in while sailing. The showers were even smaller than the ones in RCL cabins. If you are into the big production shows on RCL, then Azamara doesn't have anything like that. It's a much more intimate cruise, with very little up charge. They did have the best borrowing library I have ever seen on a ship.

I googled Stargzgazing Flashlight and it came up as a Red Flashlight for Stargazing. You can get them from Amazon and maybe even Walmart (it shows on the Walmart.ca site).