belly5uk

Also pay attention to itinerary, not all lines have access to all areas, especially glacier bay. Most will hit the same ports so that is less of an issue, although time in port may vary.

Thank you for that snippet :)

All,

Thank you for all of your comments. We are certainly a lot easier in my minds now.

Now the BIG decision ocean views or verandah or suite (I think the bank manager might have a say in that decision!!!!!!)

Once again thank you for your advice/comments :)

My wife and I are in the process of booking a fly-drive holiday to Canada (fly into Calgary, fly-out Vancouver) in September 2018. We had booked a weeks cruise on the Norwegian Sun from Vancouver to Alaska and back to Vancouver to finish off the holiday. Unfortunately we have had the cruise cancelled by Norwegian :(

We chose Norwegian because they had a relaxed dining policy, which we felt comfortable with as first time cruisers and we didn't want to pack suits and long dresses etc for dining on-board ship which would get creased on the drive part of the holiday.

We still would like to do a relaxed dining cruise at the end of the holiday. Can anybody recommend a cruise company that does this in late September please? :confused: (yn)

All,

Thank you for your input I will inwardly digest and probably put some more questions on the forum near to the time of booking.

My wife & I are thinking of finishing off our canadian holiday with an 8 day cruise in September (Vancouver to Vancouver via Alaska). We have NEVER cruised before so are completely new to this.

I have been reading various threads and feel completely overwelmed with threads on tipping, drinks packages etc. etc which is completely alien to us.

Can somebody hold our hands and guide us through what we would get for our money (cruise cost), What we would need to pay for (extras), dress codes, drinks packages etc. etc.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

We just don't to be hit with hidden unexpected costs that aren't budgeted for, but want a completely enjoyable experience that we would want to do again