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My sister and I will be on the Norwegian Bliss in June 2018. Since this is our first cruise, we are trying to figure out everything. I have an account set up on the NCL website and noticed that the itinerary for the week is posted. The first port that we go to is Ketchiakan, Alaska with arrival time of 7am and departure of 3pm. So if we arrive at 7am, what time do we actually start getting off the ship? With a departure time of 3pm, I was reading we need to be back on the ship 2 hours before it sails, if this is true, that would be 1pm. I am trying to plan a shore excursion, but not sure what the timing should be. Any advise would be helpful.

I'm not sure what your ports are, but I can tell you what we did and loved on our Alaskan cruise. We did not like the eagles/totum pole excursion. Spend as much time at the mendenhall glacier if you go there. We also did the Yukon excursion. Get a balcony on the ship if you haven't already, that was our mistake not getting one. Enjoy.

Thanks Keith. We are new to this, and have been trying to read up on as much as we can.

My wife and I are taking a cruise to the Southern Caribbean in December out of NYC. Our stops are San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Barbados, and Dominica. We will be on the Escape. We did get a spa balcony after reading many reviews on here. This is our 2nd cruise, and first time to these ports (Our first cruise was Alaska). Any help on what to do in these ports would be great, or must do in your opinion. We opted for the beverage package, and considering dining package too. Any help from avid cruisers that have been here, or newbies like us who just did one would be great.