Atlantis Aura

Sorry, blurry - sunset in Juneau Alaska

Thank you everyone for your photos-they are fantastic!

H~Blue.... So glad you had a great time on your cruise :) and thank you for letting us know how it turned out!

All of the food recommendations sound delightful ~ but I am intrigued by Bull Feeney's....deep fried lobster? Never had it - but it sure sounds good! (I also

love old houses-I am a volunteer docent for our local historic mansion) Thank you :)

chengkp75, thank you so much for your helpful information....and your street directions...I will copy it down and keep it with us... we love wading around in history items...so even checking out the doors and knobs will be interesting :) and I've wanted to see the Longfellow house..so perfect that we will be passing it too....glad to hear the streets are safe.... we enjoy walking whenever we can...but good warning on the cobblestone..if it begins to look to precarious...we can always hop a taxi for a ways then try again .... I appreciate your help ~~ :)

We will be in Portland in June and we are interested in walking to Portland Architectural Salvage & Antiques at 131 Preble St. The map shows this is about one mile from downtown in the West Bayside area of Portland.

Can anyone tell me if it is safe to walk from the ship thru the downtown areas up to the salvage yard? Are sidewalks provided the whole way? Any certain route recommended where we may pass historical houses or recommended sights?

Has anyone done any antiquing or have any recommendations for other

antique stores within a walkable area of the wharf?

Thank you so much for your help ~

Thank YOU so much for all the time and effort you put into your trip reviews! It's the highlight of my night when I can kick back and read about you and Ben on your awesome vacations :)

Thank you everyone! We are going to give it a try this time as we Love Italian food :)

I also have a question ~ is it possible to do small changes in the listed menu items? such as the bruschetta lists anchovies...is it possible to ask them to leave off the anchovies?

Dessert from the Chocolate Extravaganza night.

First night - steak & lobster

Crabcake Appetizers

We were on the Sun last year in Alaska and were blown away by the MDR. As others have said, the dessert looks really pretty but a lot of times lacks in taste.....here are some photo's for you. :)

I haven't been on the Getaway but I wanted to say Welcome! to our Norwegian "family" ~

...the Sands hotel was about 10 minutes from the cruise terminal..it's not far at all..most of that time was traffic lights.

Hello ~ We were in Vancouver last spring. We didn't get in until after 10pm and had reservations at the Best Western Sands Hotel which is right on the bay. It was about a 30 minute ride from the airport to the hotel. The next morning we were up at 9am and walked right across the street to the bicycle rental shop. We took our bikes, crossed the street and were literally right on the bicycle path for Stanley Park. It was an easy bicycle ride about 6 miles around the park. We loved it! We took our time, stopped for photos (frequently), and made our way back to the bicycle shop at about 11:30am. We left at noon for the cruise port. Oh and there's a Tim Hortons right across the street too....whatever you do...have fun!

It's never too early for me to start planning a vacation...... It's part of my fun! We have sailed New England/Canada in late October...we lucked out that year as the fall foliage was late and we were able to still see some beautiful colors... when we saw June was available we jumped at the chance to do it again.. Our first time out of New York and our first time on the Gem... Yeah~!!

We might be on the same cruise! I'm booked for June 7th 2015.

I am on your cruise too~~ I just opened our Roll Call for it...... :)

Also, I clicked on the link for the BBB provided above and there

has been one complaint filed for Blue Diamond. It shows an "F"

rating-with this notation:

BBB Accreditation

On 01/28/2014 this company's accreditation in BBB was revoked by BBB's Board of Directors due to failure to participate in BBB arbitration despite pre-committing to do so.

I am also looking at this tour.... I see they don't post current prices...

for a 7 hour tour...can someone give me an estimate of what they are

charging? I assume its per hour, not per person?

Thank you for yarn store info....will pick up for my MIL...

I had read so many good things about glacier smoothie soap that I ordered 11 bars off their website and they arrived quickly! I bought Fireweed and Original...both smell great..nicely packaged and less I have to buy for when I get to Alaska in May!