At the suggestion of a CC administrator, this is posted in both the Norwegian and Royal Caribbean forums. It's long. And I apologize for that.  ************************************ We wanted to make a trip to Alaska to visit family near Anchorage.  Airfare from Texas was over $1300.  However.  We have a Companion Pass on Southwest, and lots of points.  So, we decided to fly to Seattle on SWA, then Amtrak to Vancouver.     We took Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) north, spent 9 da