Yes...I am in the planning stages for our next adventure! Our last trip took us to Hawaii in March of 2016 and here it is a year later...far too much time between travels!l
In just a couple of months we will be returning to Alaska. Not a totally new destination, but our 14-day cruise will be stopping at some first-time ports for us. It was just three years ago that we first visited the 49th state on a northbound cruise on the Coral Princess. (To read more about our Alaska cruise, click HERE.) That cruise was considered a "once in a lifetime trip" for us. However, once we saw the natural beauty of Alaska we knew we would return "someday"...we just didn't realize that it would be this soon!
If you read the posts from our Hawaiian cruise on the Pride of America, you know that due to a delay and unfinished projects following a dry dock, we were given a credit equal to 50% of what we had spent on the cruise. This credit could be put towards a future cruise on a Norwegian ship. Initially we considered a Caribbean cruise since the amount of the credit would pretty much cover the cost of an inside cabin for a 7-day cruise. Our traveling buddies, Kent & Laurel, also had the same credit but were not excited about going to the Caribbean.
Then...in June I discovered a unique two week cruise on the Norwegian Sun going to Alaska. All it took was one phone call to Laurel and by the next day they had made up their minds that they wanted to go with us.
With our 50% credit, booking an inside room would have been a great deal, but we decided a balcony was a MUST when visiting Alaska. The credit helped bring the cost down, but as we learned the last time...visiting Alaska is not cheap.
By mid-June the cruise was booked and the planning began!
Here is a map and itinerary of our cruise. The ports of Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway will be repeats for us...the rest will be new. And as an added bonus, we are planning to spend a couple of days in San Francisco prior to boarding the ship.
