I took an Alaskan cruise on the Norweigan Star in June 2007.    This was a great cruise for a great price.   The cruise lasted 7 days and we flew in to Seattle the day before and stayed an extra day on the end of the trip.  I would highly recommend that approach.  It allowed us to have a no stress entry to the ship on cruise day and allowed for Seattle sight seeing  as well.   We did the tourist tours via a Greyhound tour and also did a boat tour.

The cruise itself was fantastic.  This was our first cruise (wife and I) and we had an oceanview room  On this curie that is a requirement.  ...