We chose this cruise because it has been our dream to visit Alaska for some time. The departure city of Vancouver BC was an additional reason that locked in this wonderful vacation of our lifetime. We reserved over a year ahead of cruise.

We flew into Vancouver two days early and explored Victoria and (Buchart Gardens) day 1 and Vancouver day 2. The trip to the Buchart Gardens and Victoria was wonderful. They are both beautiful to experience and we enjoyed them very much. The exploration of Vancouver parks and different sections of town was great and we ended in Gastown section where spent extra time touring and eating across street from the steam clock at Water Street Cafe.

The embarkation process went smoothly at Canada Place. We found the Jewell very clean and everyone on the crew extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Our stateroom was clean and comfortable and kept that way by our very good steward. We primarily used the Garden Room buffet for breakfast. Food was very good with a good variety. We experienced a delay in finding seats a couple of days but otherwise it was very good. Read more