First off I will give you a little background about my husband & myself. I am 38 & my husband is 49 (acts a lot younger). We have been on 2 previous cruises with Princess & Royal Caribbean. This was our 1st with Carnival. We are both pretty easy going & love cruising. Plan to do a lot more of it in the future.

We arrived in Anchorage the day before. We had transfers (through carnival) to Whittier so we went back to the airport Wed. morning to catch the shuttle. This is where I started to get a little concerned. We actually received 5 different answers on what time the 1st shuttle to Whittier was leaving. It started to get a little comical. My parents were also traveling with us & were a bit concerned when the staff at the desk left their baggage in an unsecured area. We stayed close by to monitor the situation. There seemed to be lots of confusion. But no problem ...we knew we would get on the ship some way some how.

Once on the shuttle the ride to the port was great! Very pretty & interesting sites along the way. The bus driver was very informative about the area. Read more