Carnival Spirit May 24 - May 31, 2006 Alaska Cabin 8182
We used cruise line booked airfare for our journey. The cruise line booked my family of 3 with 2 other families on the same reservation and had seat assignments all over the plane. It was hard to get seat assignments changed because we were part of a larger group and the airline reservation agents had trouble separating us from the group.
We arrived in Anchorage around 5:00pm and had a good 45min-1hr wait for a cruise line bus to the port. The bus trip is 1 1/2 hours and goes through a tunnel that consists of one lane and alternates which direction of traffic goes through it. It alternates every 1/2 hour so depending on when you hit it, it could be a wait. Embarkation was a breeze since we were getting there later in the day. It took us all of about 10 min. to check in get our stuff and go to our cabins. The boat was supposed to leave at 9:00pm but left around 10:30pm and luggage did not arrive until almost midnight. Our luggage arrived very dirty and one piece was ripped.