I HAVE RETURNED! From perhaps one of the greatest trips I have ever had. I would highly recommend an Alaskan cruise to anyone who would ever even consider it :3

Seattle (we stopped for 2 days there before the cruise) was great. Much cleaner town than Cinci (scuzzbucket) and in a neat location. Our hotel was on like the 24 floor of a skyscraper.... pretty sweet really.... we walled all over the place and saw neat things and yeah

then we visited some old Air Force friends of my mom and dad, they took us on their boat around Lake Washington and we saw all the multimillion dollar lakefront houses including one that looked like a castle, one that had a full T-rex skeleton in the main hall and Bill Gates lake house. I was also thrilled by the number of seaplanes (float planes) in the area and Seattle (there were plenty more to come in Alaska)

On saturday we boarded the Golden Princess (after baggage and passport junk). THe ship was beautiful and much more elegant than our last cruise. buffets open 24/7, several resturants, dining rooms, 4 pools, 8 hot tubs, running track, tennis court, spa, fitness center, childrens center, teens center, arcade,casino, a few shops in the atrium, prolly around 20 elevators... a floating city to say the least. Carried around 2400-2500 passengers I believe with a crew and staff of a couple 200 or more (estimate)

In the various stops we took (Skagway, Ketchikan, Victoria, Jeunu (spelling?)) I went whalewatching (saw PLENTY of whales, seals, eagles and... pine trees) saw 2 glaciers (we dont get snow like that here...) took a bus deep into the Yukon and saw gorgeous landscapes and tundra and mountains and visited a few very remote towns and then took a senic train ride back. And then we went ocean kyaking and saw more eagles (common bird up there) starfish, kelp, fish and a weasle.

the cruise lasted about a week and we arrived back in port 2 days ago :3, met lots of people my age on the ship and got plenty of gamertags XD