Friends of ours took a cruise through the carribean (sp?) on the largest cruise ship at the time a couple years ago. They said they had fun except for the part where the hurricane was directly in their path. And the capt. decided that the ship was big enough to handle it! Well, our friends said that was like riding in a small charter boat with 12' swells. Nobody was happy. Everybody was sick, including all the staff. They said there was hardly any food out cause all the cooks were sick too! Glad you had a great time! I would like to go to Alaska and visit, but I think we would just drive up. I would love to see the Aleutian chain, cause my grandpa served the first part of wwII on Adak Island!