2021 Alaska Cruise: Seattle
Wow, well I know this expression is cliché but, Wow! I have been on 35 other cruises, and while those cruises were excellent, Silversea just takes every thing one step further. First the embarkation… Read more
Stories from sea to shore…
11 Night Alaska cruise in August 2021 onboard the Silver Muse roundtrip from Seattle
Wow, well I know this expression is cliché but, Wow! I have been on 35 other cruises, and while those cruises were excellent, Silversea just takes every thing one step further. First the embarkation… Read more
Ketchikan, Alaska, with its 17K population, is the 4th largest city in Alaska. Alaska is a sparsely populated state with lots of open space and wildlife that area some of the state’s biggest attractions. … Read more
Sitka is the town where the flags were exchanged when the USA took over ownership of Alaska from Russia. We even visited the fort where the handover ceremony took place. Our ship dropped anchor… Read more
This was our first trip to Alaska that included Icy Strait Point. This area is a tourism private island developed and run by the Tlingit native Alaskan tribe. They used to log the area, but… Read more
This was our 3rd time to visit Skagway, so it gave us the chance to enjoy the town at its quietest. I highly recommend the train excursion or the coach excursion along that opposing… Read more
This was my 5th time to visit Juneau, so once again we didn’t take any real excursions. This whole cruise was about the Silversea experience, so excursions weren’t too important to us. However, I… Read more
I always tell my clients “If you do one excursion on your cruise, do the tour boat excursion in Eindicott or Tracy Arm Fjords, where you will get up close to a glacier.” We… Read more
While I am not a culiarnary expert, I have tried food from all around the world and on previously 35 other cruises, and I can say that hands down, this was the best food… Read more
The Silver Muse was our first introduction as guests to the world of “Ultra Luxury” cruising. I hate to use that phrase “Ultra Luxury” as it implies that it might be too high brow… Read more