Welcome to Cruise Talk!

Hi! My name is Suzanne Klasen.  I am the Owner / Travel Advisor and CLIA Master Cruise Counselor and Elite Cruise Counselor (MCC, ECC) for my CruiseOne Vacations by Suzanne Travel Agency. This site is a collection of my personal travels, thoughts and recommendations. The map above represents the cruise travel (based on embarkation port) that I have posted so far (more to come). Click on a map point to see the cruise itinerary and details.

2022 Alaska: Skagway, Alaska

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Alaska Cruise We enjoyed a great day in Skagway. If you have never been here before, I recommend either taking the White Pass and Yukon scenic train ride, or taking the coach tour up the other side of the gorge on the road to see the incredible scenery in this area. I…

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2022 Alaska: Juneau, Alaska

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Alaska Cruise Are you ready for another boring port review? We had been on the helipad since early morning for the Dawes Glacier viewing and I had work to do. Plus, we have been to Juneau five times, so I didn’t even get off the ship here. Some of the things that…

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2022 Alaska: Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Alaska Cruise The scenic sailing at the Dawes Glacier in Endicott was my favorite moment of the cruise. There is nothing like being able to view such remote and beautiful places in the world. We had a front row seat from the Helipad. The cruise director even did a little video for…

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2022 Alaska: Ketchikan, Alaska

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Alaska Cruise This might have been my favorite port on this trip because we witnessed something we had never seen in our 5 previous visits there. We got to see the harbor seals feeding on the salmon on who were swimming up stream on Ketchikan Creek. This can really only happen at…

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2022 Alaska: Seattle, Washington

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Alaska Cruise Living in in the Western part of the country makes Seattle one of the easiest ports for us to reach with non-stop flights on Alaska Air from Phoenix. Once in Seattle, we had a one night hotel stay at the Embassy suites and then took a Blacklane to the cruise…

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