Finally checked off the Alaskan cruise on my dad's bucket list! Alaskan cruise season is May to Sep, and my exams ended in May so June was an opportune time. It seems like Princess Cruises and Holland America are the two main cruise lines for Alaska, and I eventually picked Princess as it seemed a bit livelier. There were soo many different itineraries comprising different directions (North to South or vice versa), different departure ports (Vancouver or Seattle), different Alaskan ports, as well as cruise only, land then cruise or cruise then land. And then of course, which ship, which room, whether to get the package or not. I started researching last year and still couldn't make a decision. Until around February when I realised many of the options were getting sold out that I decided to just go ahead and settled on a 7 day, north bound cruise on Discovery Princess departing Vancouver.