Is an Alaska Cruise Right for You?

I have long wondered what a cruise would be like. It seems awfully popular, but it also seems really against the way we like to travel. Recently, I was turning 50 years old. I wanted to do something special and different to celebrate “the big 5-0.” As I’m still not interested in taking long flights or having a long travel day involving airports—and train travel in the US just doesn’t compare to what we’ve experienced elsewhere—I decided to do an Alaska cruise for my birthday. After doing lots of research …