Pre-Cruise: Vancouver

Our flights for this trip were both on Alaska Airlines, which was a really nice airline. Our second flight was on a small plane - we actually walked on the tarmac to board the plan on a staircase! We arrived in Vancouver mid-morning on the day before our cruise departed. After dropping our bags off at our hotel (Blue Horizon - 30th floor, great views!), we took a walk to find somewhere to eat lunch and continued on to Stanley Park. From Stanley Park, we chose to take the Hop-On-Hop-Off bus tour to briefly see parts of the city. The following day, we boarded the ship and sailed away at 4:30 pm.