:grin: Hi I am Julie ( jrmende63). I have booked my very first cruise on May 17, 2006 to Alaska!! Hubster Randall and I are going for our 25th wedding anniversary. We are going on Carnival Spirit , Northbound. Any tips would be appreciated! We are going with his mom and dad...they have a balcony and so do we! One excursion we are doing is helicopter to Mendenhall Glacier...Mendenhall is our last name!! Julie