Interesting. Thank you.
After reading the above post about Celebrity, I checked out the Solstice (they do Alaska RT out of Seattle) deck plan. That's all it took for me not to consider a cruise aboard. It looks crowded. Very crowded.
As far as the Volendam Neptune suites: they're huge and the balcony is big too. That's important for us. But I'm realizing service and food, certainly would not be something we'd get. It's too bad.
We're debating between three different ships for Alaska: Seabourn Odyssey (~3x more $ than Neptune Suite) and Oceania Regatta (Penthouse - ~same as Seabourn). Decisions, decisions. Since we can drive to either Seattle or Vancouver, we might wait a few months to see if any of the cruises go down in cost. Right now, I can't justifiy Seabourn or Oceania, and it's a 'possible' for the Volendam.