Thank you so much, and of course I'll come back and post how it went. I get home on the 8th as I'm staying over one night in Vancouver after the cruise as I didn't want to have to rush to the airport and stress about missing a flight or the other alternative was to arrive home in the middle of the night (vancouver is 3 hours earlier than where I am) and hubby and I didn't want that either. So after the 8th as soon as I catch up with necessities I will post (should be in a couple of days after I get back if not sooner).
I hope I can come back even if I don't have a cruise on the horizon. If we like cruising and all goes well, I want to do the PG Tahiti one. From the looks of it, from the itenerary you can get off the ship every day so it would be "less stressful" in some ways. I've flown 13 hours non-stop many years ago quite a few times, just have to convince hubby 13 hours isn't the end of the world.

Thank you to everyone for helping me. I will start a new "question" I hope it's ok.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL for takeing your time and trouble to help me