I sailed the newest and biggest cruise ship in Alaska — here’s what it was like

In one week, I went to the casino with my dad, had my hair done with my mom, walked on a glacier, hiked through a rainforest, ate lobster (three times), watched my dad win a shuffleboard tournament, got a massage, saw more than a dozen bald eagles, countless whales, watched aerialists and acrobats, had a blast at an interactive teppanyaki dinner, saw a candlelight concert and laughed with my parents more times than I could count.And honestly, that list of things we did was just the tip of the iceberg, or glacier, if you will. It would be accurate to say a smile rarely left my face for those seven days.SUMMER HULL/THE POINTS GUYEven doing one of those things back home would make it a pretty darn good week, but they were all at my fingertips as I sailed with my parents on the newest and biggest ship to cruise Alaska. To say that we had a great trip would be a dramatic understatement.The ship that made it happen was Star Princess, the newest ship in the Princess Cruises fleet, which first set sail in 2025.SUMMER HULL/THE POINTS GUYBut don't let that new ship smell fool you into thinking you're just getting the fluff of Alaska without the real adventure. Princess has been sailing to th...