Thank you everyone for your comments. I'm not planning to go to Canada/Alaska until 2014/15, so I'll still keep my fingers crossed that JY might think again! I noticed that people share rooms on safari, so perhaps some people might be willing to share for a few nights on a cruise. I won't give up, as it's been a dream of mine for too long to see those places. I love natural landscape and wildlife more than cities and buildings and places like Glacier Bay sound just wonderful to me. Sue