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Originally Posted by craneSpotter
Talking to a couple from Tennessee a while ago while having dinner - they were on a Seattle based cruise stopping in Victoria. They said that they looked at cruises out of Vancouver and wanted to leave from there because apparently the scenery is much better (spectacular they used) going through Georgia and Johnstone straits. The deal breaker for them was much cheaper airfare and ease to get to Seattle.
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Just had a breeze through the APT Tours (one of the largest tour companies in Australia) 2015 Canada/Alaska/USA brochure. Noticed for the first time in years all but one of the tours that include an Alaska cruise embark in Vancouver. The one that doesn't is Seattle of course. Over the past few years, even though Vancouver was included in almost every tour, about a third of cruise tours left from Seattle. It looks like more of an emphasis on Vancouver in general too as the rail or coach trips do loops through the Rockies so the origin and terminus of tours is Vancouver. Even those that include Eastern Canada you come back to Vancouver and fly from there. Too bad there cannot be cruises that do Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver as each place has so much to offer. But I realise the main destination of these cruises is Alaska and time is limited. Maybe do a two week cruise that includes more southern stops.