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If you take a cruise from Seattle to Alaska and back, it is very unlikely that you will be traveling on a US Flag ship.As soon as your ship is outside the 12 mile limit from Seattle, you are legally in the country the ship is flagged to. If it is HAL, you are in Holland. If it is Princess, you are in the Bahamas.Several times during an Alaska cruise, your ship is sailing in Canadian waters; you are in Canada.At least once in a Seattle to Seattle cruise on a non-US flag ship, you are required by US Law to visit a foreign port. Time constraints will most likely force you to go to Canada to satisfy that law.
If you take a cruise from Seattle to Alaska and back, it is very unlikely that you will be traveling on a US Flag ship.
As soon as your ship is outside the 12 mile limit from Seattle, you are legally in the country the ship is flagged to. If it is HAL, you are in Holland. If it is Princess, you are in the Bahamas.
Several times during an Alaska cruise, your ship is sailing in Canadian waters; you are in Canada.
At least once in a Seattle to Seattle cruise on a non-US flag ship, you are required by US Law to visit a foreign port. Time constraints will most likely force you to go to Canada to satisfy that law.
