Alaska - Inside Passage Cruise Reviews

The best part was the train ride and visiting the Yukon Territory.

overall every thing was excellent had a very wonderful vacation experience

11 days on a cruise with so little entertainment makes for a long cruise

We paid for stream and internet service, you could not stream anything and 95% of the time nothing worked. Everyone was complaining about the service, should not have to pay for something that does not provide. We had to wait till we got to the major ports to get phone calls or emails sent. This presented a major problem for me, since I had to have contact with family in the lower states.

All said above. The ship is too big for my comfort. Main thing is, the schedule for all the ports are not set up properly. A ship that large should have priority for scheduling their stops. It's a new ship and they don't have the kinks worked out yet even though there are people that are suppose to know what they are doing. Don't let this be your 1st cruise!

You get what you paid for with Holland America Oosterdam. Carnival and Norwegian would probably a better choice if I were to visit Alaska via cruise ship. Oosterdam Holland America have too many hidden fees. Be sure to ask for price different between a waiter or server since my mineral water bottle is $5.75 from a waiter vs $6.33 from a server. I got charge $6.33 for a glass of juice when playing slot in the casino and this is ridiculous.

There are 8 of us who will not ever sail on holland America again

As stated above, food was bland and one evening my Son found a hair in his entree in Portofino Dininng Room. Ugh! Was not impressed as many staff made no eye contact, did not smile, etc and seemed steward (or someone) continuously made our cabin hotter. Further, bed did not seem fresh—smelled like saltines. And, we were not given our complimentary robes as I requested online prior to departure.

Loved the cruise except for the dining and entertainment experience. Seemed like Holland was doing cost cutting in these areas and led to our overall disappointment with the trip. Since this is a major component of any cruise our personal overall rating is 2+ which is much lower than the computer generated average score for this website.

Alaska was breathtaking and amazing to see! But the cruise at times got boring during the day. It seemed like all the activities we were interested in went on at the same time or the Atrium would be way too full! Bliss needs a bigger area other than just one theatre for trivia and other shows. The elevators were smaller on this boat which was odd for a bigger boat and pretty much impossible to get on. The food was amazing!

my husband (Robert) liked the cruise, his first, so much we put a deposit on a future cruise and we booked a cruise with friends the same day we got back....not with Norwegian but I think it will be good to see some competition....thank you!!

This cruise was excellent and marvelous. The service is great and the food is delicious. We enjoyed the cruise and will be looking forward to revisit.

Loved it and will cruise with NCL again. The experience exceeded our expectations.

Impressed by dining service and food but there're many parts need be improved.

This was my first cruise experience.. the Haven was relaxing and was a nice reprieve from the Chaos of the rest of the ship- reminded me of Vegas. the ship is nicely decorated.. Plenty of activities on board.

Great cruise on brand new ship. The crew of GM Martin was always there for the guests !!! We just did 2 cruises on the Bliss in October and thought it could not be beat , but Joy raised the bar . Thank you to NCL for another great cruise !

Great cruise. The NCL Joy is truly a joyful experience.

Nice cruise with too short a stay in Juneau caused by too many NCL ships going at same time.

The cruise was a blast! One of the mornings I was having coffee in my room, looking out the balcony slider and I saw a whale tail!!! It was amazing! Went out onto the balcony and there were about 6 whales! So I would highly recommend a cabin with a balcony, if you're going to splurge, do it on getting the balcony! I traveled with a Cpap and they had distilled water for me and I was able to request an extension cord, however, I would bring your own cord that way you don't have to worry about returning it to guest services on that last morning. I recommend purchasing the drink, fine dinning and internet packages before you cruise. What would I do differently next time? Pack about half or even less, of the clothes that I brought on this trip. There was a mini fridge in the room but filled with items for purchase so no room for leftovers, there was a coffee machine and a hair dryer, not sure if that is standard in every room. Make your reservations for the shows as soon as you get on board, they fill up fast. Enjoy!!

We had an amazing time on the ship and at the ports of call. The ports of call are what you make of them. The Disembarkation was a disaster. Seamed like no cared at that point.