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Amsterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Amsterdam

7 Night Alaska Explorer (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 17, 2014

Ship: Amsterdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1830

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

Very bad room. I ordered the advertised window room. Was offered unobstructed for $160.00 more. I agreed. When I saw my room, it was on the walking desk. People walking by. Look up to see the life boats. On the left side a pillar. You could see the ocean, if you looked across 10+ feet of deck. My wife closed the curtains for the trip. We might as well have been on the inside. Then to make things worse, at 5:30 in the morning they started talking, moving chairs and cleaning the deck.    Not the agents fault. HAL advertises this as "unobstructed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Ship tip

For those who like a drink before dinner, happy hour is nice. Buy 1, get 1 for $1.00. Nice to have a Catholic priest on board.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5

Cruise Puget Sound

3 out of 5

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

3 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Red Dog Saloon is fun.

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5
Russian church a must see.

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Wow Creek Street

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
If you've been to Canada, save your time. The ship does not dock near downtown.
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Johngold    9 years ago

On the Golden Princess you can't see in from the promenade or deck 8, so I'm guessing it's the same on other ships.

glomarrone    9 years ago

I would not be happy being on the Promenade deck.  Could walkers see into your cabin if you had the light on or were the windows one way viewing only meaning that you could see out but those outside couldn't see into your room?  Did you complain to the front desk and ask for another room?