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Carnival Luminosa Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Carnival Luminosa

7 Night Alaska - Tracy Arm Fjord (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 15, 2024

Ship: Carnival Luminosa

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1270

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

Overall, the ship is old, not fancy and should be retired. The food was low class and never hot, either in the dining room or the Ledo deck. Ledo food was limited times, not all day option. Spend the extra money to get a bit pampered.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Easy to park and get on board.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Dining room was nearly cafeteria seating. No elegance. Different servers e very time. Food was never hot.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Ice carving was impressive. Love and marriage was hilarious. Family fued was entertaing. All areas of the ship were loud with music blaring over the speakers. There was no quiet and comfortable place to just sit and read.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Very low quality

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All of the staff were friendly and great at their jobs

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
This is an older ship in desperate need of a remodel or retirement. Many of the hand blowers in the restrooms did not work. The lounge furniture was uncomfortable and the vinyl was cracking on most pieces. The state rooms were typical and clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cabin was typical and comfortable. It was kept clean.

Ship tip

Don't have high expectations

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Just drove to get on the ship

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
Big push for jewelry sales. 90% of the shops were selling jewelry. It got old very fast

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
We took a train excursion out of Skagway. It was really the highlight of the entire trip

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

3 out of 5
Record warm weather caused the glaciers to be unaccessible. We floated around in ice burgs for a few hours, but couldn't go very far up the canyon

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
Cute town, lots of history and good hikes

Victoria, British Columbia Did not visit port

We arrived at 7:30 pm and left at 11:30. 3 hours in port was not long enough to go do anything.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth transition
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3 Comments

wonderwomankb     2 months ago

Sorry to hear this. We had a grea

Sogmoore     2 months ago

Sorry last year 2023

Sogmoore     2 months ago

Cruised on her back in 2022. She was great for Alaska. Thanks for sharing

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