Understaffed cruise with the worst food ever

Discovery Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

morganlark

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Inside Passage (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 07, 2022

Ship: Discovery Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: B208

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The ship was beautiful and clean, and the waitstaff was lovely. The takeaway for me is that the food was inedible. We tried for weeks to get specialty dining reservations which were all sold out, so we were relegated to main dining and it was terrible. It was a joke to the vegans and vegetarians, in fact. Outside of VOP and Dan Austin who worked their butts off and were amazing, the entertainment and choice of activities was sub-par. the stand up comedians were amateur and lousy and had not prepared a full set. There was one fully produced show (and it was good, called Rock Opera) but I expected shows every night. the best things to do on the ship--spa, sanctuary, specialty dining--all carried extra charges. it's a shame.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

the embarkation took 4 hours even though we had completed everything in advance

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

drinks were fine. food was HORRIBLE. we were told we would have ample vegetarian and vegan choices and there were not. It was so stale and overcooked and awful.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

everything cool and worth doing had an extra charge

Entertainment

1 out of 5

VOP and Dan Austin were AMAZING. And we listened to them everyday. the comedians were both sub-par and there was only one actually fully produced and rehearsed show in 7 days.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

the waitstaff was wonderful. the guest services and customer service team was weak and basically did nothing to amend our bad experience

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

do not sail on this ship if you're a vegetarian or vegan. also, you MUST eat at the specialty dining, and those reservations will be sold out by the time you get on the ship so reserve In advance.

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