Nice trip. abbreviated port stop in Victoria. Arrived 7pm departed 11pm. Disappointing.

Discovery Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

raslater

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Inside Passage (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 18, 2023

Ship: Discovery Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: B110

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Nice cruise, but somewhat boring if you been to Alaska before. Nothing new. Fun excursions though. Princess needs to update their cruising model. Getting dated. Newest ship Discovery is the same as all the others. Nothing new. Food was middle of the road, crew were excellent and very polite. Guest Naturalist was excellent and made the cruise into Endicott Arm memorable.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

good. easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

dining rooms always nice. buffet average.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Steward Jose Durias was excellent. Room always clean.

Ship tip

Typical Princess cruise. Nothing new.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5

Embarkation. No excursions.

Thumbs Up 1

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

fun, good excursion with the Lumberjack show.

Thumbs Up 0

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

4 out of 5

Beautiful scenery

Thumbs Up 0

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Pretty. Fun town to walk around.

Thumbs Up 0

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

Great excursion with Gold panning and Sled dog experience. Got to meet and pet sled dogs and the puppies.

Thumbs Up 0

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5

Arrived too late to experience. arrived 7pm, departed 11pm. Shouldn't have been advertised as a port stop. Poor location outside of town also.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Easy

2 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 1 year ago

Thanks for your review. Victoria BC is a required legal stop/port. We didn’t disembark there as we were exhausted after stopping at all the gorgeous Alaskan ports. We also loved Discovery Princess (she is a gorgeous ship and also liked the buffet ). Maybe you ought to research a luxury line. We are going on Discovery Princess again in a couple months we enjoyed it so much-and Alaska!

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1960cruiser 1 year ago

Alaska doesn't change from year to year, except for the weather. Not sure what you expected from the cruise. Perhaps if you think princess is dated, then use a different cruise line. I cruise to Alaska every year, and its the same, but I enjoy the views and serenity of Alaska. I was just on Discovery Princess a few weeks ago and had a great time and I thought the food was amazing in all the venues, not just upcharge ones.

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