Our first cruise..im very very impressed

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Emerald Princess

7 Night Inside Passage With Tracy Arm Fjord (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 25, 2017

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A434

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was our first cruise, so up front I have nothing to compare our voyage to.

We loved every minute. The room was very nice, clean, and larger than I thought. We never felt cramped or limited in our room.

The food was very good, excellent selections and different theme in the buffet daily.

We didn't eat in the specialty restaurants,  we found the food available throughout the boats were more than we realized. Tapas.. sushi ..pizza..brisket..wings..just for snacks.

The service workers are incredible.

I know this sounds like a lot of bull, but I was a food and beverage mgr. at a major hotel in lake Tahoe.

I was so impressed by so many aspects, even the way the perform the departure and the end of the cruise. 

They treat people like I tried to encourage our employees to do.

We have only been home a few days, and are planning to go on another cruise. After everything that we did on the ship in 7 days aboard,  countless meals, dozens of interactions with employees,  my only suggestion is to make the chicken wings a little spicier,  that's it. Everything else they do at 100%

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
A+

Ship tip

Try not to eat the week before you leave.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

2 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

3 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
We bought a 24hr hop on hop off bus ticket from Grey line tour. I was surprised to learn this only covers 8 hrs. Our ship arrived later in the day, so we couldn't use. It's a 10$ cab ride each way, so we were put 20$ plus 80$ and it took most of our day to find out our ticket was worthless. Not Princess fault in any way. Just a comment on the Grey line in Victoria
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4 Comments

PoseidonCruise    7 years ago

emerald was my first cruise. nice ship it was

GIL155    7 years ago

The Emerald is a beautiful ship. Your insight as a F&B Manager is VERY insightful and worthwhile to better understand one aspect of ship operations that so many take for granted. Thanks for your review. Glad you had such a good Princess cruise.

picalo    7 years ago

did you work in a casino in Nevada or a non casino maybe on the California side?

picalo    7 years ago

I'd say that's a very good and very solid endorsement. great review. ( but how dare you mention the spiciness of the wings) ( just kidding) good review...thanks for mentioning your back ground!

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