Good cruise and beautiful Alaska locations

Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 3.7
Author: aaronromrell

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

aaronromrell

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5

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

Sail date: July 02, 2017

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: a403

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Visiting the ports was great but quickly got board on the boat if we spent too much time at sea. Disappointed with our hot and loud room. Also found the entertainment to be sub par. Unless you are prepared to only eat and drink on the boat ... its boring quickly.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

First time on a cruise and I was pleasantly surprised how quick and organized the embarkation process was.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Buffet was OK (to be expected). I did think the dining room food was better than I was expecting. The Share restaurant food was out of this world amazing.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

All of the physical activity centers were overloaded with people.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Found the entertainers to be sub-par. Was expecting higher end entertainers.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Not a good experience. The room was very warm and although we turned the thermostat all the way day, it never cooled off. Additionally there was a lot of banging noise coming from behind our room .

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

The Adventure carts was a complete blast!!!

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Beautiful and really enjoyed the seaplane ride to the lodge.

Thumbs Up 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Loved the helicopter tour to the glacier.

Thumbs Up 2

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5

We selected the double decker bus tour of Victoria. First, the marketing team should reward the tour, although it is technically a 2 level bus tour, it was not the stereotypical London red double decker bus most of us were expecting. But most disappointing was the tour itself. Spent 45+ minutes driving around neighborhoods getting a real estate value lesson. Didn't spend enough time on the city itself. Waste of time and money. Very disappointed.

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Very smooth quick and organized.

4 Comments

grinchiey 7 years ago

Sea days are my favorite! But everyone has different tastes.

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serialcruiser1 7 years ago

the more you Cruise the more you will enjoy and cherish the sea days in many cases especially on a repeat Cruise you will even be reluctant to get off the ship.

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Dutch3901 7 years ago

I'm not sure if you are an experienced cruiser, but most who are, enjoy the sea days (my wife and I love them). We have found that there is always something to do, often too much to get it all in. They are relaxing to us. We are looking forward to our next Emerald cruise in Nov.

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GIL155 7 years ago

Sorry. My time on the Emerald went by too fast. Seems that way on every cruise I have taken. But I am not you. I guess if you do not enjoy some of the activities offered, you could be bored easily.

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