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Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4.8
Author: SeattleCruise

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

SeattleCruise

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 139

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

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

Sail date: September 03, 2017

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A330

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I would probably sail again on Princess, but they need to clean up their organization of excursions., They never should have left without us, with no announcement and no cross check. The left early! we were 15 minutes early. never should have happened

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy; smooth; quick. It look a long time for one bag to be delivered, but we managed through that

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The bars and cocktails were really good. Dinners were outstanding with Therese and Enrico. They make you feel like family and are very attentive. Humble, great people. The food at times was really good. At other times, it was way too salty and not as good. The buffet is over crowded, not too imaginative and seating can be difficult. Pizza is outstanding as is International Cafe. Morning breakfast with Michel was great Don't Miss Share. Its worth the price.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Very good fitness center. One bike was broken and not fixed since mid week and dumbbell area was always crowded. I still managed to get in most of my usual work outs so it was good

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The Disco show as top notch. The Singers and Dancers were screechy in their voices and the Magic song and dance was disjointed. Piano player at bar was excellent.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

As noted above. And Clifford was top notch room steward

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Older ship but nicely set out. shower curtain should be replaced.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Balcony. Great location. Enjoyed it

Ship tip

Our tour to the Seward Glacier on the catamaran left 15 minutes early and left us behind. We are still upset about that. We missed the primary reason we booked this cruise because they left without us. They would not call the boats back even though we were early. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that was lost. Try to get on a ship with the Naturalist, Rachel. A true expert, with great presentation ability and knowledge, I could listen to her all day. So interesting and provided great context for our experience

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Nice kayaking experience

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Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Take the taxi to Mendenall and spend and hour or so

Thumbs Up 6

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Photo tour was great as was sail away. the two hours following departure are some of the most gorgeous scenery you could ask for.

Thumbs Up 9

Victoria, British Columbia Did not visit port

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Fast; efficient

3 Comments

Bubba54 7 years ago

Thanks for the review.

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GIL155 7 years ago

Agree, it should not have happened. One question, was this a meet on the pier excursion? or a meet in a lounge excursion? My final thoughts depend on the gathering point. Thanks.

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Deniseg 7 years ago

I thought if you did an excursion through the cruise line that they would not leave without you.

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