Great weather and scenery!

Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4.1
Author: JLanglandIII

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

JLanglandIII

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

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

Sail date: July 01, 2018

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D305

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was nice as far as the weather, overly warm for being in Alaska 75-80 degrees every day. I do enjoy days at sea but the last day at sea was two days, that’s too long with nothing but bingo to do on the ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

I was a little shocked that they didn’t display better what was in the food. I have a food allergy to shell fish and thankfully I didn’t have a reaction but when I was eating the rise it clearly didn’t say there was shrimp in it? I went back and looked to see and it didn’t say shrimp at all.

Dining Room

5 out of 5

Our server and waiter Donald and Alan were very good. Always smiling and making us laugh.

Wheelhouse Bar

5 out of 5

My daughter hung out here every night listening to the Irish playing band, she loved it. Very friendly people noticed her there and would acknowledge her which was very nice.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Casino

5 out of 5

The Casino staff were very helpful and friendly. It was like we were lifelong friends. I was in the Casino every day and the casino host’s would go out of there way to talk to me which made me feel very comfortable.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Check the weather before going on.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5

We weren’t in port long enough to do anything. In and out.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

7 Comments

jandsdennis 6 years ago

We enjoyed the food. We also loved our balcony

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Llovelylady 6 years ago

It looks like u were on the left side w a balcony, is this true? How would you rate being on that side of the ship please

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Llovelylady 6 years ago

I see u spoke of the food ingredients , could you please elaborate a bit on the quality of the food. Some ppl have given poor ratings on the food quality. Ty

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JLanglandIII 6 years ago

I suggest getting a balcony, every picture I took was from our balcony. The scenery was unbelievable. Also make sure you bring a pair of binoculars while we were sailing I was scanning the coastline and actually saw a bear which was exhilarating when it happened. Also everyone else who has a balcony is scanning the waters for whales and dolphins and when someone sees something they would yell out whale or bear then we would all see. Plus the balcony blocks a lot of the wind that you would get if you were up on deck taking pictures. If it was too cold which was barely on our cruise you could sit just inside your room and still look out at everything.

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Katleskin 6 years ago

Reading, walking, wave watching, gym, cinema, afternoon tea, 'sleeping' (😉), creative writing, crochet, wildlife spotting, quoits, cards, shopping, dining, crafts, lectures. Yeah, there's literally *nothing* to do on sea days, I love them!

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TeamDavonavo 6 years ago

When we were on the Emerald Princess, sea days were spent on trivia, Zumba, movies, ring toss and other games in the Atrium, long walks around the ship, Karaoke,etc. Plenty to do if you just get out and look.

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dengage 6 years ago

We like sea days to just relax and chill

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Other reviews of this sailing

people friendly but food was aweful!

Great Alaska Adventure July 2018

Fantastic!