Worth it for Alaska

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Review summary

We loved the stunningly beautiful landscape of Alaska and British Columbia and had fun adventures in the ports of call (whale watching in Juneau, dog team ride in the Yukon). The international staff on the ship was attentive, friendly, and cheerful. The evenings shows were fun, and the hipster cruise director was very entertaining. The ship is older and showing signs of wear, but it is kept very clean. Our cabin was comfortable and had good storage. Unfortunately, the food in both the main dining room and the Windjammer buffet was uniformly mediocre. Many of the meat entrees were overcooked and rubbery, the menu choices were not appealing, buffet items were sometimes undercooked and cold, and desserts were a bland waste of calories. I suspect that RC is intentionally using lower quality ingredients to force people to upgrade to specialty dining. RC should step up its food service or will lose customers. One note about Victoria: skip the expensive Grayline bus tour because the route is too long and the buses infrequent. Do some advance research to pick an area for shopping and dining and take a cab or uber there. Or just enjoy the downtown architecture and visit the museum.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

Juneau, Alaska

Skagway, Alaska

Victoria, British Columbia

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