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Grand Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 98

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Grand Princess

10 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Tracy Arm Fjord (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 18, 2013

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: p211 217

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

This is the second time that my husband and I cruised Alaska in order to accompany my mother and sister who are visiting us from China. Before our cruise, we thought we would not have much to see at the ports Grand Princess would dock. But it turns out that we visited those ports of call from a perspective different than that of our previous Alaska cruise, mainly thanks to the Alaskan Port Talk Ann Carroll Burgess gave before we approached the first port. Ann truly highlighted each port from the passenger's viewpoint. By contrast, the previous cruises we had typically focused more on marketing their shore excursions than providing what-to-see information. Another aspect of Grand Princess that impresses us is its taste in its entertainment programming. Like most other cruises we had, it provides comedian shows, singing and dancing performances, etc. Unlike some other cruises, the entertainment Grand Princess offers always shows a healthy and good taste. In addition, Grand Princess did not do daily tower folding in staterooms and short entertainment in the dining room, Instead it provided a display and demo of power folding on one of the sea days and had a parade of cooks and waiters at our last dinner on ship. This is an excellent practice in our opinion so that all the service personnel can focus on their work without being distracted from other activities on a daily basis. All in all, we are very satisfied with our Alaska cruise with Grand Princess and shall definitely cruise again with her in the future.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

n/a

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

See my review above.

Ports of call

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska Did not visit port

We went to Haines due to wind

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5
Wish we could be closer to the glacier

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
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