Fun with friends but bored on board

Grand Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Grand Princess

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

Sail date: June 15, 2019

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A319

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I enjoyed this trip because of my husband and our fun group but was disappointed and very bored on the sea days. Probably wouldn’t go on Princess again. Played enough bingo for a life time and sitting at art auction and karaokes, had one good band but hit or miss on some days, really need to get up to date.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy to get aboard no problem

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was great, definitely recommend Crown Grill , Sabatinis and the Crab Shack

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Very few activities during the at sea days. They want to sell you at most I the work shops, acupuncture, foot care, back pain. Music trio sounded good for one day but 10 days I wanted to jump overboard. Lot of people sleeping in their books lol. Expected lively fun days.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Very amateurish. Piano player was ok guitarist boring. Very disappointing

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff was excellent

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship is ok nothing spectacular. Balcony Rooms smaller than other ships. Was very clean every where though.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Room is clean, bathroom very old. Mattress was great. Very small considering a balcony room

Ship tip

Massages were great especially hot stone massage. Recommend Risma. Definitely try the extra dining rooms. Well worth it. Do not pre book your massages because they give you a better deal on ship. Visit Stephen and Vish on deck 7 at the bar. They can make any drink.

Ports of call

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
It is beautiful, we took Duck tour. Great tour to see the city. Only 1 1/2 hrs. Best shopping is right off the ship. It rained so have rain coat and hat it was cold.

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
Our dog sledding got cancelled due to weather so we took the tram up the mountain. Use AAA for discounted tickets. Had crab nachos at restaurant up there delicious 😋 went whale watching and was spectacular ! Saw so many humpback whales

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Beautiful! Took white pass train ride and it’s amazing view!

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5
Get up early for this! Go up to deck 14 back of boat for the best view.

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
Took hop off hop on bus, not much time to do much. Wish we had more time here.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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1 Comment

Sugar68    5 years ago

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy your experience. Sounds perfect for my wife and I though. Lounging by the pool sipping margaritas and reading (or writing) my next great book sounds relaxing to me. But that's why we're going, to relax. Royal Caribbean would've probably been more up your alley? Just a guess.

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