Great Alaskan Cruise!

Item: Grand Princess
Rating: 4.3
Author: droman1981

Grand Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

droman1981

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Voyage Of The Glaciers With Glacier Bay - Southbound (Anchorage To Vancouver)

Sail date: June 26, 2024

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D619

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

Overall a great cruise. June/July is a great time to Cruise Alaska. Would do Princess again for an Alaskan cruise. The pre-cruise land portion to Denali is a must do. Everybody in Fairbanks and Denali were great. Would also recommend the land first then southbound cruise to Vancouver.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Took longer than expected. Arriving on the train with 700 people I would have expected Princess to be ready for that number of people and get us on the boat quicker.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Main dinning and specialty dinning was good, the buffet was ok at best. Late night options were very limited.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Did not do a lot of activities

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Shows and performers were ok, nothin special.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Most ship personnel were very good. A few seemed to be disinterested.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship condition was great, very clean. Layout was ok.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was great and very nice size balcony for cruising the glaciers.

Ship tip

Mini suites cabins have a nice size balcony but it is not covered at all. We had great weather so it was not an issue.

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Ports of call

Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska

3 out of 5

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

We did an excursion and waited a while in theater to get off ship.

5 Comments

javawoody 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your experience

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cruising2004 3 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful Alaskan cruise.

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bndfromaz 3 months ago

Thank you so much for your review!

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AuntPinkie 3 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your land and sea Alaskan experience.

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HeavySeas 3 months ago

Awesome.......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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