First cruise

Item: Island Princess
Rating: 4
Author: Rodders21

Island Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Rodders21

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Inside Passage With Glacier Bay (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 13, 2017

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: P631

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We are First time crushers who are independent travellers so it took a bit of adjusting to get into cruise mode. I think there's opportunity for the cruise business to get into offering more quiet spaces for those guests who need to quiet their minds for a period of time. Perhaps this cruise wasn't the right one for us.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ok apart from US homeland security

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Staff were great as was the food

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We didn't participate much in these. For two people with very busy lives, having the opportunity to be still and quiet was appealing. More quiet space options other than our stateroom would have been good.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

What a treat to be introduced to the talents of the Polonia Quartet. We saw one show which while full of talented people I thought was very dated production. Into the 'camp' space.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The cabin was fine. Considering the size the space was very efficient and we didn't feel crowded. The only reason we didn't give 5 stars was because we told our travel agent we wanted a balcony so of course we're expecting this. Enrico our steward couldn't do enough for us.