Gorgeous but crowded

Majestic Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

OneCraftyLlama

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

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

Sail date: July 01, 2023

Ship: Majestic Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C503

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was my first and probably last ocean cruise. We did a land portion first, which was gorgeous, but expensive. If we'd had any idea how much it was going to cost just for meals, we would have bought the meal plan ahead of time. There's nothing official online with menus or pricing. We did love the use of the (ship) medallion to get about and the people working for Princess were amazing.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The Catch by Rudi is not to be missed! The food, the staff, everything was amazing!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We loved playing mini golf at the top!

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

The staff was amazing.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Very clean, ridiculously crowded. There are no quiet spots anywhere.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The bed was very comfortable and the room was always perfectly clean.

Ship tip

Expect a lot of people everywhere you go. There are no quiet spots anywhere.

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Ports of call

Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska Did not visit port

This was just the embarkation point. We took a train to the port.

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Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Absolutely gorgeous!

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Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Absolutely gorgeous!

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

I enjoyed spending time in Juneau. We took a pedicab tour by Alaska Pedicab. It was the best thing we could have done, personalized and engaging, and full of wonderful historic information. We booked this, ourselves, just after getting off the ship. (Alaska Pedicab - Juneau)

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Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

We did the Lighthouses, Eagles and Totems boat tour. It was amazing and the crew was awesome.

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Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia Did not visit port

It's where we disembarked.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Well-organized, but crowded, slow, and painful for anyone who has a hard time standing for long periods of time. The longest part was waiting for transport to the airport.

5 Comments

mrwonderful 1 year ago

Sounds as if you had a pretty good time! Thanks for the review.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Glad you enjoyed your Alaskan cruise even if you feel ocean cruising isn’t for you.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate you review

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your Alaska experience. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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