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Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

lhmezzo

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Inside Passage (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 16, 2016

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4127

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Alaska is huge and gorgeous, not to be missed. I was glad to finally see Glacier Bay while there are still some glaciers left. With lots of light and very little rain, I imagine mid-July is the best time to go. I enjoyed each of the ports, though we arrived in Juneau too late to do several of the things I hoped to get to.

The ship is beautiful, cabins spacious (I had the cheapest one) and the service was excellent. The food was very good, with a few exceptions. I especially liked the daily change in ethnic (mostly Asian) foods at the Lido buffet. I was not happy with some of the entertainment, activities and general culture onboard, but I think that's because they have to appeal to such a wide range of tastes, and of course they are always encouraging you spend more money.