Awesome Alaska Cruise, except for 1 tour in Ketchikan....

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

aaruba27

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

7 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Glacier Bay (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 08, 2018

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8175

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was my bucket list, so we did tours we would never do otherwise and it was sad that we ended it on a sour note in Ketchikan. Highly recommend Alaska. The Glaciers and the forests are indescribable and photos really don't do it justice.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Loved that they serve you at the Buffet versus people digging in an grabbing what they want. Stear should of been Flame Broiled, versus pan grill...especially with Filet Mignon and in specialty restaurant

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The cleanliness, the ships stewards were excellent! Never wanted for towel or anything!! Perfect as can be! Agus co worker, sorry I forget your name. The balcony was OUTSTANDING!! Never had so much space and the back of the ship you see everything!!!

Ship tip

Beautiful ship, luxury decor, casino so so, loved having more adults and more senior activities with a touch of class!

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Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Brian was awesome...Hatchery was surprisingly interesting and all the National Park service guides were full of information and great!

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

You have to do the White Pass & Yukon Luxury train ride...Julianna was awesome!! Food was not cavier was still a cut above the anything most!

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Ketchikan, Alaska

1 out of 5

We paid an exorbitant amount per person for the Floatplane and Cruise...Horrible. NOT what the brochure advertises, did not see the 1000 foot fall, horrible pilot .taped what he thought was apparently homemade tour with oldie background music that drowned out the tour. At one poin said relax and enjoy the music...duhhh..I did not pay over $300 to listen to his favorite oldies in Alaska (and luxury catamaran, was an aluminum boat with a dirty small snack station which claimed to have best hot chocolate ...a machine we get in any airport. People slept during the cruise. We were anticipating something similar to our Luxury Train ride...not even close and it falsely advertised what we were getting. I heard from others that they had wonderful pilots etc....

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