First time cruisers. All vistas were incredible. We live in BC and are used to mountains, glaciers, wildlife, ocean & lakes, etc. However, Alaska is it's own beautiful place all together. I highly recommend this cruise. Getting food poisoning and losing two days was unfortunate, but at least it was last port with no excursions and I went home about 5 pounds lighter even with eating all day long!
Embarkation
4 out of 5
Some disorganization, lots of walking, but not bad overall.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
4 out of 5
Truly an adventure in fine dining, even the food poisoning. At least I went home lighter.
Onboard Activities
3 out of 5
Entertainment
4 out of 5
Main stage shows were very good, magician was top notch best I've ever seen. Music was quite good, classical, blues, r&b, rock.
Children's Programs
No children on cruise with us.
Service and Staff
4 out of 5
Most ship personnel were excellent! Some missed dished at fine dining.
Did the fjord and glacier excursion. An absolute must! Saw humpback whales, black bear, many bird species, seals, grey whale, aquamarine waters, deep blue glaciers.
Very clean and organized. Did the 5 glacier seaplane tour. Had unlimited ceiling, so pilot did a circular tour of glaciers and ice fields instead of up and down a fjord. All in all very good, but flight time was a lot shorter than advertised.
Very tourist trappy. I found this with Juneau as well, although expected. Some vendors not very friendly, and some want to sell you everything in the store with high pressure sales tactics. Train up and back to White Pass Summit was absolutely amazing.
Hard for me to believe you had food poisoning from the ship. We were on the Nieuw Amsterdam in March of 2018. The food in MDR, buffet and the Dive-In and pizza place was absolutely delicious and never got sick from it.
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