Cruise was great but Land Tour to Denali was Terrible

Item: Nieuw Amsterdam
Rating: 4.2
Author: helenlopez

Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

helenlopez

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Glacier Discovery Southbound (Whittier To Vancouver)

Sail date: September 04, 2022

Ship: Nieuw Amsterdam

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 10001

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

The sea part was great. But we were given no information regarding the land portion, where we would be when, in order to make excursion plans, Not before, not during and only wwere provided a 1 day advance notice of what our days would look like when we got that days hotel keys. very disorganized.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fast and easy, we had pre-completed all documents including ArriveCan and VeriFly

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food wasnt as good as former HAL cruises, understand limitations of Covid but am talking about quality not quantity. And Lido deck had fewer choices

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

very poor, we are used to many adult sport activities, crafts, with points or HalBucks given and end of cruise :valuable ships prizes" for earnings. It was fun. Very little of that on this cruise

Entertainment

5 out of 5

High quality Showroom shows, great music in BB Kings. A few more movies would have been gret for sea days and there were only 3 shows on the 7day sea portion, we are used to every night.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very high level of service, no complaints. However onboard staff had no information about the land tour portion. Very frustrating.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Dont care much about this

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Room was really really great. Large, great view, and well appointed