Wonderful Cruise, land tour was less than satisfactory

Item: Noordam
Rating: 4.2
Author: dawn316

Noordam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

dawn316

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

Sail date: June 23, 2024

Ship: Noordam

Cabin number: 7089

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

Cruise part of the tour was great. I would not recommend the land portion. i’m sorry enjoy your evening

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

World stage. Billboard Lounge. Spa services

Entertainment

3 out of 5

World stage dancers were a 5. Singers were ok. Best entertainment was at the Billboard Lounge with the Megan and ? On the pianos.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Yes

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Don’t take the land portion of the cruise.

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Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

3 out of 5

We enjoyed Vancouver. We took a “Highlights of Vancouver “ excursion and enjoyed it. Lots of homeless on the streets.

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Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Cruise Glacier Bay

4 out of 5

Cruise College Fjord, Alaska

4 out of 5

Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska

3 out of 5

Only disembarked in Whittier. No information was given about Land Tour and no one seemed to know anything about it. Train ride is 8 hours routinely—this information was not disclosed. Food and drink on train are expensive and limited. Our ride was complicated by the wildfire and ended up being 12 hours and ended with a bus ride from Cantwell to the Chalet which had no power or water but we could walk downstairs and a building over and use a port a potty. Communication was terrible. Breakfast and lunch the next day were muffins and water, sandwiches and chips—which was ok but it was only free if you happened upon it. No one informed us or directed us to the free food and drink so a lot of people didn’t even know it was there.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

5 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 4 months ago

OMG! We were just in Denali when the fire started. So sorry you had such a disappointing adventure there. We took the train from Anchorage to Denali both ways and had a delay on way back. I u derstand what you mean about limited food. But we upgraded to Gold Star that includes really good food in the dining car. Thanks for your review.

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HeavySeas 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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Gwbigdog 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 4 months ago

Loved our land and sea tour many years ago! Glad you enjoyed the cruise portion of your trip.

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javawoody 4 months ago

If you do your research, you don’t have to rely on communication as much. Sorry you were disappointed in land tour,

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