Horrible! Worse trip ever

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 3
Author: TatianaAndreeff

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

TatianaAndreeff

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Scenic Alaska & Dawes Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 07, 2021

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 10196

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

Not impressed with the excursions. Icy Straits had nothing for the tourist. Unless you were into zip lines, really!!! And Ketchikan, had to wait for bus in a line for two hours and were charged $8.00 for the trip ($8.00 were refunded later in the day). Bus was not handicapped accessible. Terminal was really horrid. Ship was excellent, crew and staff were great. But the rest of the experience - horrid. This was not the Norwegian experience that would encourage me to book another trip with this line.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Ship tip

Sail with another line - Holland America is so much better

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

1 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

1 out of 5

Needed binoculars to see it

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Ketchikan, Alaska

1 out of 5

Had to wait 2 hours to get on bus to go to the city. Bus did not have handicap access

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

7 Comments

Curt34 3 years ago

Vacations 😁

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javawoody 3 years ago

Why a bus in Ketchikan?

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AuntPinkie 3 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations!

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Curt34 3 years ago

Thanks for the review. Sorry it didn’t meet your expectations. Maybe you would enjoy land based vaccinations more.

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cbyron3 3 years ago

Holland American has much bigger icebergs.

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CruzeFan 3 years ago

It definitely sounds like cruising may not be for you. Most people love Alaska even if they never get off the ship. Icy Strait Point has excellent whale watching, a wonderful trail near the pier, a refurbished cannery and the scenery is amazing if you don’t do anything. Endicott Arm scenery is incredible even if the ship can’t get very close to the glacier.

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deboftheseas 3 years ago

Perhaps cruising Pandemic Style isn’t your thing?

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