Disappointing

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 3.1
Author: tbdal

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

tbdal

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 11, 2021

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 8730

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

This trip was for our 25th anniversary. Wish we had done something else.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Terribly handled. Wr almost missed the boat due to Norwegian’s incompetence.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Specialty restaurants were outstanding we had dinner in them every night. Never tried main dining rooms. The buffet was absolutely horrible. Dry, nasty food. Couldn’t even cut items with a knife.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Not much to do onboard. We were fairly bored most of the time.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Ok but not great.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Some crew were great, some didn’t seem to care at all.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Layout ok. Some areas not clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Pretty could and comfortable.

Ship tip

Don’t go.

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Ports of call

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

1 out of 5

Boring. .

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Cruise Glacier Bay

2 out of 5

Not much to see.

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Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Things to do.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Things to do.

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Way too slow.

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