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Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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5 out of 5
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Norwegian Encore

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 16, 2021

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin number: 10886

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

NCL is doing a fantastic job - the ship is beautifully designed, many activities to choose from, food is delicious, and the service top notch! Soon as we can, we are planning our next NCL cruise. As Latitudes members, we were pleasantly surprised and delighted with our gifts!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything was very well organized; took a while due to Covid testing but well worth the wait.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Beautiful set up and the food, as always, was absolutely delicious! Highly recommend Teppanyaki and Texas Q Smokehouse restaurants! And of course, ate too much at the Garden Buffet (too tasty not to!).

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Must get on the speedway - lots of fun! And the virtual game room was awesome! Make sure to attend the art auction; beautiful displays.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
One of the best features with NCL. The shows are totally entertaining, keeps you wanting more!

Children's Programs

We don't have children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was incredibly helpful and attentive; couldn't ask for better service!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The Encore is a beautiful ship, we especially loved going to the Observation Lounge, one of our favorites! Almost an entire deck to sit, relax, converse, play cards, snack, sleep, have a few drinks.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Everything about our cabin was just as expected; clean and comfortable!

Ship tip

Make sure to check out everything on the ship! There are so many things to do and ship "features" to visit. We would do this again in a heartbeat!

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Due to time constraints we were not able to do much in Seattle but it is a great place to visit if you have time (we've been there before).

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
Small port but the walk to Hoonah (or you can take a shuttle there) is well worth it, for the scenery alone.

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
Words cannot begin to describe its beauty and serenity - must experience.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Two words, Mendenhall Glacier- WOW! This was our 2nd Alaskan cruise and you will not be disappointed with the many excursion options in Juneau!

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Mostly shopping for us (and of course, the crisp, clean air and snowy mountains)! If you take one of the last cruises to Alaska, you are sure to find great deals on just about everything!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
As usual well organized; however we will probably not to the NCL shuttle to the airport again. Not sure why, but it took a lot longer than we expected, but overall, okay.
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5 Comments

jrud05    3 years ago

Any idea what capacity they were sailing at?

donald1lane    3 years ago

Thanks for a very accurate review!

jameeh    3 years ago

Wow, you had a fantastic cruise! Thanks for your review.

javawoody    3 years ago

Thank you for the review, glad you enjoyed your cruise

Curt34    3 years ago

Glad you had a great cruise. Thanks for the review.

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