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Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Norwegian Encore

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 07, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin number: 10242

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Norwegian has a huge ship that is very crowded. They need to stop charging for meals and do like they used to with freestyle dining anywhere.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Needed to have all documents printed and ready

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining rooms had delicious food and excellent service. The specialty restaurants are terrific if you can get a reservation. They were fully booked by the time we got on the ship.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Took advantage of the track loop for walking. My grandkids enjoyed the race cars and arcade. It was too cold to go into pool. Wished it were enclosed.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows were very good but would have enjoyed a comedian or hypnotist like other cruises had.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone crew member was friendly, polite, and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was not easy to get around. Bed was close to wall with TV and had a narrow passageway. Bed was comfortable, room was clean, and balcony was a delight to see the glaciers.

Ship tip

The Sea and Air deal was not worth it. Norwegian booked the worst times for us to travel and had us do both flights with layovers.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5
booked an bus excursion to tour. Tour leader, Carol, took off as soon as we got to the Space Needle and didn't wait for my Husband and I who had used the bus restroom. When we exited the bus the whole group was gone. Went looking for them and realized I left my tickets were on bus. Went back to bus to get tickets but our bus was gone. The other 2 were there waiting. Couldn't help us so we missed the trip to go up to the top of the Needle. Very disappointed

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
Not much to see or do.

Skagway, Alaska Did not visit port

Norwegian cancelled at last minute and we had 2 excursions! Never got to see dog sleds.

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
Unbelievable vista and ship gave everyone a good chance to see and take pictures.

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
Enjoyed the Lumberjack show.

Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5
Not enough time to explore

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Extremely organized and easy
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