Disappointed in the port stops

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 4
Author: ambitiouschris

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

ambitiouschris

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Alaska With Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 16, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9876

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall we enjoyed the cruise, food was great, people where great, The spa was wonderful, unhappy about the various port experiences.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

This went fine.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Buffet was hit or miss, regular complimentary restaurants where outstanding.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Art Auction, Spa (We loved this)

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Kinky Boots was awesome! Musicians where great throughout the ship.

Children's Programs

no kids with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Goto the spa!

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

1 out of 5

This was not a planned port stop due to the Skagway port not available. Very dissapointed that we were in this run down town for almost 10 hrs.

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Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Not many glaciers in the water at this time of the year, but still good to experience.

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KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

1 out of 5

Very disappointed we were only in port for 5 hrs, NCL should have reversed this port with Ice Straight. Someone dropped the ball on this one.

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Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5

Didn't get off the ship, only here 4 hrs, what a waste 8pm-11:30pm. another failed port experience.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

There were multiple delays getting off the ship at various ports and when we got back to seattle. We stood around for almost an hour to get off in Juneau, then found out we were at the wrong end of the ship. Bad communication there.

5 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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byhisgrace 2 years ago

Thanks for your review

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry for the disappointments but glad you enjoyed some of your cruise.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the review

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