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Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Norwegian Encore

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin number: 5101

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruise was great! We sailed late September from Seattle. First few days weather was a little rough. And seas were a little rough. Last part was awesome!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was a breeze. I wish there was a little more air movement in the waiting area but the wait was not too long and we were soon on the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was very good. A little disappointed that we could not book reservations for specialty dinning earlier in the afternoon. Being an easterner this made it really difficult. Not sure I would plan for the specialty dinning again, although it was excellent fare, I did not get to enjoy it to the fullest.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Plenty to do on board and we took advantage of several of the participant games in the Atrium.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Very good entertainment throughout the ship. I wish that I had understood to process for the Beatles Invasion and how they took you on a journey of the Beatles from beginning to end. The last show was awesome. We thoroughly enjoyed The Choir of Men show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff really impressed me. They are very hard working and willing to help in every way! Can’t say enough good things about each of the crew.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship is beautiful and well maintained. Of course it is still new but there has been enough people traffic that it should be showing signs of some wear and tear. One thing that I can’t figure out that might could be made better. We wanted to enjoy the NFL ballgames that we’re playing at certain locations. Skyline bar is a good example, extra large screens with very little sitting area. This could be improved upon.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Balcony cabin! We weee very pleased. Everything worked fine. We did have a little trouble with the flushing button for the bathroom.

Ship tip

The elevators in the aft area of the ship don’t seem to get as much traffic as the forward elevators.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
Ports could use a little better planning and a little longer shore times.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
All we had time for was the whale watching excursion, which was great.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
It was rainy and foggy the day we were there. We did the White Pass Railroad with a Yukon experience which was great but our views were not so great

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
This was awesome! Thank you Captain Nichols for the 360 turns!! We enjoyed everything from our balcony

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

5 out of 5
Better port location might make this better. But the port is very pretty.

Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5
I did not leave the ship. People I talked with were disappointed that most everything was closed and it was a very limited time to explore the port.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We used the Port Valet process. Highly recommended. Good smooth disembarkation

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6 Comments

Curlyredhead    1 year ago

Thanks for the details. We will be heading out soon!

CapFamily    1 year ago

Looks like we are on the same cruise. Glad you had a great time!

natelorip    1 year ago

Glad you had fun. Thanks for sharing.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the detailed review

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for the detailed review. Glad you had an amazing cruise.

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