Awesome Trip to Alaska

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Norwegian Encore

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 08, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 12906

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall it was a great trip, the only change I would make would be earlier in the Season. Ocean was rough.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Awesome, Did not have to wait long.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Stayed in the Haven and the Haven Restaurant food is delicious. Did eat at the buffet a few times and it was good. No complaints. Cagney's Steaks are very good, the sides not very flavorful.

Los Lobos

5 out of 5

Taste food and enjoyed it. Clean and very nice servers.

Garden Cafe

4 out of 5

Nice, lot to choose from. NO complaints on the food.

The Haven Restaurant

5 out of 5

Food is awesome! Service staff are amazing and so attentive to our needs.

The Manhattan Room - Main Dining Room

4 out of 5

Very large venue, food was good and the staff nice. Just too crowded for me.

The Haven Lounge

5 out of 5

Clean and just very nice place to hang out.

Cagney's Steakhouse

4 out of 5

It is nice and steaks are very good. However, the sides bland and not very good.

American Diner

4 out of 5

It was cute venue, all 50's. Food was good and no complaints.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Haven Pool and Hot tub very nice and never crowded. Hot tub could have been a little hotter, but overall very nice.

Encore Casino

3 out of 5

Casino is large and of course I lost. I dealers not very friendly, from what I experienced.

Tradewinds

3 out of 5

Small store and not much variety.

Observation Lounge

5 out of 5

So nice to relax and watch all the sites. Even took a little nap.

Haven Sundeck

5 out of 5

sat outside the first day and it was so lovely. Not many people up there.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Choir of Men was so much fun to watch and sing along to.

Encore Theater

5 out of 5

It is a large and great shows.

Children's Programs

Had no kids on this trip

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone we came in contact with was friendly and very helpful. Shout out to our bartenders in the Haven Paul and Kevin! Best drink makers. Bowman our Concierge, so friendly and very helpful. Kevin our steward is such a hard worker and such a great person.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean ship and loved the layout.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our Room was very nice and perfect size for the 3 Adults. Had two bathrooms, which was nice to have. However, the 2nd bathroom is very small.

Ship tip

Enjoy your trip and relax!

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Not enough time

Juneau, Alaska Did not visit port

it was raining and I was having to much fun on the boat

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
Amazing sites! Loved every moment of it. Saw several baby Orca Whales.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy off with assistance
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4 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

natelorip    1 year ago

Thanks for the detailed review. Glad you had a great time.

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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