Take a helicopter tour onto a glacier if you can. Highly recommend Coastal tours. Avoid the spa specially on the first day. The therapist try to upsell you feels more like a timeshare presentation versus a spa. Try and book as many excursions as you can. Upgrade your room we had an inside room felt like my bedroom closet. Bring a bathing suit go in the hot tub during glacier Bay the best view on the ship. Unfortunately, I will not be booking with NCL in the future. If I travel to Alaska again I would definitely try Princess.
Embarkation
4 out of 5
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
2 out of 5
Same food over and over
Onboard Activities
2 out of 5
Most activities cost an additional fee
Entertainment
3 out of 5
Choir of men was a great show. They only had two days of shows. Just wish there was more entertainment.
Children's Programs
2 out of 5
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
Amazing staff can’t say enough great things. All staff went above and beyond for guests
Ship Quality
4 out of 5
First night both my daughter and I got bite. Second night same thing. Told housekeeping they changed everything in our room and completely sanitized.
Cabin / Stateroom
1 out of 5
Felt like we were sleeping in our closet. Moving forward if staying on Ncl upgrade your room.
Ship tip
Avoid the spa unless you want to feel like you’re in a timeshare presentation especially on the first day.
Our favorite port. Loved Tracy’s crabs great deal. Took a helicopter tour over a glacier with Coastal tours. Drank glacier water. The best experience and excursion I’ve ever taken. Even though it rains a lot like Seattle we had such a blast. Also took the tram up on the mountains. Great port.
Even though this wasn’t really a port you get off this was my favorite sea day. What an incredible experience to be eye level with mountains covered in snow. I watching sea otters in their natural habitat. Seeing a whale spout, seeing glaciers up close. Words can’t describe how incredible this experience was.
Our least favorite port. We went there for long had to take about a 15 minute ride into town. Ate at the fish house wasn’t the greatest. Next time I would book an excursion in Ketchikan with the cruise.
The area was very nice I wish we would have gotten there earlier vs 8 pm. A lot of places were closed when we arrived. Stop at Roger’s chocolate which is made from scratch only 20 minutes away from their store. Doesn’t get fresher than that.
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