Glacier Bay is no more

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 4.2
Author: rodgoddard

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

rodgoddard

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

7 Night Alaska: Glacier Bay Skagway & Juneau (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 09, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Encore

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12312

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

I would not cruise with NCL again visiting Glacier Bay or Alaska. I believe other cruise lines do a better job.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Everything was great. Ships personnel were outstanding

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Did not participate in any

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The Beatles Invasion was super good, saw them several times

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin Steward Edward was the best we have ever had.

Ship tip

Glacier Bay is now absent of any major glaciers. There were two smaller ones, but it was in no way as good as it was 12 years ago

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

3 out of 5

Drug haven with zombies all over especially if you ride the train from the airport. Be prepaired.

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

The bus ride to and from the pier was a half hour all because NCL does not want to pay Juneau for port fees. However we did the https://wingsairways.com/ on our own and it was outstanding

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Plenty of time to do what you want.

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Cruise Glacier Bay

1 out of 5

Glaciers are gone

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KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

1 out of 5

1.5 hour bus ride same reason as Juneau. Ship was not leaving until 1PM but busses quit running at 11AM. Very little time to do anything

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Jerrec 5 months ago

NCL is one of the only cruise lines allowed into Glacier Bay and has Park Rangers on board talking about it. As others said, they have no control over the size of the glaciers. They are melting.

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javawoody 5 months ago

If you’re going to write a review, at least get your facts straight

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natelorip 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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jpmato16 5 months ago

You’re blaming NCL for global warming? Okay. Gotcha.

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cruising2004 5 months ago

Thank you for your review.

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HeavySeas 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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bubbles60 5 months ago

Sorry you were disappointed. We had a wonderful trip to Alaska on NCL.

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earlydawn 5 months ago

Thanks for the thoughtful review. I'm curious, what do the other cruise lines do better?

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