Alaska is beautiful

Item: Norwegian Encore
Rating: 4.1
Author: dot63

Norwegian Encore Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

dot63

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4.1 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: 11170

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Cruise was beautiful. Very very disappointed in the air travel arrangements home and could only be changed if I paid for it myself. 19 hours not including flight time is a bit much! I would never cruise Norwegian again I feel they totally mishandled our flights, also some paid baggage and some did not, also a lot of hidden fees.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The Local

5 out of 5

Food was good, just a little longer wait.

The District Brew House

5 out of 5

Very good service

Q Texas Smokehouse

5 out of 5

Very good, too much food.

Garden Cafe

4 out of 5

Good variety, could have been warmer.

Cagney's Steakhouse

5 out of 5

Excellent

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Observation Lounge

4 out of 5

John Tan was the best. So polite and helpful.

Main Pool

4 out of 5

Very good service

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Music was good, they need a bigger variety of things to do. If you want to be involved in some games it cost extra money.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Good

Ship tip

Prepare for extra expenses

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Walked the city, very eye opening

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

The team is nice but not really worth $50.00, but beautiful scenery

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Train ride is amazing but take only the train ride, the other part is a waste of time and money

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Cruise Glacier Bay

4 out of 5

Interesting

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KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

5 out of 5

Amazing

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Very confusing paperwork had different times which created havoc

9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 5 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

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natelorip 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing. Glad you enjoyed Alaska.

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HeavySeas 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

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Kalaka 5 months ago

Never let the cruise lines book your flights.

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lemy 5 months ago

I wouldn't give up on NCL. We learned not to use NCL air program. We book our own flights still enjoy cruising with NCL.

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cruising2004 5 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful Alaskan cruise! Thank you for your review.

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dot63 5 months ago

First cruise was wonderful, to confining for me though.

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