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Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Norwegian Jewel

7 Night Alaska Inside Passage Southbound (Seward To Vancouver)

Sail date: July 30, 2018

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 5567

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Not worth the price I paid, everything was not organized, no formal nights, not many things to do, was boring.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Buffet restaurant like a school cafeteria, same food every day, soups are way too salty wondering if they use the sea water to cook. only two other restaurant to choose which are always long waiting lines in front.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
swimming pool and hot tubs are good and clean. Dancing ball is good, spent a night there. Library is OK, Gym is fine and well maintained. all others are costing money, include the casino.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
only two good shows, a musical and circus, talk shows by two old guys( each talked 2 nights) were so boring.

Children's Programs

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Staffs from all over the world, most of them from Philippines, A restaurant server Ernest was very nice and patient.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
room attendant is good

Ship tip

Do not go with them, if you really want to go, booking with Norwegian official website, not

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Ports of call

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

4 out of 5

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
yes, did see Mandenhall Glacier Not enough time stay there
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Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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3 Comments

mrsbtemplin    6 years ago

Apparently you didn’t do you’re homework because you should have known upfront there was no formal nights. If that was something you were looking for you should have kept looking. Some things are out of your control and I understand complaining, but this clearly wasn’t their fault. It’s the premise of their cruising “Free style”.
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Marinewife62    6 years ago

Norwegian is “free style” they clearly state on their website no formal nights
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IkeDeb    6 years ago

That's ashame 🤔
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