Good Alaska trip

Item: Norwegian Jewel
Rating: 4.4
Author: IzzyW

Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

IzzyW

Contributor Level: First Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 10

Helpful Votes: 118

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay Northbound (Vancouver To Seward)

Sail date: July 29, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We really enjoyed our trip to Alaska on the NCL Jewel. Price was good for what NCL offered.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

We only went to the buffet and O'Sheenan. Food was good. Breakfast sometimes bussy inside but we prefered to sit outside.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pools and jaccuzi's were warm. Good that there was an adult only pool and 2 adult only jaccuzi's.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Shows were good.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward was verry friendly. Other ship personnel also.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Nice oceanview cabin on deck 8 aft. Good view and room size (2 people). Room was clean. We had noise from the area next to us (last cabin aft, next to crew only area with metal stairs)

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

Stayed here 4 nights, had a great time.

Thumbs Up 4

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Excursion; bering sea crab fisherman's tour. Was a great tour.

Thumbs Up 7

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Excursion; Whale watch - booked with NCL. Was good.

Thumbs Up 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Excursion; Chilkoot Wilderness kayak. Booked with NCL. Was good - only negative was that the bus driver did not stop the bus at Chilkoot river to see the bears.

Thumbs Up 3

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Nice views.

Thumbs Up 1

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Nice views. Weather was great.

Thumbs Up 2

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

5 out of 5

Excursion; booked a boattrip with seward ocean excursions. Was verry good. Also booked the evening train to Anchorage (gold star class). Best trainride ever; saw 4 moose, salmon, eagles,...Food on the train was also verry good.

Thumbs Up 2