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Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
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Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Norwegian Jewel

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay Northbound (Vancouver To Seward)

Sail date: June 12, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Jewel

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 11006

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great time. Overall we enjoyed the trip better than our 2009 trip.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
It was very good from the NCL side. From the Canadian side not so much. They needed to see passports way too many times making their immigration experience a real pain.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We were in a family suite which was great. It was spacious and extremely well appointed. We were surprised to find we had a concierge and butler and enjoyed lunches at Cagney's and breakfasts at Monderno's daily.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Too cold for pools and hot tubs,

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Entertainment in the Stardust was some good and some not to my taste but good to others.

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All service personnel were very good. Teo our concierge was special as was our butler and hostess.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Well done and clean. Never had to wait long for elevators.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Unbelievably great!!

Ship tip

Try the family suite.

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

3 out of 5
Very expensive. hard to get hotels near cruies port

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

5 out of 5
Beautiful and saw lots of whales.

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5
NCL has their own port that requires a 20 minute shuttle to and from town as well as a wait for the shuttle. It takes at least 1 1/2 hours out of your port visit time. It rained so we didn't even do ashore

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5
Again NCL saved money by parking far away. Juneau was ok we had been their in 2009. It has become much more commercialized. Not as nice

Skagway, Alaska

3 out of 5
NCL saved money again. Skagway had a lot of boarded up store fronts. It had become very commercialized.

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
Ranger was good also

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy. We went on the 7 day lNCL and tour after which was great.
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8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Glad you enjoyed your Alaskan cruise.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

Itspeace4me    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

LauraRussellMT    1 year ago

Thank you for this review! My family is boarding the Jewel in just four days (the cruise directly after yours) and this helps us to know exactly what is going on at the ports this summer.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Glad everyone enjoyed.

Carnivalfoodie    1 year ago

I’m glad you had fun 🤩

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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