Fantastic service, disappointing Haven

Norwegian Joy Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 89

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Norwegian Joy

7 Night Alaska With Inside Passage (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 07, 2019

Ship: Norwegian Joy

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Haven restaurant closure significant negative. Wife in wheelchair, and booked this suite mainly for convenience of restaurant across the hall. Instead, long waits on overcrowded elevators for every meal. Entire Haven area had varnish smell and lots of noise during first two days of maintaining work.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Carney’s, ocean blue, Teppanyaki outstanding. Le bistro very good. La cocoon fair. Haven restaurant closed the entire trip, very disappointing.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Race track, laser tag great. Galaxy pavilion suddenly raised rates to $5 per game, no longer had $29 for 90 minutes. Not worth the price.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Late night comedy club great. Footloose long & slow.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Outstanding steward and butler in Haven, excellent wait staff.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Very clean and well maintained. Elevators the worst of our 30 years of cruising. Wife in wheelchair, we waited 2 to 30 minutes for elevators. Sometimes they passed our floor despite both up & down buttons pressed. Other times stopped when full.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Survey wouldn’t take cabin #. It was 18130. Outstanding in every way.

Ship tip

DONT pay extra $$$ for Haven! Notified Restaurant was closed 2 days before cruise. Lied to about having dedicated elevators (only had for disembarkation).

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

No excursions

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Excellent shopping, especially local made foods.

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5
No time to shop. Excursion to !Mendenhall was great.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

1 out of 5
Ship changed to Davidson glacier. Major disappointment, as this was just a view of distant glacier. No calving, no ice filled water, no up close views.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Great train excursion, limited but ok shopping.

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5
Port is 40 minute walk from downtown, but beautiful city.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth and quick.
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