All In All an excellent cruise!

Norwegian Pearl Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Norwegian Pearl

7 Night Alaska Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 14, 2017

Ship: Norwegian Pearl

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 10659

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Ship was nice although there were some things in need of repair. Food was very good. Deserts were better in the dining room than in the buffet. Service was lacking most of the time. We had several issues. We complained to management and he apologized profusely. He also sent some strawberries to our room. The service was better in that restaurant the rest of the trip, but lacked in others. One had one fantastic server our first night named Red. Our room steward, Wilson, was fantastic. We did a lot of the activities onboard. There was plenty to do. Entertainment was ok. Matt Marcy was really good. The ports were lots of fun. We didn't do any excursions because of the cost. We had 9 in our party. We did rent a van in Skagway and took taxis in the other ports. We did some shopping and found the prices in the souvenir shops in Alaska to be very reasonable. Be sure to pick up the coupon books outside some of the shops. Their is some great deals in them.  Would of liked more time in Ketchikan and Victoria. We felt like we were bombarded with sales pitches on the ship. We didn't get drink packages because when we read the fine print, it would of required everyone in the room to get one. Drink packages were just too expensive!  Bottled water charge to preorder was ridiculous!!  All in all, we really enjoyed our vacation and would recommend this cruise to others. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Most servers were not very good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Red in the dining room was fantastic and so was our room steward, Wilson.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We had four adults in the room. It worked out ok. We put the suitcases under the bed and kept our stuff picked up. We used an over the door shoe organizer for all of our toiletries which we hung over the shower door. There was plenty of USB ports for everyone's phones in the room. We also brought a surge protector to have more plugs.

Ship tip

The best thing I ate on the ship was A cream filled donut at The Great Outdoors Buffet. Actually, I ate 5 of them!

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

2 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

3 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

2 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Elephant Monkey Waterfall at Mendenhall Glacier Glacier Bay Glacier Bay Fruit Art Lobster Not alone Glacier Bay Bear Bathroom Inside bathroom
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3 Comments

cruiser4sure    7 years ago

Got it, have to be outside of the US! Thanks so much!!

djkolp    7 years ago

Most of the Norwegian cruises have the " free at sea" packages that allow you to pick up to 4 items depending on your cabin choice. Specialty dining, Internet, beverage packages etc.. If you chose not to pick any of them, the price of the cruise was the same. Timari, If you have the beverage package you can order any alcoholic beverage up to $15. You just order the drink, give them your room key so the ship can track the booze sales, and bottoms up. Just wait until you get out of any port in the United States, they'll charge you tax on the drink if you don't. Enjoy

cruiser4sure    7 years ago

Hello, I thought the Pearl was updated? Also we got the drinks package for 2 for free when we signed up for the cruise so how does that work?

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