Pluses and Minuses of this Alaska Cruise

Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
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Norwegian Spirit

9 Night Alaska With Dawes Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 24, 2022

Ship: Norwegian Spirit

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11530

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great cities. would like more time in ports and have a naturalist or historian give a talk.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Some meals great, some so-so. Meat tough and chicken dry. Plenty of food and servers were wonderful.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Didn't have talks about things of interest in the ports. Didn't have experts, such as historians , geologists, environmentalists or ? to explaining the areas we sailed through.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Good shows. Excellent entertainers around the ship's lounges. Would like musicians in the afternoon as well as the evening.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service staff were amazing. They seemed to care about making everybody's trip enjoyable.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very Clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Bed comfortable, room kept clean. Plenty of storage, Great Shower.

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
Great city. Arrive days early to enjoy the city.

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5
Great city to walk around.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Great city to walk around.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

3 out of 5
Beautiful fjord but unable to get very close to the glacier. Lacked explanation of what we were seeing.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

4 out of 5
Enjoyed free short gondola ride to village. Very small.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Lots to do. I enjoyed excursion with photographer.

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

2 out of 5
Great city but ship did not remain in port long enough to really enjoy it.

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Arrived at night and ship there not long enough to do anything.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

javawoody    2 years ago

Yes I think Alaska cruises are missing the boat without a naturalist to speak

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Once you are a a cruise that has an historian or naturalist, it’s frustrating to do a similar cruise without one. We learned this lesson with the Panama Canal transit. I understand your disappointment.

RetiredRay    2 years ago

Interesting.

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