Excellent Alaskan Cruise, picked the right ship for us.

Item: Norwegian Sun
Rating: 4.8
Author: hunnijar85

Norwegian Sun Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

hunnijar85

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

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11 Night Alaska: Glacier Bay Skagway & Juneau (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 11, 2023

Ship: Norwegian Sun

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 0016

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Had wonderful/weather. This being our first cruise we had a learning curve of things. Being an Alaskan cruise the balcony was not used.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

All restaurants were excellent. Clean, friendly staff, excellent choice of food. The free-style dining was enjoyable, we didn't have to be so time conscious. We never waited to get into the main dining rooms.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

All restaurants and most areas for entertainment were either at the front or back of the ship. This means a lot of walking to get to the entertainment or the restaurants

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Take advantage of as many of the onboard activities as possible.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

5 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Waited for over an hour in line to get a bus to the airport. Good thing we had a later flight.

14 Comments

tanjan4evr 1 year ago

thx for your review.

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Epz 1 year ago

Thank you for your review

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byhisgrace 1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback

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Apolloni 1 year ago

Just curious as to why you never used the balcony. I think I will use mine alot in the evenings and at sea days.

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WRS31 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Itspeace4me 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cdavid46 1 year ago

Glad you had a good experience!

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MTcruisers 1 year ago

Glad for the good review, sailing on her next year for 18 days, I was getting worried.

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ddme 1 year ago

Actually, this good review was on the same sailing as the bad review a couple of days ago.

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ddme 1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise. It is interesting to read your view on the Norwegian Sun. Someone just posted the week before your cruise that it was not a good cruise except for the itinerary. The Sun was our first cruise in 2015 and we, like you, enjoyed the trip. Thanks for your review.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Welcome to the wonderful world of cruising. Glad you enjoyed your first cruise. Appreciate your feedback.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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