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Norwegian Sun Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Norwegian Sun

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

Sail date: July 24, 2024

Ship: Norwegian Sun

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 0258

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

We had a very nice trip and experience (except for the last night! in Victoria, BC)

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Used main dining room mainly for ease and plenty of seating room; served and didnt have to make multiple trips for food/drink/dessert etc

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Did None of those listed

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Comedian not always funny; juggler good; the dance/singing production was excellent

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Very attentive; very pleasant; always greeted with smile

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Thought layout of ship was a little different; strange to have to walk through buffet area to get to the pool area. Glad we were not located in the front of the ship. Theater, sports bar, main dining room all in the rear of ship and very convenient to our room.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Don't think this "family" stateroom was any bigger than a regular stateroom. The sofa made into a bed but it was as hard as a board!!!

Ship tip

There are no "extra" amenities---like lotion, robes, WATER!!! you have to pay for a bottle of water unless you bring your own container and then can have it filled at the restaurant. No real rules for using hand sanitizer or washing hands before going into buffet or restaurant. It was there but no one inforced it being used.

Ports of call

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5
Unless you go to Raptor Center and Bear Sanctuary there's not a lot there!!

Cruise Glacier Bay

4 out of 5
Was a nice day of cruising and seeing the glacier; luckily we saw it calve twice

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Did the White Pass train ride; beautiful scenery

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Did a private whale watching excursion; much less expensive than that offered by NCL

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

3 out of 5
Unless you do the gondola and jip line, there's not much there!

KETCHIKAN (WARD COVE), ALASKA

3 out of 5
Short port time; had to take shuttle into town; mainly shops

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Ship got into port late by 2 hrs? our excursion to Butchert Gardens was cancelled but no one notified us until we were standing in line to get off ship. Too late to make other arrangements. Not handled well at all!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
We did the luggage valet service (free) so luggage was taken to airport and they printed our boarding passes, etc. That was very nice!!
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4 Comments

Sogmoore     2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     3 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

1960cruiser     3 months ago

Unless you have a higher loyalty level, none of the cruuse lines give free water in cabins unless you are on a luxury cruuse ship. You made to big of point about no water, which is available in buffet area of ship or in all bars, it's not like it's hard to obtain. On my 40 cruises, I have enjoyed all of them and there was always an issue to deal with, cause there is always something that go wrong, but those little petty issues we shouldn't let them ruin the cruise.

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