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Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Ovation of the Seas

11 Night Alaska Glaciers (Vancouver To Seattle)

Sail date: May 13, 2019

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Ovation is a great ship. We had fun. They have some flaw in scheduling and the food can be improved

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth and even had the chance to walk around the city after checking in

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
We had Jamie and Wonderland for my BOGO dinner and it was an awesome experience. We had chops grill for lunch and had a blast!! It's cheaper than dinner and they offered dinner menu for lunch. Nit sure until when is that but it's all worth it. Main dining staff are awesome but the choice if food is not that good and the taste is not as good as our previous RCCL cruises

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
We enjoyed the bumper cars, Ifly (but you can only do it once), north star is awesome we were able to do it 3 times.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Stage shows are great and we enjoyed them, however I expected more from a big ship like ovation

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Most staff are friendly especially in main dining, wind jammers, specialty restaurants and room attendants

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything is clean and designed properly. Except the izumi wherein you hear the noise downstairs

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Happy with our cabin, very clean and nice size. However we're in in port side and the good side for glacier is starboard side

Ship tip

If your going to glaciers and have balcony cabin. Pick odd numbered room.

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5
Excellent city! Lots of food and nature trips. Grousse mountain is a waste. Capilano suspension is great

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

3 out of 5
Not much to do here unless you have an excursion. Do not buy king crab from here. If you're going to Juneau, tracy crab is cheaper and have better combo

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5
Had a blast here. Went around the city and national park

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5
This is great!! However our room is not on the good side so we went up early morning then when the ship starts to rotate we went to our room Yes it goes around for everybody

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Do not miss the mendahell glacier. Taxi is cheaper if you're a group.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
We did the white pass and it's beautiful place to go

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

4 out of 5
As great as the other glacier however the ship is too big to be able to rotate

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
Seattle is a great city Stayed for 2 days

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth
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Cruisers4Lyfe     2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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