Ovation

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Ovation of the Seas

7 Night Alaska Glacier (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 23, 2019

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Really nice ship I sailed with four other ladies we all had a great time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy we were on the ship in under 20 minutes

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Main dining I was not impressed with the food my food was cold and my steak was so tough I couldn’t eat it. After two nights I ate other places.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Some in our group did the I fly and loved it the North Star was awesome

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Schooner bar had some nice piano playing. Saw the legs show had technical difficulties but got it worked out. Pixels had a cast mate get hurt and was rescheduled for later dates so we missed it. 270 club had the 70s music it’s the same as every other ship but it was fun to see every enjoying themselves. Music hall was pretty nice although small we herd the tribute band Bon Jovi. The love and marriage show was at noon one day kinda weird it was pretty bland even though the cruise director tried. Got give him credit for a job well done he has a lot of energy.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We had as always a great room attendant. Waiters all over the ship were very nice. I went to guest relations the lady helped me and visited with me even showed me a mappers.com app.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was sleek I had not been on this one before I liked it mostly like the elevators and that all of them worked that’s a plus people traffic moved quickly. No open areas or stairs in dining halls on this ship every thing was clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was a balcony on 10 floor forward was nice we had three ladies in our room we managed beds were pretty hard every thing was good room was clean we got animal towels every night that was a plus.

Ship tip

This ship rocked side to side a lot we did have a little weather going up I guess because its tall and we were toward the front so don’t for get to bring your meds. ENJOY!!!

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5
We flew in two days early to site see got hop on hop off pass then bought the city pass Saw the glass exhibit it was wonderful. pop museum was next quite interesting. Odessy boat tour of harbor was also nice visited pikes market and the space needle One thing I will say the cab services were very sketchy at least 4 times we herd the meter did not work we would ask how much if they said ten dollars when we got out it would have changed to fifteen. We had a couple of nice people and some not so nice. If the vehicle saids independent owned they follow no rules. Theses are yellow some are yellow and blue. The orange colored cars had meters that worked. We hired a car service to get us from airport to hotel then to pier and back to airport they were very professional had same drive each time We all gave this service a 10.

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5
Well Juneau it was misting rain when we arrived we had tram tickets got in line stood 40 minutes was told it would be delayed so went into town ate at the red dog saloon before we finished our food the electricity had gone down but things like that happen. We continued in and out of a few stores using our flashlights on our phone to shop. Finally it came back on lots of excursions were cancelled. It poured till we were all wet gotta love Mother Nature.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Rode the train it was ok our engine broke down so we puttered back down to town latched on to a running engine and contuined the journey. Back in town did some shopping ate at the red onion saloon Next adventure we all boarded a navy seal type air boat it was a blast took us up the coves to beautiful water falls we saw bald eagle nest and many eagles. It was a speed boat giving us some thrills. Funnest thing we did.

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
Did hop on hop off toured city then ate shopped went to hotel and parliament building the flowers were beautiful saw the totem pole park was a nice warm and sunny day.

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

5 out of 5
We were able to get in pretty close to the glaciers we were up top then decided to come back to our balcony had a great view.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We had our luggage taken to airport from boat and did the walk off had a car waiting was quick and easy. But when we got home none of our luggage arrived with us. Hoping it was not the ships fault. They did credit our cards and the air lines gave us a credit also I think this may still need to be perfected since some where something went wrong I like this option a lot.
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1 Comment

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Sounds like a fun time.

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