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Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
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Ovation of the Seas

7 Night Alaska (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 13, 2022

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin number: 8296

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Nice ship, communication very poor, food average,drinks poor and weak. failed to credit me on pricing.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
got thru quick but unorginized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Food not to bad, better on their other ships. Drinks watered down, one 1/2 day drank 6 drinks not even a buz

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
average, comdian they had was excellent

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
understaffed throut the ship especially at the bars, steward ok, dinning great waiter staff

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
not clean, steward had to be asked to clean out the old glasses and bottles

Ship tip

Communication suck from staff, mainly the captain, also when you here them talk over the PA listen carefully, volume is very low, this was a complaint by many on the ship.

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Ports of call

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

1 out of 5
Spent 90 minutes there, 7 hours late, yes there was a medical emergency but they never attempted to pick up time not notify anyone on the ship
Thumbs Up

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
very painless, one of the better ones
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5 Comments

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback.
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javawoody    2 years ago

The inside passage is not a place you can speed thru and pick up time
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byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thanks for your review
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Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Oops 😬
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willwork4cruz    2 years ago

How do you pick up time on a cruise ship? They usually cruise at top speed all the time. They would have to cut another port short or go through a time warp to make up time.
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