Alaska Cruise Ovation of the Seas 9/2-9/9/2022

Ovation of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 124

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Ovation of the Seas

7 Night Alaska (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 02, 2022

Ship: Ovation of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9206

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We had an overall great trip considering 7 out of 10 in our group came home with Covid and testing positive on return home. We loved Alaska and getting to see the Northern Lights for 3 nights in Juneau, Skagway and Sitka and getting great pictures it was a bucket list filled trip!

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embarkation in Seattle was unorganized unlike other ports. People showed up at other times then the appointed times. We had 10:30am and people checked in in front of us that had 12:30pm. They let anyone go in no matter time they had.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We ate mainly in main dining Chic! We had great servers for our group of 10. Head waiter Ovidius did a great job helping 3 of us with our gluten allergies, we had many foods we normally don’t eat at home and was so spoiled.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Pixels Cabaret in 270 needed reservations to go to and it was a strange show with no real plot? The other shows In the Theater were great and the comedian wasn’t that funny. Other activities weren’t well attended.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
We had great waiters, assistant waiter and Head waiter. Our room steward went above and beyond with our cabin and kept fresh ice every afternoon/evening! Towel animals daily!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship was well maintained and cleaned constantly! always saw crew cleaning and wiping down surfaces, repairs being done daily!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Book shore excursions early or can book some independently or some were at ports of the pier that you could do. We did self driving jeep tour in Juneau, was well done and enjoyed ourselves with the 4 hr time given.

Ports of call

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5
We had a good considering it rained all day. We walked from shuttle drop off to Sitka National Park and had a good time seeing the native cultural center and walking around the park seeing the salmon coming up river and some were dying so there was a smell but not bad. Very interesting to learn the pattern of the salmon and life cycle.

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
We walked to China Town after taking the shuttle from the pier for $13 each RT. Had a good day exploring.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
We Whitepass Railroad and had a great time besides having to tender from ship to port since rockslide closed the pier for us to dock.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
We did self driving jeep tour and it was well worth the price and enjoyed not being rushed in a group of people.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Went very well and quickly! About 10mins yes total from time to leave cabin to shuttle waiting area.
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4 Comments

Dumfy75    2 years ago

Thanks for a helpful review, glad you enjoyed your cruise

iCaptain    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing, glad you had a great time.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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