Best cruise yet!

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Review summary

Let's start with the ship.  It was a smaller vessel, but don't let this fool you for an instant!  There was tons to do and lots of people were enthusiastic about participating.  They had a great program for kids and the buffet was really good... with 2 exceptions.  

Now the food: The only "ding" I am giving RC is over the Cascades restaurant and the specialty restaurant Samba. Cascades: service is a ZERO.  After waiting 40 minutes for a table, I waited 15 minutes before I had to ask for a drink menu.  Our waiter, who was partnered with a bus person, was so busy catering to the table next to us that we saw him only to take our order...eventually. We resorted to asking the bus person for everything or just getting up and getting it ourselves. The food was miserable. Everything was overcooked horribly.  What they did to that poor lobster to make it that rubbery is a mystery. Samba: supposedly a Brazilian steakhouse. I could not actually cut the lamb because it was hard. The pork was like dry thick cardboard.  It was really seriously overcooked and miserable.

However, Giovanni' s more than made up for any shortcomings in food and service. EXCELLENT! Possibly the best pasta and best filet I have had in years.  The Windjammer was a great place to eat and the hours were good for families. 

 

The rooms were actually larger than I expected and the staff were very courteous and efficient. Anything we needed was promptly delivered. 

Excursions: lots and lots of choices!

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Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

Ketchikan, Alaska

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

Juneau, Alaska

Skagway, Alaska

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

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