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Overall a great cruise.

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Royal Princess

7 Night Voyage Of The Glaciers Southbound (Anchorage To Vancouver)

Sail date: May 18, 2019

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin number: R222

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The only real disappointment was ALL of the hot tubs on the ship were closed for the last four days - and it wasn’t because of the weather.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
No preferred boarding for loyalty passengers if you received your medallion at home prior to cruise

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Only at at the buffet and gelato. Food was excellent and the gelato was reasonably priced, had a lot of choices, and tasted great.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
ALL of the hot tubs were closed for the last four days - and the weather wasn’t the reason

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
A lot of the staff was great, however as always there are a few who you think would rather be somewhere else.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Loved the ship. Didn’t realize how much bigger it was compared to the next class of ships (Ruby, Emerald, etc.)

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Mini-Suite not available in Cabin Type - the cabin itself was a good value. Giving it 4 stars because of the tiny, tiny balcony.

Ship tip

If you are a smoker be aware all three smoking areas are at the aft end.

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Ports of call

Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska

5 out of 5

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia Did not visit port

Only disembarked, had to get on the bus to Seattle to catch our flight.
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Disembarkation

3 out of 5
The ship was late getting to port and there seemed to be a lot of confusion about some of the debarkation times.
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