Nice Alaska trip

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 4.3
Author: bvkirksey

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

bvkirksey

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

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

Sail date: August 06, 2022

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: E709

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

This was our ninth Princess cruise and our. Second time to Alaska. Overall, we were a little disappointed in the food and some of the other services such as WI FI We didn’t complain but wondered why the music played in the Piazza (deck 5) was so ear splitting loud while we were trying to enjoy a cup of coffee

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Total Chaos. Princess had a computer problem virtually stopping registering. They never made any announcement. We are Platinum and we’re never directed to the appropriate lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

They were good but not great. We felt like the buffet was catering more toward Asian food. The main dining rooms were good but a few little things were missing

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We are a bit too old for much activity but we really enjoyed the movies and daily games

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Very good We paid extra for Wi-Fi and it was terrible

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Great service. The staff did all they could to satisfy our requests. The room steward was great

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Seemed like the same quality of cleanliness as our 8 previous cruises

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

A little small but comfortable. The TV lost signal frequently but we assumed that was because of our far north location

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

4 out of 5

Nice hotel and amenities

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Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

We shopped here.

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Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

We visited this location in 2004 so did not tour

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Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Again, beautiful scenery

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Cruise College Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5

Beautiful scenery

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Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska

4 out of 5

No excursions because we were headed to Anchorage airport

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth

5 Comments

GSpringer 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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1960cruiser 2 years ago

I will agree with you about music volume in the piazza. I have been on 5 PCL cruises this year, and everyone of those cruises seemed to have music aimed at the hearing impaired. The piazza is suppose to be a relaxing place to have coffee, wine, or some snack food item from International Cafe, but even time they had any person/group playing there, it was too loud, except for the string quartets.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. Hang in there improvements are on the horizon.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry you were disappointed with some parts of your cruise. Glad you enjoyed your ports of call.

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