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Sea Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Sea Princess

10 Night Alaska Inside Passage (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 21, 2010

Ship: Sea Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 14 years ago

Review summary

We just returned from a 10 day Alaskan cruise aboard the Sea Princess. We did have a lovely time overall, and cannot rave enough about the majesty and splendor of the northwest. We will visit there again someday, but not on Princess. The ship is 12 years old now and beginning to show the wear, and in general, underwhelming. This is our fifth cruise, and the very first time that we found ourselves with several hours each day with no good options for activities. There were port shopping talks daily, and on-board jewelery and art auctions were the ship's highlights, unfortunately. Shows were repeated, and the ship did show some great movies, "Under the Stars," which were shown outdoors on a big-screen behind the pool, but as you can imagine, it was just too cold to enjoy them. The food was good, but not outstanding. Same with the service. It wasn't a BAD experience, it just wasn't as exciting and wonderful time on the ship as a cruiser comes to expect. I will end with one positive: the ship cruised Glacier Bay and brought a Park Ranger on board to give commentary. That was a real treat!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Don't Miss: Glacier Gardens, Tongass National Forest

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Don't Miss: Misty Fjords National Monument

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
Don't Miss: Butchart Gardens

Haines, Alaska

5 out of 5
Don't Miss: We just toured the little town

Pros: spectacular scenery and ports

Cons: shipboard activities

Recommends Sea Princess? No.

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