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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

7 Night Alaska Glacier Experience (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 07, 2022

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1500

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

It was amazing! We can’t wait to go back! Our staff was fantastic! We want to try a bigger ship and a different itinerary to see new sites!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Vancouver is a hot mess

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The MDR & WJ were very good! We didn’t dine in specialty restaurants.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Trivia was fantastic! Solarium hot tub was always crowded with kids even when it was nice enough to be in the other pools! Even Solarium itself had a lot of kids in it at all day hours. That was very disappointing. Salon was overly warm when getting my hair done.

Entertainment

Didn’t attend

Children's Programs

Don’t have small children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The service was excellent. We really loved our waiters, cabin steward, and other ship personnel we specifically interacted with. However, the people who work in the gift shops were rude, snobby and seemed to look down on us. They need to remember we pay their paycheck.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It was very classy and stylish, well maintained and kept very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I wish the lamps by the bed had usb plugs in them. The room was comfortable, clean and the size worked great for the 2 of us.

Ship tip

Be adventurous, try new foods and drinks.

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

1 out of 5
The paperwork was excessive, the arrivecan app was confusing and a nightmare.

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Ward Cove is dumpy. Jellyfish donuts in Ketchikan are yummy-don’t miss them!!!

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5
Breathtaking view! Be sure to have your camera ready!

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Helicopter ride onto Mendenhall Glacier and walk around was amazing! The tour guides for this excursion were phenomenal!

Haines, Alaska

1 out of 5
The town of Haines has nothing to do. We took a ferry to Skagway to take a train ride. The train ride was beautiful!

Sitka, Alaska

4 out of 5
The port isn’t all that pretty, but we took a boat ride - sea otter & wildlife excursion and saw a lot of sea otters, a few eagles, several orca & humpback whales, some big fishing boats - it was just amazing! I absolutely loved it all!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy but sad. We didn’t want to leave.

Traveler Photos

Hiking on Mendenhall Glacier 100’ deep hole on Mendenhall Glacier Up on Mendenhall Glacier Iceberg - looks like an alligator! Killer Whale Tail Mendenhall Glacier
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9 Comments

crumcrushers    2 years ago

Thanks for the details of your cruise.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review

Dadm    2 years ago

Some good, some bad. At least you were on a cruise. 🙂

Cruiselovers70    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Glad you mostly enjoyed your Alaskan cruise!

ParCruiser    2 years ago

Do you know who the consider getting is ? TY

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

GSpringer    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing!

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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