Princess disappoints

Item: Star Princess
Rating: 3.4
Author: engdavis

Star Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

engdavis

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

7 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Tracy Arm Fjord (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 18, 2019

Ship: Star Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Quickly got tired of everything costing extra. Even soft drinks, bottled water and coffee were extra cost and expensive. Didn't have a warm piece of bread the entire trip.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

OK. Nothing special.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Dining rooms were nice but pr was plagued by incessant vibrations and noise coming from below decks.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Didn't use because it was too cold

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Entertainers were good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service was great.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

1999 model but clean and attractive interior.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Room was fine

Ship tip

All the cold hard bread you can eat... or drive nails with.

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Ports of call

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5

Excursion was disappointing. Weather was terrible.

Thumbs Up 0

Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Just another town. Not much was shown during the excursion.

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Skagway, Alaska

1 out of 5

We were hoping for some history during the excursion. Did not meet expectations at all.

Thumbs Up 0

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5

Beautiful, clean, modern city. Really enjoyed the gardens tours.

Thumbs Up 6

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

As good as could be expected.

6 Comments

Shaun72 5 years ago

You should stay away from cruise ships & Alaska, many people it’s a bucket list item being not cheap, but you sound like these cranky spoiled people who get the full suites & complain about Everything 🙄

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winnifer 5 years ago

It was cold... on an Alaskan cruise. I never would have thought. Plenty of activities happen indoors. I'm guessing cruising isn't for you. Legitimate question, though: did you ever see for warm bread or let them know it was unsatisfactory?

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dennis306 5 years ago

So sorry that you didn't enjoy the cruise. I would travel to Alaska again in a heartbeat on the Star. To be honest, if the bread was hard on our cruise, I was having so much fun I didn't notice.

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CruzeFan 5 years ago

It sounds like cruising is not for you. I’m not sure how many cruises you have taken, but most of your “complaints” are regarding things typical on most cruise lines.

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willwork4cruz 5 years ago

Is there any place in the world that specialty coffees, bottled water and soft drinks don't cost money? Certainly you knew those would cost extra before you left. Why would that upset you? Bread on all the ships is made earlier in the day. It's not warm out if the oven at dinner time. They could reheat it is all.

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15mustang 5 years ago

Obviously you are hard to please, not liking ship or any Alaska ports. You need to research excursions and towns so you do things that interest you.

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