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Item: Star Princess
Rating: 3.2
Author: himihancock

Star Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

himihancock

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

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

Sail date: May 12, 2018

Ship: Star Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C235

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The food in the buffet area was terrible - a lot offered, but awful...The dining room food was alright-but definitely NOT great (and I'm NOT a "picky eater"!)...The other 2 dining rooms where you have to pay extra to, I guess, get better food we didn't go to - paid enough for the cruise let alone paying more to get better food was ridiculous..The service by the staff was very good-but they weren't overly friendly or go out of their way..Our balcony room was excellent-thankfully that saved the cruise..The ports were good-except for Juneau -would NEVER go there again (VERY rundown!)

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

There might be a lot of food-but it's not good..if you drink alcohol then get the "drink package"...service was good-but not overly friendly..the entertainment was very limit & not great.

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Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

4 out of 5

Sailed out of here - nice City - clean.

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Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Cute town - definitely go see the "Lumberjack Show"..

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Juneau, Alaska

1 out of 5

VERY disappointed in this town..ONLY good part was the Mendenhall Glacier Tour..the town itself is very rundown!

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

This town made up for everything!..A very historic town with nice stores & museums & nice people...

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Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska Did not visit port

Cruise was over & docked here

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

4 Comments

cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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TeamDavonavo 6 years ago

Agree with the comment on bland food. Condiments are available to spice things up. We always ask for chili flakes. Helps a lot.

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mvca 6 years ago

I was in Juneau just 3 weeks ago. The place (I am not calling it a city) was alright, typical Alaska town. Lots of hiking trails. We hike up to cable car station and back. Juneau people also very nice and courteous. You should not compare it to Seattle or Vancouver. Actually, we like Juneau to keep it's own way with natural beauty. I like Alaska and Juneau, will go back in a month.

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silvestrie 6 years ago

Pay restaurants aren't always better. I worked in the food industry over 30 years and sometimes I can get pretty critical of the food. But then I realized that most people on the cruises are European. Their food is a little bland to us Americans.

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