Alaska is Beautiful but the Ship is NOT

Star Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

12 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Glacier Bay (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 27, 2019

Ship: Star Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: L 312

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Try a different ship Time for Star Princess to retire to many problems Toilets pool food staff Doing repairs on cabins while we are in them

Embarkation

5 out of 5

No problem

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Just ok nothing great. Very repetitive same selection every night Served like cafeteria food

Dining Room

2 out of 5

Needs refurbishing Food was good but nothing special

Horizon Court

2 out of 5

Same repetitious food night after night looks like cafeteria food or a Las Vegas Circus Circus buffet

Pizzeria

5 out of 5

Very good and the guys were really friendly

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Pools kept having to be drained never got to use them Fitness center equipment all needs repair

Terrace Pool

1 out of 5

Constantly overflowing constantly having to be drained water everywhere when you try to walk back-and-forth to the buffet or to the movie or anything it was awful

Casino

1 out of 5

Very very dated Not much fun

Fine Arts Gallery

2 out of 5

Art everywhere!! Constantly Being moved around in cars in the photo area down the hallways it seem like the art auction was like the biggest thing on the ship

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Equivalent to a county fair

Movies Under The Stars

1 out of 5

This was a complete disaster because the pool Kept overflowing they kept having to drain the pool the toilets kept breaking and draining into the area of the movie so that was a real problem I never saw a movie one or two people every night sitting outside. one or two people on the entire ship!! I think once I saw 5 people And I had a balcony on the Lido deck. Never even got outside because of all the water overflowing and problems with the toilets and the pool

Princess Theater

2 out of 5

Very outdated The talent tried hard but it was more of a county fair type entertainment and then that you would find on a cruise ship

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Everyone was just there not very happy or enthusiastic Our room steward was very good and always smiling but he was the exception

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

The entire cruise our ship was in repair Fixing painting cleaning They painted and varnishes our balcony DURING our cruise and told us not to go outside!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Very very old and worn Carpet was lifting up people constantly tripping

Ship tip

It’s an old ship needs a lot of TLC but not when passengers are in the cabin be careful of loose carpet and toilets don’t wirk

Thumbs up

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Parking ridiculously expensive A little unorganized

Thumbs Up 0

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5

Under construction The town was all shut down and blocked off

Thumbs Up 3

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

It was nice

Thumbs Up 0

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

The port itself is nice but the train ride is fabulous

Thumbs Up 3

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Beautiful

Thumbs Up 0

Victoria, British Columbia

2 out of 5

Not enough time to do anything And cannot stay on the ship as the smell is disgusting as they pump the tanks

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

No problems

Traveler Photos

1 Comment

dennis306 5 years ago

Ship was great in our opinion. It is an older vessel, but any maintenance did not take anything away from our cruise. We didn't see northern lights or get perfect pictures of eagles flying either.

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