The Alaskan cruise was awful.

Item: Star Princess
Rating: 2.9
Author: rachledo1

Star Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

rachledo1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 49

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5

Verified Review

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

Sail date: June 02, 2019

Ship: Star Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: C533

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall service was not what was expected. Food in dining room was minimal at best. Try to get someone to get you a drink or refill your drink was exhausting usually went to the bar myself to get what I wanted.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent quick and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The food in the dining room was minimal. To get your drinks sometimes took the whole meal to get..

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Very expensive if you wanted to use the spa facilities.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The comedian was so funny. The cruise director was outrageous in a good way. His staff was great.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Other than the buffet staff the rest were not up to expectations on what I paid for the cruise. The hallway always had their cleaning carts in the way.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

It was fine.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

A little small but ok.

Ship tip

Don't go

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Seattle, Washington Did not visit port

Boarded and exited this port

Thumbs Up 0

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Very commercial was looking for history. Had to escape some of the gift shops very pushy to purchase from them same on the ship.

Thumbs Up 1

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5

No excursion but it was beautiful

Thumbs Up 4

Juneau, Alaska

2 out of 5

Again very commercialized looking for history. Took a canoe ride to the glacier beautiful.

Thumbs Up 2

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Finally preserved history. Took the train and the trolley. That port should have a longer stop. Did not have time to walk around the town.

Thumbs Up 1

Victoria, British Columbia Did not visit port

Did not want too. Too short of a stay.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Quick and efficient

1 Comment

CruzeFan 5 years ago

It sounds like cruising is not for you. Most love it, but it’s not for everyone. We travel to Alaska for the scenery and the ports, not the ship. For us it is primarily a place to sleep, eat and travel between the ports. The food has never been a primary focus, but has always been satisfactory. Most of the time we are too busy viewing the scenery or too tired from our excursions to take advantage of any activities on the ship.

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