Great First Cruise

Star Princess Cruise Review

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Star Princess

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

Sail date: September 01, 2019

Ship: Star Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E417

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Our first cruise and it was great. We will do it again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We took the Seattle Express Shuttle from the Doubletree to the pier. Arrived close to the terminal and easily walked the bags in. Short wait for ID check and on to check-in. Quick and efficient. Arrived right at suggested time, room ready. Bags arrived minutes after us.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
And be sure to get ice cream on the Lido Deck. Crooners Lounge on deck 7 starboard side a great place to hang out and watch the world go by both inside and out, don’t be shy about sitting down if you aren’t drinking, staff will put a napkin down and leave you alone.

Trident Grill

5 out of 5

Good burgers and brats, excellent fries. Watch for specials the day before landing at next port, offer special foods from local establishments. Got great crab cakes that others paid big bucks for in port.

Crown Grill

5 out of 5

Filet mignon and lobster. Again a window table. Great food and fantastic coffee! Deserts were terrific. Well worth the price. Service is above outstanding.

Horizon Court

4 out of 5

Ate only once for embarkation lunch. Good ribs and carved turkey. Got coffee from here almost every day. Coffee similar to Tim Horton’s if you are familiar with them.

Dining Room

5 out of 5

Portofino’s, deck 6, port side. Outstanding. Every meal had a window table, and shared. Well worth sharing your table to meet fellow cruisers, made more than a few friends. Food and service was fabulous. Try the recommend specials.

Sabatini's

5 out of 5

5 course dinner. Great pasta and veal. Service above outstanding. We celebrated on our anniversary and the staff sang happy anniversary to us while presenting a special desert.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Music groups and performers were great. Seek them out at the bars and the piazzas. Shows were ok. Ranger John and the Discovery @ Sea was some of the best. Any free give sways you need to be 5 minutes early for because it will be over in 5 more. This includes champagne toasts.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
See on board activity comments.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff everywhere were outstanding. Well worth the daily gratuity.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Our room was perfectly positioned. Easy to get around.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Plenty of room, storage and closet space. Romeo our cabin steward kept us clean and orderly at least 3 times a day.

Ship tip

Princess@sea app is really handy. You can see your account on line any time. Events can be saved and created for your own personal schedule.

Ports of call

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5
State Museum, Rainforest Garden, and Mendenhall Glacier. Museum was very interesting with history/culture/science. Garden showed how plants were used. Glacier saw black bears (walked under raised walkway), salmon running, and 2 great picture sites. Our guide, Anita was great.

Seattle, Washington

4 out of 5
Pikes market and Space Needle. Great tour of the city and we were delivered right to our hotel.

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
Lots of rain but it was still a great visit. Totem Bright Park and the Lumberjack Show. Great time.

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5
We did the Castle tour. Hard to see things at night but our guide knew all the good photo sites. Castle was ok but seen similar in our town.

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5
Had worst excursion of trip. Don’t take the summit bus and the show if 98 excursion. Walk around town, visit the National Park Sites. Take the train, from what we heard, we wish we did.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy! Took the city tour and waited in the Wheelhouse Lounge until called. Bags waiting for us. Cleared customs without any delays.

Traveler Photos

Totem Bright Park Nice sized room. Great views View of city at night Skagway Brewing Company. Mendenhall Glacier Space Needle Obstructed view not too bad
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed.

samboney194    5 years ago

Nice review. Thank you!

dragz    5 years ago

We have ourselves another cruiser. Welcome! 🛳🚢⚓👍

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