Westerdam to Alaska

Westerdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Alaskan Explorer Via Glacier Bay (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 25, 2008

Ship: Westerdam

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 16 years ago

Review summary

Very clean. Easy and quick embarcation and disembarcation. Food plentiful and good to very good food. Room and food staff always smiling and helpful (although oddly there was almost always some breakfast mixup). Great fresh orange juice each day. shows entertaining although production numbers sometimes missed. Would have liked more activities in days at sea and someties public space was not adequate ( line dancing crammed togetherin library!)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Very good although generally not gourmet. Sufficient choices and staff willing to make adjustments on request.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Very clean. Sometimes inadequate space for activity--or in sufficient chairs. Also wonder at designing of Crows Nest area with horizontal bar crossing window exactly at eye level--harming view if seated.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Sitka, Alaska

3 out of 5

Cute town. Did expensive salmon fishing--as far as I could tell, no one caught anything. Also be very careful with independents-"F****" promised 4 hours, then when on ship wanted to give 3 hoursonly, he also forgot telling me that we would go past the otters (and then claimed that he did not know that I wanted to see them even though I reminded him several times) and he had to be reminded that he had taken a $20 pp cash deposit in addition to charging the full amount (I might think it a mistake but after my husband pointed it out and got the $20s back, noticed F**** did not return the deposit taken from the other passengers until they insisted on it)

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Juneau, Alaska

3 out of 5

Jewelry store after jewelry store. Not quaint although Red Dog Saloon was fun . Suggest do an activity and, except for Red Dog, miss the town itself

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Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Did a Float Plane with Island Wings--great. Not just the views but also the staff. Shops at Copper Creek were cute and scenic

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Victoria, British Columbia

3 out of 5

Suggest that you research and make reservations ahead of time at good restaurant. Wish more time --6 PM to midnight is not ideal.