Alaska cruise was wonderful

Westerdam Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 113

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Westerdam

7 Night Glacier Discovery Southbound (Seward To Vancouver)

Sail date: June 23, 2019

Ship: Westerdam

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 6104

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We had a magnificent and enjoyable time. The food was excellent on the ship as always. Most of the resorts were very nice and clean. When we were at the resorts between June 17-22 it was daylight all night long and the sun would set around 10 to 11:00 pm. That was quite interesting. The temperatures between 65°-80° which was very enjoyable however quite warm for this time of the year in Alaska and very lucky we had no rain.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
There was alot of walking involved to board the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Great as usual. Although getting reservations for the Pennicle restaurant was very dissapointing. Tried to get reservations as soon as we boarded the ship and they were booked for the whole week.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Did not participate

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Entertainment was just okay but nothing memorable

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room stewards were great. Waiters in the Lido were very limited so service was quite poor, as it was very limited at the Sea View Bar. Patrons had to empty their own ash trays, tables were not wiped down and only had 1 waiter for the whole area.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Most areas were very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Everything was excellent about our cabin

Ship tip

Reserve your specialty restaurants as soon as you can on line before you sail

Ports of call

Cruise Glacier Bay

4 out of 5

Haines, Alaska

4 out of 5
Took a Fairy to Skagway. Was very nice

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Did a whale watching excursion with Jayleen's Alaska. She was very informational. Had a great time.

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
Had a great excursion at the Lumberjack show

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

5 out of 5
No excursion but the scenery was breath taking.

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

4 out of 5
The city is quite beautiful

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Was the smoothest out of the 16 cruises we have been on. There was plenty of people posted all along the way we exited to tell us where everything was located. We were directed to a cab (There was cabs lined up in the underground terminal) just waiting to be directed to pick us up, loaded our luggage and off we went to our destination(hotel) What a great experience😊

Traveler Photos

Jayleen's Alaska whale watching excursion This was 3:00am at one of the resorts we stayed at
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

GerryBCruisin    2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Westerdam. Amazing pictures.

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