Norwegian Pearl Review

Beautiful Alaska on the Pearl!

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Suzannec
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Sep 2013

Wow what a wonderful trip! I booked this cruise almost a year ago so I could get it payed off by cruising day. As the date became closer, I was a nervous wreck because it was so far away and I started to believe that we should have flown into Seattle the day before. United later changed us to a later flight and we made it on the ship with all of 10 minutes to spare before they pulled the walk up. Fortunately, at the airport, we spotted a friendly group of folks holding up a Norwegian sign and we asked if there was room for us on the transfer bus. They said yes and we knew we were home free. Embarkation went fine except security confiscated my small fan that I use at night. I am 51 and up to my elbows in hot flashes so I was very bummed about this. Then when we arrived in the room our safe did not work. I was now worried that the whole cruise was going to be a disaster but alas, the nice lady at the service counter quickly gave me back my fan and the safe was fixed pronto. These were the only two glitches we encountered the whole trip.

I am always amazed at the folks who give a cruise review and all they write about is the food. Yes, the food was wonderful on this trip, especially the fresh fruit, but our main reason for going to Alaska was for the scenery. I knew that we were pushing it by going the last week of Sept., but the weather was wonderful and we visited every port. We went whale watching in Juneau, visited the Yukon in Skagway, went to Misty Fjords in Ketchikan, and did the highlights tour in Victoria. Victoria was a nice brief stop but I would have preferred an Alaskan stop, such as Sitka, instead. Among the animals we spotted were bald eagles, bears, orca and humpback whales, otters, and seals.

The visit to Glacier Bay was amazing! We had a very knowledgeable naturalist on board who explained it all and her love of nature and Alaska was evident. This cruise was very nature oriented and since that is the reason we went, we loved that important aspect of it.

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Our cabin on the 11th floor was wonderful and especially allowed a great view of Glacier Bay. It was at the very beginning of the ship so we did a lot of walking, especially as we were learning our way around the ship.

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