Sapphire Princess Review

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Review for Alaska Cruise on Sapphire Princess
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Collingwood2011
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: May 2011

It was our first cruise the my wife and I have been on. We were worried about a number of things, but really we had nothing to worry at all. Let me say first off that the service was 1st class all the way, the staff were fantastic, I just can't say enough about the staff.

My wife is disabled and she hired a scooter for the boat and Port stops which never missed a beat, we were very happy with our room and the shower and toilet were very good for a disabled person. Having a balcony was well worth it as there was nothing better than seeing the sun rise and seeing the water while lying in bed. We were blessed with fine weather for the whole cruise which we hear cruising Alaska you can often get wet weather, but I tried to imagine it in the rain and I'm sure it still would of been nice.

Some of our concerns were the coffee as we heard the coffee wasn't that great, we actually bought a coffee machine from wal-mart and took it aboard with our own ground coffee as my wife needs about 4 coffee's to get her started for the day. Having the coffee machine was handy for us as we didn't have to leave to room for it. She did order some coffee on occasions via room service at no cost, the coffee was drinkable, but not great, getting a coffee card was the way to go and you can order nice coffee's like Latte's which were pretty good. The coffee around the buffet was hit and miss. We've decided America doesn't know about quality coffee. American Starbucks is average to Starbucks in Australia. Quality coffee should be creamy and smooth with a rich flavour, American coffee was bland and often weak and not creamy, there was no crema. I failed to see any decent coffee in any shops or stores, what was there was crap to say the least, no wonder American's aren't big coffee drinkers, if you don't have quality to start with, it's hard to convert people. The ground coffee I found there wasn't fine enough and as a result you'd never get a decent crema. The rest of the coffee was like instant rubbish. We were able to get milk delivered to our room via room service, we ordered 4 half pints at a time. We found it was cheaper to buy drinks and bring them aboard from each Port. $7 a day for a soda card was probably a bit much for me as I would only have 1 or 2, but for those who drink more sodas it was well worth it.

Cabin Review

Our cabin was perfect for us, we loved having the balcony and it was positioned close to the lifts which was handy. Just found the laundry was a fair walk away, but can't help that.

We never heard anyone in the other rooms, so it was very quiet.

2 power points wasn't enough for us, I actually bought a power board in Ketchikan that could fit 6 points.

Plenty of coat hangers and space for clothes.

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