My sister and I were excited to experience Alaska, and we especially wanted to see whales and the beautiful scenery.
This was my first cruise as a Platinum Latitude member. Expedited embarkation was excellent. The behind the scenes tour was great. Loved having the additional specialty dining meals and the free bottle of wine. We took the transfer from the Anchorage airport to the Seward cruise ...
My wife and I just returned from four consecutive B2B cruises all aboard the Norwegian Jewel. Embarking September 25 from Seward Alaska and finally disembarking in Singapore on November the 11th.
1. Cruise 1 – 25th Sep Seward to 2nd Oct Vancouver 7 days
2. Cruise 2 – 3rd Oct Seattle to 19th Oct Tokyo 16 days
3. Cruise 3 – 19th Oct Tokyo to 30th Oct Taipei 11 days
4. Cruise 4 – 30th Oct ...
I've read the many post-pandemic reviews and am stumped at the negative experiences these reviewers reported. I thought this Celebrity cruise was wonderful. I've been to Alaska several times before. I chose this cruise in order to see Hubbard Glacier and Icy Strait Point. The latter was a new destination for me. I started the trip with a 5 hour train ride from Anchorage to Seward, where the ...
An Alaska cruise has been on our bucket list for quite some time so when planning this, I saw that the Jewel was a potential itinerary. We sailed on the Jewel back in 2007 (Italy and France) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Seeing that it was renovated recently, we thought we'd give it a try and we were glad that we did.
My wife and I sailed with our two daughters (in their 20's). We booked the ...
Having been loyal to Royal for many years my husband and I recently started cruising with Celebrity as we prefer fewer young kids and a more adult-luxury-relaxed type experience. Celebrity delivers, in spades.
Top of our bucket list was a visit to Alaska, which we just completed with several other couples. Ours was a land and sea cruisetour, and it was spectacular. However, if I were to go ...
The price for the Alaskan trip was amazing, so we booked it! The weather wasn't too bad and sailing was great, very smooth. What saw was amazing, I will cruise again to Alaska, looking at late July or early August for my next one. Also wanted to try a new cruise line. The Jewel is an amazing ship the entire staff was so great, very helpful, from the minute you arrive to board the ship, to ...
After doing a short 5 day Alaska Trip about 5 years ago we really wanted to see more. This time we flew up to Anchorage and did the train to Seward. Probably the highlight for us was the Train thru Denali . We checked in for our 4 hour train trip and had our room keys in hand. Walking onto the ship was very calming. No Sail away party or cheezy pics that you had to take to get onboard.
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Why did I choose this cruise?
We choose this cruise because it appeared to have more port calls than a similar Princess cruise.
Lessons learned: Look carefully at the times and places of the port calls, and ability to add a land option. With the NCL itinerary, we could not add excursions on the embarkation or debarkation days nor any days before or after the cruise.
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We chose this cruise for several reasons. We wanted to go in June, and we wanted to be on a smaller size ship. We sailed on the Jewel about 9 years ago out of New York. It has been refurbished and looks very nice. Prior to the start of the cruise, we did the five day land tour. If one can afford it, then I highly recommend it. We did the rail tour and rode several trains and went to various ...
After two years of no sailing, we book the B2B Alaska cruise to kick start our cruising experience again. Alaska, what beautiful scenery, this was our fourth B2B for Alaska, it is a little earlier in the season then the previous cruises, but this was perfect as there were snow covered mountain tops which provided a completely different photo opportunity and visual experience.
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