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Name: Angel Yoaku Burton
Email: aburton@landrum-brown.com
Age: 25
Occupation: Systems Analyst
NumberOfCruises: 2
TravelAgent: No
Ship: Holland-Statendam
SailingDate: 05/10/1998
Itinerary: Inside Passage Cruise -- Alaska
FoodDiningRoom: 95
CruiseDirector: 90
CabinComfort: 95
FoodRoomService: 90
CruiseStaff: 95
CabinAmenities: 95
FoodLidoDeck: 95
DiningRoomService: 100
CabinQuietness: 100
FoodMidnightBuffets: 90
CabinSteward: 100
ShoreExcVariety: 100
FoodVariety: 100
DeckService: 100
ShoreExcValue: 85
GoodForHoneymoon: 100
CasinoStaff:
PrivateIsland:
GoodForFamilies:
LoungeService:
TenderService: 100
GoodForSeniors:
BeautySalonStaff: 100
EntertainmentLounges:
WheelchairAccess:
ExerciseFacilities: 100
EntertShowLounge: 90
OverallPortsofCall: 100
BeautySalon: 100
EntertainmentPoolside:
CruiseActivities: 95
Casino: 95
AirSeaProgram: 85
MedicalFacilities:
ShipCleanliness: 95
EmbarkDisembark: 95
DiscoNightclubs:
DeckSpace: 100
Stabilization: 100
ShopsOnBoard: 100
SpaceRatio: 100
OverallCruiseValue: 95
Submit: Submit Review
Date: 17 Jun 1998
Time: 11:30:01
Remote Name: 206.112.202.222
Remote User:
Comments
My husband and I took this cruise for our honeymoon. We were quite catered to as newlyweds
-- complimentary champaign, cocktails with the captain,
extensive pampering. The crowd did tend to be mostly older people, but we didn't mind
because we were caught up in each other.
Our dining stewards and our cabin steward were exceptional. While at a port of call, we
were late for our dinner seating, missing my husband's favorite
dish -- crab legs. We told our dining steward the following evening how disappointed we
were to have missed such a delicious dish, and he arranged for
us to be served crab legs the next night. In our cabin, cans of soda were set out for us
to chose from. We tend to only drink Coke -- not Sprite, Ginger
Ale, etc, which were also provided. We asked our cabin steward if he could replace all the
others with Coke, and when we came back from a walk around
the boat, we had a full stock of Coke in our room. Our cabin steward kept our room
spotless and we always had clean towels and wash cloths. He was
just a delightful little fellow.
The ship was beautiful (though I went on a RCCL cruise, Sovereign of the Seas, a few years
ago and thought it was much more beautiful). We didn't have
a verandah room, but we did have an outside room with a window. I would definitely have a
verandah room if I went on another cruise to Alaska.
The captain was extremely approachable and funny. When he would talk over the intercom, he
would always say something to make everyone laugh.
The disembarkation/embarkation was always speedy and smooth. No long, time-consuming
lines.
As far as complaints, I was a bit disappointed with the cost of the shore excursions --
they were very expensive. While in one port of call, we decided to
go independently to find our own shore excursion. The cost was half what it was on the
ship.
I wasn't very happy with the time spent at the ports of call either. We were in a little
town, Skagway, where there wasn't much to do or see, for a whole
day, yet were only in a more 'happening' town, Ketchikan, for a few hours.
Overall, it was a wonderful experience -- especially for 2 newlyweds. We lived the
high-life for 7 days.
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