Wilderness Adventurer Review

See Wild Alaska (Long Review)

Review for Alaska Cruise on Wilderness Adventurer
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Astromaid
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2015

I have done the traditional cruises in the Caribbean, but when my husband and I decided to go to Alaska for the first time, I wanted to find something different. I did not want a ship that dropped you off for a few hours at a port; I wanted to see wild Alaska. I did some research, most of the small ships were priced out of my budget, but I found information about Uncruise. The more I read the more I realized this was just the type of cruise I was looking for. And, when you consider all the excursions are included in the price, it was within budget. We booked the seven day cruise “Northern Passages and Glacier Bay” on the Wilderness Adventurer starting 8/29/2015 from Juneau to Sitka. I choose this particular cruise because the entire itinerary did not go to another port until we disembarked and also I wanted to see Glacier Bay. This trip and the ship surpassed my expectations.

Day 1 - Embarkation

We flew in two days early, so we had some time to sightsee in Juneau. The day of embarkation, Uncruise arranges a hospitality suite so you can drop off your bags anytime after 9:00 am, which was right downtown, not far from the dock. That left us time to shop and have lunch. Everyone was to meet back at the suite by 4:00 pm. Our luggage had already made it ways to our cabins, so we only had ourselves to deal with. There were tables and chairs set up so you could relax before your journey to the ship and start meeting your shipmates. Mark, the Activities Director, said a few words of welcome. Then we all followed him down the street to board the ship and have our picture taken. Each picture was displayed on a board in the dining room so not only was it easy to remember names of our shipmates, but it helped the crew get to know all of us too. At the gangplank stood the captain of the ship, Shep, who greeted each one of us and welcomed us on board. Then each couple was escorted by a member of the crew to their cabin.

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I choose this cabin in the hopes that was it not over the engine room. What I found is that because the ship is so small, you hear the engine noise even on the deck above us. We did get used to the noise and it was not an issue. The cabin is right next to the dining room and right across from the kitchen. Only one night was there a noisy group in the dining room after we went to bed. Most passengers hit the bed early. We would hear galley noise until about 10:00 at night, but it never bothered us in the morning. I only gave the cabin an average rating, mostly due to the small, difficult to use shower.

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