First Class on a Luxury Alaska Cruise | Holland America Line
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Today i'm taking a luxury cruise for seven days all the way to Whittier, Alaska! I'll show you exactly what it's like to stay in the best suite onboard, what the onboard dining is like plus the facilities such as the Spa, Theatre and the shopping. As usual I've paid in full for this trip myself.
I'll be taking both of my parents on this one! We'll be departing Vancouver and travelling up the inside passage to Juneau, then onto Glacier Bay and finally Whittier, gateway to Anchorage.
0:00 - Intro
3:00 - Penthouse suite
12:08 - Ship tour
16:47 - The Spa
22:00 - Glacier Bay
26:47 - The Cost
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Wishing you a Happy New Year. Let me know what other cruise content you'd like on the channel this year?
Another amazing video
Pink jeans!
His dad must be rich...
Happy New Year from The Philippines Trektrendy!
Koningsdam, Holland America
Also, next time try Dining Room, not Orange Grill
Hi it’s Louise from Surrey in England - I live in a rehabilitation centre as I suffer with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and lupus I’m bedbound, or I’m wheelchair bound - I love your vlogs/videos As I can only dream now about the places you visit and the amount of transport~ and for that I thank you ~ I hope you have a great New Year and I look forward to watching all your travels - sending love and hugs ~ Xxx
You may want to check out Dr. Brooke Goldner's free website for reversing lupus. My colleague had amazing results with her MS and Lupus on this.
I'm so sorry for your ailments. I have type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis and that's hard, I can't imagine what you deal with. ❤️
After finishing the video in full, there is nothing to indicate that this was a “lux” experience for the price point. For $14k USD, you should not have to pay for any extra add ons at all.
Exactly my thoughts too.
@@happycook6737 IMO his Virgin and Queen Mary cruises seemed much better.
Absolutely no additional payment should be required
Obviously never been on a cruise 😂 everything is extra. Been on Virgin myself, and it was amazing. Only thing you pay for is alcohol and excursions. Even with the alcohol, they run a 'free' bar credit of $600 most of the time anyway
A serious marketing blunder here, awful experience given the cost. Truly moronic to ask for extras from someone who has already paid top prices. No idea why this is even top quality, having been on many Cunard cruises this doesn't appear to come close on any level .
I came here for the luxury travel videos, but stayed for the family content. It's so heart warming to watch you include your loved ones in your travels and spend some quality time with them. Wishing you a Happy New Year :)
I love watching when it's just you, but I also love it with your lady, and also with your parents.😊
I have a small group of CZcams channels that I follow, including this one (of course!) I’ve just commented on another channel - it amazes me the high standard of content that is produced and edited by one person for whom this is often not their main job. Give me this over what the likes of the BBC and ITV churn out any day
Agreed! I do think this is his job now, but I appreciate the quality as there are so many other channels that aren’t as good but have similar (ish) success.
eh? Ok?
As I understand it, this is his only job. Traveling and blogging about it on CZcams
That’s quite possible, yes - either way I think it’s fair to say he’s not in an office job! ….but a lot of the other channels I watch share that they have full-time jobs and it amazes me how they do it
Sambakx - yes, thank you for asking
Your parents are just lovely. You will never regret a single day traveling with them. Time time flies, and they are not with is. Just enjoy this time together as a family! It is precious!
Awhile, so nice to See Mum & Dad together with Their Son on Cruise ❤
@trektrendy, I am so thrilled you include your parents with you on your trip to Alaska! I cannot think of a better way to celebrate and honor your parents. I lost both my parents far too soon (2017 for mom, 2021 for dad) so cherish these special moments (which I know you do). Great video!
My Mom and I always travelled on HAL. She used a walker and everyone watched out for her and were so kind. We did Alaska, Hawaii (3) times, Bahamas and Mexico. Loved them all.
Now that's a cruise! It's great to see you take your parents.. brilliant video as always, and that hot tub wow!
Thanks for watching mate - wishing you and your family a Happy New Year :)
Collab please - Walk with Tim and Will 😊
Do all suites have hot tubs? Or only specific ones?
The addition of your parents to the trip melts my heart ❤❤
It's very nice how he invites his folks along when Millie is unavailable. There's not enough of this going on nowadays. Well done mate.
I spent 21 nights with Holland America mid December, as part of my plan to spend 10 months last year living on cruise ships (as a passenger). Their cruise product is just so beautiful - the onboard experience is excellent. The key difference in our cruise experience is that I was in an inside cabin down on Deck 1 - much more basic than your experience here, but I really enjoyed it!
I love to see u put your parents first. Cherish them while they're still here.
I love that with your success you’re able to treat your parents to a luxurious holiday. What a way to pay them back for bringing you up. Well done to you all!👏👏😄
Respect to you for bringing your mum and dad constantly to your adventures! They raised you really well ❤
My friend, you convinced me to book this cruise. Did it last night. Booked for my birthday in May this year. Pinnacle suite was sold out, so I chose the Neptune suite. Thank you for your videos. I hope to see you get to 1 million subscribers in 2024!!!
I am also seriously considering this trip also, to help celebrate my birthday this year--hello my fellow May-born!
We have done 9 HAL and have 10th booked for 2025. We have always stayed in Neptune Suites (twice on the Niuew A). You won’t be disappointed!!!!
Keep me posted. We can have drinks at the bar on the ship! @@IdaAJ
I love when he takes his parents he is so wholesome 😭✌️
He was raised well
True. @@raya74Respect for parents and love
Another Trek Trendy video makes for another beautiful day
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You are so very lucky to be able to share this with your parents.
Hi Will, you’re such a good son, offering your sweet parents the bedroom! Way to honor them!
I love the way you took your parents with you. My son took me to Las Vegas and San Francisco…wonderful memories made forever.
I've been on many cruises, but Holland America was hands down the best. I won a 7 day eastern carribean cruise for two and a charity benefit silent auction. Completely unexpected. What we experienced from end to end was nothing short of amazing. From the rooms, to preparation, food, entertainment, crew/passenger interaction. It was a highlight reel for my life, that's for sure. Only downside, it was mostly older senior citizens, old school blue hairs from New York. They were pretty stuffy and obnoxious.
Will disagree about stuffy New Yorkers unless they are from downstate. We live in real NYS and NOTHING stuffy about us. HAL does trend older but we are seeing a shift.
@@norayancey4282 Also condescending with lack of self awareness.
Your parents have raised a wonderful young man.
Your videos are the best way to start 2024! It's so sweet how you travel with your parents and give your parents the nicer room (just like how you gave your dad the nicer bed on your train trip). What an amazing trip and amenities!
Your videos are some of my all time favourites to watch, as a student, you’re allowing me to live through your videos and content, and I couldn’t be more grateful!! I hope your 2024 is amazing!! Thank you so much for showing us all of your trips :)
Both parents!! Gotta love that!! So cool you do this Will and for sure it's expensive...but they are your parents...they should be spoiled once in a while. I offered to take/pay for a trip or two with my Dad and Step-Mom, but sadly they never accepted. My Mom on the other hand...let's GO! Haha. Maybe that's where I get my travel bug? We didn't travel far, but cool trips to Reno, NV and Lake Tahoe were awesome! The Reno trip was paid for by Peppermill Casino...HA! 50 cents in the slot.....BIG WINNER! Loved that one for sure! Bummer Millie couldn't get the time off. She's awesome and adds to your reviews!
We just got off the same ship. Very nice and I enjoy my cruise. The food is excellent! We didn’t pay any extras for meals. The dinning room and buffets are excellent. Nothing to complain. We did the Christmas cruise, there are 3 dressy night. The crew performed and sang. Such a great treat! .We did not eat at the specialty dinning coz the dinning room served some fine dinning and yummy dinner. No reason to pay extra. We already booked our next cruise to Norway with Holland America. Holland America balcony room is very nice. Def going for balcony if doing warm weather cruise.
Another excellent video. At a time where luxury travel like this is unlikely for most, it's enjoyable to watch from the comfort of a living room. It's great to see you sharing these experiences with your parents Will!
Alaska is a fantastic cruise destination. Incredible natural beauty. This was an excellent video Will! Cheers 🥂
Very nice to watch. BTW, I noticed your suite is called "Willem Barentz".
It is named after the Dutch explorer that after making an atlas of the Mediterranean went on to try to find a Northern route to Asia. This lead him and his crew to Nova Zembla etc. Mind you this was around 1594 and onwards, so different conditions to be sure 🙂
I love that he travels with his family when he can
I did an Alaska helicopter ride to a glacier as well and the views on the ride over we're the most spectacular of my life!
Some humble advice: I think a lot of what people want to see is just more luxury in general not just planes and stuff, and these are a great step in that direction! In the future you can try hotels or other luxury experiences.
It’s so cute that you take your mom and dad on your adventures I literally love them and you. Bless you and your family!
I've never had much desire to do a cruise, but THAT ONE, with THAT SUITE, ---- sign me up!!!!
I really love that you share these experiences with your loved ones. Happy New Year Will. Really looking forward to seeing your travels this year.❤
Wholesome, brilliant content Will! Love it mate!
I absaloutely hate travelling and these videos are my worst nightmare... yet i cant stop watching them all 🤣
Wow, great to see BOTH your parents with you. I found this channel about a year ago when I was stuck in hospital with a busted up leg for 13 days, and watching the catalogue of videos was a godsend for me, as I have always been a traveler for both work and fun. Thumbs up on this vid, a cruise is in the cards for late 2024 for us.
Happy new year Will! I really enjoy your videos!! Hope you and the family had a wonderful holiday!!
So great to see you and your wonderful parents! I love you take them, or one of them on some of your great adventures! Miss seeing Milly on this cruise.
Happy New Year to you all!
Love your channel.
Agreed. It must be an awfully hard decision to make which trips she wants to go on during the year.
Your mom and dad are so sweet and great company.
This cruise my sister and her hubby took years ago and they loved it.
Oh my gosh! I love traveling vicariously with you on these luxurious trips. So happy to see you brought your parents along for the trip. An Alaskan cruise is on my list. Looking at Holland America, looks like a very nice ship.
Oh, I try hard not to be envious of others, but the ship, suite, amazing food, helicopter rides, glaciers, a jacuzzi and Alaska itself somewhere I'd love to visit, so while I'm not drooling on the floor with my tongue hanging down out of my mouth, I am just a little bit jealous! I wish one of MY five children would take ME on a luxury cruise one day! It's just lovely to see your mum and dad with you this time, and hopefully, we'll see Millie on a cruise or another adventure somewhere soon! Happy New Year! I want to see you and your family, and I can't wait to see what you'll be bringing us in 2024! Take care now from country NSW Australia.
Thank you, happy new year to you too
Happy New Year Mr. Trendy! Way to start 2024 with one of your special over-the-top cruise videos! You outdid yourself this time as usual. Too bad Millie couldn’t go but I suspect something special will be coming down the pipeline later this year. Just curious, did you prefer HAL or Royal Caribbean? Seems you weren’t too keen on the HAL food offerings. Looking forward to your next adventure ❤️✈️🎆🥂
Thanks for watching and a happy new year to you :) I did feel quite let down by the inclusive food offering on HAL, but the room was lovely and it was overall better value than a Royal Caribbean cruise. I just wish cruises would stop with the constant upsell aha
@@Trektrendy Just a booking tip for Royal Caribbean: I do believe you were in a loft suite before, and those need to be booked anywhere from a year to a year and a half out to get the best price. I think you paid almost double of what I normally pay for a loft suite.
@@Trektrendy While I fully understand the upsell for "regular" passengers, it's disheartening to see them try it so often with you and your top of the line fares. But as always, thanks for showing the entire picture good and bad.
Great video as always! The smile that you have when you are engaging with your parents is so genuine. Absolutely fantastic!
Really awesome to have the ability to share these experiences with your parents. Enjoy!
love seeing your mom and dad together! great work as always man!
Question: What do you do when your flights/ cruises/ trains end? I've always been curious. It would be neat to see a video about that if you'd consider it
Another fantastic video, this time in Alaska! I was lucky enough to spend 2 summers cruising in Alaska, during my 4 years working on Cruise Ships. It still looks beautifully serene, some 30 years later. I’m sorry Millie wasn’t able to join you and your mom & pop. Happy New Year!
Happy New year, thanks for watching :)
Great video, Will! So tickled to see both your Mom and Dad along for this Alaska trip!! Well done, cheers!!!
Just what I needed. A vicarious first class cruise to Alaska. Thanks to your channel 🙂👍
Looks like a great cruise overall! Not sure I appreciate Holland America's seemingly deliberate strategy to suppress the quality of the buffet food to try and upsell the speciality dining option so much though, even if I can see why they would do it.
I did this cruise and the buffet food was amazing! It was a fam trip with Holland and I saw how everything was cooked. It's a luxury brand they dont need to do that!
@@leonardordel92 Oh that is surprising to hear! I didn't realise Holland America is a luxury cruise line. I thought they were more of a Premium Cruise Line like Cunard.
Noted on the food though! Perhaps taste is more individual. Did u try any of the speciality dining options? If so, was it a lot better than the buffet spread?
My thoughts exactly. I don't mind the idea of specialty restaurants where one goes in knowing there will be an upcharge for all the food and the experience as a whole. I find it very distateful that all of the restaurants upcharge for the dishes that most people would prefer to order.
For the amount he paid for that cruise, there are many, far more luxurious and entertaining vacation options out there with more world class dining options than one can possibly exhaust.
What a GORGEOUS Suite you had! Would this cruise cost even more in the summer months?
@@vickiladu6755 I didn't cruise this. Did u mean to direct this question more to Trek Trendy? O.o
Did a 23 day Vancouver to Ft. Lauderdale Panama Canal cruise in 2022 on the Nieum Amsterdam in a Neptune Suite . Everything was outstanding. Also did a 7 day Alaskan Holland cruise in 2018 which was equally impressive. Holland is a great line for a relaxed vibe without all the chaos of the super ships with all there up charge offerings. Just my humble option.
Its so nice to see you spend so much time with your mum and dad. You enjoy life to the full and i love watching your videos. x
can't even imagine how beautiful these views were irl 23:01
damn a comment from youtube itself with no comments ?
bring back the dislike button you cowards
Wow I agree, hi yt
is the admin watching videos from the main youtube account or something😂😂
Yt you really love this channel
Will is just like us. He spams the elevator buttons to make it go faster 😭
How lovely to see your parents on the cruise! Your mom and dad seem very special.
I love the respect, thankfullness and geniune love you have always shown for your parents. You're a good man! Happy New Year to you and your family!
I’ve never commented on one of his videos even though I love to see how the elite travel and eat. The only part of his videos that is normally boring is the food portion which is disappointing because that’s usually my favorite part of cruise videos. I find them boring because he usually chooses the same thing, beef, champagne, caviar and diet soda. It was a pleasant surprise to see him eating something different for a change, bravo! I hope he switches up his choices a bit more often. I also enjoyed seeing what his mom ate as a vegetarian. So I would say this has been one of his better videos. I really enjoyed it.
plus the snobby comments about the buffet area.
I have sailed on this line and I totally agree with those comments. My partner ate buffet once in 6 days. I passed. Just as nice in the dining room but served at our table. Sure there aren't 9 bazillion items to choose from, but it's also quieter and much less crowded. An easy trade off decision for us.
Another fantastic video as always. Out of curiosity, what kind of special equipment do you use to get some of these shots? Do you use a drone? Do you have to get special permission/access from the ship for a proper vantage point? Perhaps it’s a lot easier than I realize.
Thanks so much for watching. I use an insta360 camera, never a drone as there aren’t allowed.
The Way You Show Love Towards Your Parents is Amazing..!!!
Mendenhall was one of my favorite places in Alaska. We had a miserable day and our excursions were canceled. We hopped on a local cab and drove to the glacier ,simply amazing! Love your videos! Thanks for letting me travel with you!
Loved the vid! But Juneau is pronounced like joo-no. Rhymes with Uno, or like the goddess Juno. I’m actually related to the Juneau it’s named after so wanted to mention :)
Thanks for the correction, I’ll know for next time :)
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What an amazing relationship you have with your parents. You seem such a lovely person, I really enjoy your videos! Thank you!
Trust me, you are very lucky if you still got your parents around and show can show your gratitude by taking them on crazy trips like this.
Spending time with your family is so precious. Well Done Will👍
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Pretty,unpretty,disgusting excess. When people, tens of thousands of us,even in the 'first' world are suffering depravation homelessness and starvation.
It certainly looks like you had a great time. Happy New Year to you and Millie, and your parents. Here's to bigger and better things in the future.
This was really helpful for deciding what cruise line I might like, thanks for being so in depth.
Enjoy the vids, but does anyone else just cringe at the way he acts in these? He acts so... like gross?
Why would you say that sir
Your comment is cringe too joey🤡
All the videos looks the same…. Same material shit….
No one’s forcing you to watch. Many of us enjoy them. Find something else you like if this is not to your taste.
I absolutely love it when you include your parents on your adventures. Doubly special for us when you all travel together! Happy New Year to you all. Blessings and continued safe travels. :)
Can't wait to watch this - your channel is one of the few I watch every new video. Thank you for all your hard work - as a youtuber I know how much work it is! Tell your mom I loved her green dress! Your parents must be so proud of you.
Love your relationship with parents! So sweet!❤
Love your videos. I'll probably never do a cruise but I sure enjoy watching you and your wonderful parents going. ❤️
Great vid, so liked your Mom and Dad could enjoy the trip with you Will. Liked you saw the glacier.
What a great way to start off the new year! Great that you could bring both your parents along. I’m sure Millie will come along once her leaves replenish. Cheers!
It was great watching father, mother and son together on a magnificient expedition. You are favourite travel CZcamsr for obvious reasons. Wish you the best this year for more luxurious and slendid travels.
Thank you! Loved seeing both of your parents, and looking forward to the next time Millie can come, too!
Spending time with your parents, priceless. 💕
Amazing trip @Trektrendy! My parents and I also did our first ever cruise on the Nieuw Amsterdam to Alaska in June of 2019. Both the ship and Alaska look as beautiful as ever. Thanks for brining back great memories!
Glad your back Will, I've missed your videos! Happy New Year!!
Nice to see glimpses of my hometown, Vancouver.
Happy New Year! Looking forward to watching this tonight.
I have been watching your videos for a while now and it's so wild to me to see you in my hometown, Vancouver!
We sailed on the Nieuw Amsterdam in 2017 at the end of a 2 week Land/Sea tour of Alaska and the Yukon Territories. We absolutley loved the ship and enjoyed all the sites on our trip from Ketchikan to Vancouver. Thanks for another great video, as it was fun seeing the ship again and brought back great memories of our trip!!
Doing Alaska this Fall! I'd love to see a vlog with you, both of your parents, and Millie. You're a great vlogger.
And this video will be the first I'll check out in the new year before heading towards my bed.
And what an amazing video it will be, seeing the destination and cruise line.
You guys must have enjoyed this so so much❤
Happy new year to everyone 🎉
Wonderful to see you and both parents. Thanks for sharing!
I would sign up for this cruise every season! Even though I'm not usually a fan of cruising, I think the Inland Passage is the smoothest option, and I love all the natural wonders along the way.
If funds were available, your suite looks fantastic! Thank you once again for taking me along on your terrific journey!
Lucky Mum and Dad! It certainly was an amazing voyage. You had such perfect weather. What a suite! 😍
OMG WOW Port Of Vancouver is such a good memory for me being a young South African working on a cruise ship i remember all those places like it was yesterday.
So happy to see Mum and Dad!!! Happy New Year Will.
Fantastic video as always!!! This channel continues going from strength to strength!!!
What a great video to watch, Will! I love watching your videos because while I get to go to many of the same destinations as you do, I never get to do it in the nicest classes of travel, so it's a good way to see these premium options! :)
Alaska is one of my favourite destinations - we went on a small ship cruise for our honeymoon and on Princess for our 10th anniversary trip. Glacier Bay is simply gorgeous and vast - such an experience. We also had the opportunity to take a chopper to the top of a glacier in Juneau for our honeymoon in 2007 and we did some dog sledding. A wonderful experience.
Great start to the New Year!!!
Such a high quality video - nice one! Looking forward to following your adventures in 2024