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Reviews of Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge

5 out of 5
Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge
133 Parks Hwy, Trapper Creek, AK

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 106 out of 203 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 52 out of 203 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 203 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 203 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 203 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

PETER

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice staff but very disorganized Restaurant staff were very attentive but it was clear that everyone was new and just getting out of hibernation
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ankit

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robbie

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Beautiful setting, extremely knowledgeable and helpful staff. Only negatives are out of order washers, and no in-room refrigerator or microwave. Otherwise, a great place!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ron

Generally, I think the property was in very good condition… We miss that the hot tub is not working. But it’s not a dealbreaker. The front desk crew were very cordial generally had good customer service skills… Steve did a very nice job of trying to deal with a very difficult customer. The only thing we found was that the room was. Very warm… Which made it difficult for us to sleep. But probably great for those coming to Alaska and all bundled up.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Thamer

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
I can’t receive my room after 5 PM, which is not acceptable at all
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Dennis

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
This property is part of Princess Cruises. Full of cruise passengers on pre or post cruise Danali stays. Not a wilderness Lodge.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Checked in at 5pm. Room wasn’t ready until 9pm. Not enough staff in housekeeping or in restaurant. Waited for 45 minutes to get our food after we’d ordered, which was after 30 minutes waiting to be seated.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joe

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A place everyone will enjoy.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Debora

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Yiheng

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Yuttichai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice property.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erica

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view from the lodge of Mt. Denali was incredible. Very cool lodge areas with a big wood fireplace and multiple spaces to spend time. Restaurant bar was good and had good food. No wifi in rooms only iodge and common areas which was a bit disappointing but the lodge was the place to be anyhow.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Tarrie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Incredible location!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Janie

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a beautiful place. we enjoyed our stay. We would book again
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place designed for tour buses
This is a very nice lodge with lots of things to do on site. Rooms are nice and the grounds are beautiful. It would have been 5 stars except Internet access in the building 24 area was non-existent and parking is not close to the room (it was raining almost constantly and a long walk gets you pretty wet). This lodge is designed around large groups of people arriving on the tour buses and not people driving their own vehicles. Finally out room was quite hot and the thermostat on the wall was turned all the way to the cold side, so it wasn't controlling the heater.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was beautiful The rooms were spacious and comfortable. The dining options were very good. The only 'down side' was the property is in the middle of nowhere. About 80 miles from Denali National Park.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sylvia

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No elevator our room was in n the second floor
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
view of mountains
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Min

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cleaness, friendly staffs, nice views.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lindsey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay was fantastic and the staff went above and beyond to make us feel welcomed. A special shout out to Ricky for suggestions for things to do! The gift shop has lots of cute items. We were not part of the cruise passengers and were treated just as well. The rooms are comfortable and clean. Although, lodge is older it is well kept. The fine dining was excellent. Lots of neat things to see there besides Denali Mountain range. The bush pilot plane and treehouse are a great additions.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bailey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great place to stay. Very pretty. Tree house was cool! Restaurants on the grounds could be better. Also, disappointed that there was no fridge or microwave in the room- but in their defense that was disclosed.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Gordon

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was very nice, large and clean. Service in the lobby restaurant bar was spotty, food ranged from good to just ok. Twice we tried to order Chili and they were out of it. Food, especially the fish from fish and chips were frozen and not good. It looked like different fish in the bar and looked much better.

10/10 Excellent

Ting

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shelley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great activities and lodge was beautiful!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Willow

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The setting of this hotel was set like a campus. The landscaping made many buildings blend and not seem industrial. The grounds were nicely kept. The interiors were also nicely maintained. The services were clearly marked and there were enough staff to assist patrons. The food was great and there were several dining options. Overall, very nice stay. Loved the hiking trails.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anish, Hayward

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Roy, Miami

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Staff was not as good as previous stay. Twice they tried to enter my room before 10 am on day of check out. Second time door was opened without knocking and started to walk in while we were getting dressed. We left at 11 am. On way out with luggage young man that was to clean room was walking in front of me. I was carrying 2 suit cases and he opened door and shut ut in my face and did not hold the door for me. I would have expected that he would at least ask if i needed help. I went back and took the tip I had left for him. Second night we had no heating. Came back and found temperature setting to minimum. Tried to set it to 76 as we had left it t it but it would not start. After spending a day at Denali in the rain and cold coming back to a cold room was not a good experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Ross

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

randall

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Federico

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ankit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Hertz

Traveled with family
I opted not to stay and travel home to not expose other guests to the virus I have. I was refused even a partial refund.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Gordon

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Very nice resort in a very good location. The only problem is that the person checking us in was very rude and not helpful at all.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Sarita

Traveled with family
Room was clean and nice but no Microwave or refrigerator.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

FRANK

Booked thru Expedia on July 11. Received email on august 18 that our reservation for august 19 was denied by the McKinley princess lodge because they overbooked. If you use a third party booking company and princess cruise lines has late reservation from there tours you get kicked out. So this won’t happen again with princess companies or Expedia. Ps they rebooked us in another lodge 50 miles from them in the opposite direction of of our trip plans.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Colin

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Marleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice but confusing layout
It was after dark when we checked on and had to drive around a confusing maze of roads to find the building our room was in. The outdoor lighting was poor and there was no signage pointing you in the right direction. I realize it is light out most of the time in Alaska in the summer but by mid August you do have darkness at night. They did however provide an escort to our building when I asked for help.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Barbara

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The Lodge was nice. Food in the Lodge was mediocre at best. The nice restaurant in a separate outbuilding was closed so I can’t say if that would have been better. Coffee bar was nice but always a long line. Guest rooms need new pillows and mattresses. Housekeeping staff were unreasonably noisy in morning. One was constantly sitting in the guest area on his phone. Couldn’t even say good morning- he looked miserable. And he had his music blasting around guests. Not appreciated.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Doug

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The lodge was a great place to stay. Even thou we arrived late there seemed like there were fun activities that we could have done. The staff was very friendly. The rooms were spacious and clean.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Hotel and area was very nice. Dining options and quality of food could be improved. Not much available in area for food choices.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Avery

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is near Denali STATE park and not Denali NATIONAL park. The property has no cell service or wifi. There is limited dining and what limited dining exists is extremely expensive. The lines and waits for food are extraordinary. The general vibe of the hotel is that it was probably an amazing get away for Alaskans in the 80s and has not modernized since. No one vacationing in Alaska or hiking the trails should stay here. There are much closer and cheaper stays to the hiking trails and parks. There is nothing to do within an hour of this location.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeannie

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
the room was very nice, as was the staff. Outside did look a little sketchy.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chandra Mouli, Irvine

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023