Sea Princess Review

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Time for Sea Princess to go away

Review for Alaska Cruise on Sea Princess
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2012
Cabin: Balcony

Let me start by agreeing with some of the reviews here. However, I would not judge all Princess Cruises by the Sea Princess. We have been on 5 cruises to Alaska and have been on 10 different Princess ships and over 25 cruises. This ship and the retired "Regal Princess" have been my least favorites. This ship is goofy, it seems like the designers have designed and redesigned the ship into something that cannot compete with modern cruise ships and really does not work. It is not just a matter or size I have been on smaller ships including the Island Princess and have not walked away feeling like I was sailing the "poor step-sister of the Princess fleet".

I looked forward to the Atrium experience (coffee, relaxed conversation etc.)and there never was a seat to be found. Too many people not drinking coffee just looking for someplace to sit. They made the casino "non-smoking" except in designated areas and then made the "designated smoking area" smack dab in the middle of the casino! Then they took half of the casino and made it a game room for Mahjong and other board games. The noise of the Mahjong tiles about drove everyone crazy at the blackjack tables. Very bad planning. Why they could not designate an area for board games away from the casino is any one's guess.

On to the food, we are not buffet fans and ate in the dining room every night. The food was really unremarkable and some nights seemed like we were participants on "fear factor". More game meats than I would have liked and a serious lack of planning for a menu than should have included more crab, we were in Alaska! duh! The menu lacked many of the items that were my favorites on other Princess cruises and I missed the Italian influence that usually was norm on other Princess menus. The food was not bad but it really was not memorable. We had made friends that did eat in the specialty steak house and they said the food was excellent. I wish we had tried it but was put off by the fact is was just an area of the Horizon court that was curtained off. The room service breakfast menu now includes a mcmuffin sandwich which I think is an improvement and I would be delighted if they did a sausage mcmuffin!

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Balcony

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B619 Cramped

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