Sapphire Princess Review

California Coastal....A sampler

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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Apr 2013

Cruise number 22, number 8 on Princess and the 2nd time on the Sapphire Princess. My wife and I picked the California Coastal Cruise, because being from the East Coast originally, we never have spent any time in the cities on the itinerary other than passing through them on a bus going to the port.

After an UN-eventful trip to LAX we boarded the Sapphire Princess in quick order, bypassing the photo stop as usual. I know some people like to get a photo each time they cruise, but quite frankly I have enough photo's. After putting out bags in our stateroom and meeting Piotr (sic), our state room attendant, we headed off to the buffet for lunch. later the safety drill, and then we looked forward to leaving Los Angeles. As it turned out, we heard were two problems, missing staff, and a serious medical emergency that caused us to be about 3 hours late in leaving Los Angeles. No problem, we were there for 7 nights!

Again as usual we chose anytime dining, so our dining companions each night were different for the most part. Because we do not pack formal clothes so on those, what I call, "dinosaur nights" we ate in the buffet. I can say that the food in the buffet was for the most part very good with the EXCEPTION of the scrambled eggs, (powdered), they were bland and tasteless!

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Cabin E

We usually take an obstructed Oceanview because of the great deal. This cabin was conveniently located between the midship and aft elevators and has about a 75% obstruction. The cabin layout was good, (Typical) with enough storage. The downside was the air conditioning unit which NEVER got the stateroom below 70. This was true even after maintenance "worked" on it ans said it was working normally. The 3 stars were for the poor HVAC system, other than that the cabin was comfortable and in good shape.

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