Island Princess Review

Voyage of the Glaciers

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Skintman
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Sep 2013
Cabin: Balcony

ABOUT US - we are Neil & Barbara Plested, a UK married couple in our late 50's. We retired 3 years ago and try and travel as much as we can, while we are still 'young' enough. In the past we have only been occasional cruisers, but due to the recent great deals, we are cruising more and this is our third cruise this summer. We have cruised previously with RCL, P&O, Celebrity, MCL and Princess. We are not loyal to any brand and select on itinerary and value. We normally book quite late. We tend not to do many organised excursions, but try to travel independently. We are regular contributors to Trip Advisor. Prior to the cruise, we flew into Calgary and spent 6 nights driving around the Rockies and then 3 nights in Vancouver. After the 7 night cruise we flew from Anchorage to Seattle and spent a week driving the Oregon coast and Northern California to San Francisco, from where we flew home. The total trip was 24 days, including transatlantic flights. If you have any questions or comments, then please contact us on ' the.plesteds@virgin.net. We hope this review is useful to you. Safe travels - N&B.

CABIN 3/5 - we were in balcony cabin A702 deck 12 Aloha, port side, towards the stern. Not the largest of staterooms we've had, but not bad. King bed with good quality linen and pillows. tv, desk and chair, a separate chair and table, telephone and bedside cabinets with lights. Plenty of wardrobe space and lots of hangers. Only 2 US sockets in the room - not enough these days with phones, computers etc. Good and quiet aircon. Bathroom - one of the smallest showers on the planet. How some larger people manage I do not know? We are both small and reasonably slim adults, but it was still a squeeze and you got to know the shower curtain quite well!! There is a power socket in the bathroom, which we had to use regularly due to the shortage. Balcony - again quite small with 2 chairs and a small table. Too small for sun loungers. To be fair, we could not expect the best stateroom, as we booked late and got a very good deal. An unobscured view. As we have always found with cruises, the cabin steward was superb.

FOOD 5/5 ' Overall we found the food to be excellent throughout. We never had a poor meal. We found the choice to be first class and the service exemplary in all area. Unlike some cruises recently, we did not see any cutbacks due to the recession and lower prices. Well done Princess. We did not try the speciality restaurants, as we have eaten in them before, and did not feel the need on a 7 night cruise. We found the drinks and wines to be good quality and reasonably priced. Service was excellent everywhere, with lots of attentive staff. As always, the buffet could get busy at peak times, but we never struggled to find a seat or had to wait for long in a queue.

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