Emerald Princess Review

Standards are slipping

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Emerald Princess
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saundersjandj@gmail.com
6-10 Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Oct 2013

We have just returned from a 10 night New England and Canada cruise on Emerald Princess. We have not cruised with Princess for 9 years and sad to say we found that standards had slipped during that time. Nothing wrong with the layout of the ship, it was clean and all the staff were delightful.

Firstly we were surprised to find the bathrooms to be identical in size and layout as 9 years ago, we had hoped that they might be a little larger on the newer ship. We have recently been cruising on Celebrity and their bathrooms have a good size shower and have more space and storage.

Our main disappointment was the quality of the food, both in the buffets and the main dining room.Very little choice in Horizon Court at lunchtime and what there was, was most unappetising.Breakfast was OK but again the layout was poor and became crowded with long queues. The plates and mugs were plastic and you stirred your coffee with a wooden stick!!

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Reasonable size cabin with sliding doors to a balcony furnished with 2 chairs and a table. Plenty of storage both hanging and in cupboards and drawers. Very small bathroom with tiny shower cubicle. You have to request robes, which when they came were old and shrunken, fit for the rag bin!!!Our room steward Laurence was very efficient and kept everything spotlessly clean. The room was always tidied by the time we came back from breakfast. This cabin is a short distance from the launderette and from the central lift area both of which were convenient.

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