Sapphire Princess Review

South Pacific - LA - 28 day - Sapphire Princess

Review for the South Pacific Cruise on Sapphire Princess
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2013

Most people were between 70-95, about 15 kids, maybe a dozen adults below 40, a skattering of adults between 40-60. Polite people, lots of wheel chairs, walkers, and canes. Quiet. Cruise director and staff were excellent for all ages!! Shows and performances were all very good! Lots of interesting lectures ahead of visiting many South Pacific places. The gym was surprisingly crowded all the time - all ages ... a surprise! But a good on in some ways! They allowed 2 bottles of wine - FYI. Line, ballroom, and hula dance lessons were great, and for the last 8 days they FINALLY had some professional dance instructors on board.

Cabin Sufficient ... everything. The balcony chairs were uncomfortable and our steward could not swap out our chairs for comfortable deck chairs as other cruise lines often allow. This deck's balconies are larger than average, but there is NO overhang to keep rain out or to offer shade, and there is NO privacy on this deck's balconies. We were close to the steps and elevators, which was nice, as was it's amid-ships location.

They had more to do than we expected - we needed a break from all the shhip activities when we started hitting some islands. You can lounge around, but if you want, you can certainly stay busy, even had some trouble doing the things we wanted to do. The Mrs could NOT get into the stretch class first thing in the morning - too crowded! Anytime seating in the dining rooms left service on the slack side, the only poor thinig about the trip really. They also ran out of port specific items in the gift shops (surpringly) but stock probably needs to be limited. Shore excursions sold out quick, islands with limited tour offerings. We did better winging it.

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Sufficient ... everything. The balcony chairs were uncomfortable and our steward could not swap out our chairs for comfortable deck chairs as other cruise lines often allow. This deck's balconies are larger than average, but there is NO overhang to keep rain out or to offer shade, and there is NO privacy on this deck's balconies. We were close to the steps and elevators, which was nice, as was it's amid-ships location.

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