We're loyal Princess Cruise customers who booked the Tahitian Princess as a once in a lifetime trip to Hawaii and Tahiti. The itinerary was a dream - and since we have always loved Princess - we thought this was a no-brainer. But while we had a GREAT time on our 12-day cruise - we experienced some problems on the Tahitian Princess. Enough we felt it was important to do a complete review.

First - because we live in New York City - we decided to let Princess book our airfare and we also chose a pre cruise hotel package. We wanted to experience Honolulu and all its sites and because of the time zone change (6 hours) we wanted to also let our bodies get used to the new time change.

We traveled with another couple from Philadelphia - all of us choosing Newark as our point of departure. Our airline reservations were fine - but when Mark and Steve checked in for their flights - they didn't have valid tickets. While Princess Air had their itinerary and a confirmation number - it seems there were not valid ticket numbers associated with the reservation. I'm dumfounded how this could happen in the age of electronic tickets. Mark and Steve almost didn't get a seat on the flight to HNL. But in the end it all worked out. They were annoyed to say the least. Read more