Grand Princess Review

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Venice to Rome is Further than you think

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Grand Princess
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marylandcrzer
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2008

To begin with there were five cities, four countries, three historical eras, two continents, and one ship - the Grand Princess. This cruise began Venice, a leading renaissance era city, visited the heartlands of Greek history, and concluded in Naples and Rome - central to Roman culture. Included in the tour were Italy, Croatia, Greece, and Turkey, located in Europe and Asia. Ports of call included Venice, Dubrovnik, Athens, and Naples. This review describes both the Grand Princess itself and the ports that we visited on this cruise and is written from the perspective of a single, 60-something male cruising as a solo traveler. I am an experienced traveler who has visited nearly 30 countries. The Grand was my third cruise. I have organized my comments under several general headings to facilitate finding areas of interest to individual readers (and to maintain my own sanity).

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I flew United Airlines and Lufthansa from Washington, DC to Venice to begin this vacation. United has implemented an Economy Plus program that provides a bit more leg room than the standard cattle car economy class passage. The difference was amazing and allowed me to actually sleep for several hours on the flight, which was an important benefit. I noticed that, for the first time in several flights this year, that there were a significant number of vacant seats. The recession and decline in air travel was very apparent.

Cabin Review

There are no doors on the closet and people really CAN see every little thing you have hanging while the steward works on your room. Beware and hang selectively

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