We will, NEVER again cruise on PRINCESS! We are on our last day of a 10 day Princess (Grand Princess) cruise out of San Francisco. We have cruised on a Princess ship once before and were thoroughly underwhelmed. I choose this trip with reservations about the Princess cruise line, but liked the thought of embarking from San Francisco. (No flying!) I thought we should give Princess another try.

Embarkation was a massive cattle call. We were given a number and told to ‘go sit over there (off to the side) until your number is called.’ Seeing other passengers proceeding, I decided it may be better to be turned away than to sit and wait. Sure enough, our number was already going through. Had we sat and waited for a little lady to shout out our number across the terminal, we may still be waiting to board! (In retrospect, that may have been a good-thing!)

I was very disappointed when we entered our “minsuite.” The layout feels confined and the lighting gives everything a yellow cast. The bathroom is downright repugnant. Tiny green and white floor tile with dirty grout, a full size bath tub with a shower curtain feels old and funky. The showerhead was broken. (see photo) While taking my first shower, the glass shelf broke away from the wall and landed on y foot.(see photo) The shower floor is spongy and flexes underfoot. The shelf gave way because the screw holes were rotten. When the shelf was replaced the rot and crud remained. Read more