Bangkok (Laem Chabang) Singles Cruises Reviews

My wife and I both had fathers from Germany, yet we speak no German. This for the most part was a plus on this cruise: the Captain gave his twice daily messages in German and then English; almost all the crew members spoke fair to excellent English as did the majority of passengers, and we never heard a single comment in English that wasn’t directed to or from us. It was a stress free ...

After a wonderful night and morning at the Shangri-La Hotel, we were driven by BMW to the ship at Laem Chabang(Bangkok). We went through all the paper work fast and boarded the ship. On board we made new friends from Canada,USA,New Zealand and Australia and spent many nights going to shows and dinners with them. We attended the activities on board, viewed sky lined lights from Hong Kong, ...

Background: I tend to be a small ship person so Cunard is a bit of a stretch for me. I first tried a QM2 transatlantic crossing on 2007 and my reaction was "too big and impersonal", but my behavior has not been very consistent with that assessment. I left the ship with a booking for a crossing on the way home from a vacation I had already booked for Africa the following summer. I booked 2 more ...

We have cruised on the Sun Princess from Sydney 3 times, so didn't expect to the Diamond Princess to be much different apart from size , but was pleasantly surprised. Service was wonderful , food was outstanding , everything was so much better than what we had had on the Sun Princess.We had the aft cabin on Aloha deck A749, A bit of noise from the scrapping chairs above , other than that a ...

Oh how exciting it is to read two differently rated reviews on this cruise (Clive & Sue).............I agree with you both! Yes I believe the itinerary was the main attraction for many people on this cruise but others like ourselves our hardened Princess cruisers, this being our third. Embarkation was easy, I think Princess have listened to previous reviews & had laid on extra staff to deal ...

The four-year-old Diamond Princess looked as pristine and untarnished as when we sailed during her maiden voyage to Nagasaki. The ship's crew and hotel staff is doing a fantastic job keeping her in showroom quality. The hotel kept the brass and glass sparkle in public areas. The CDC rated the ship with 100 points during two of her previous inspections. The ship came down with Norovirus in China, ...

We had decided to travel to Asia only months before departing and were very pleased to see some great packages on offer through our Internet agent and terrific prices for the package (including transfers, hotel etc). This was our ninth cruise, our second with Princess. Like most people we met on the cruise, we added extra days in both Bangkok and Beijing. We were booked into the Banyan Tree ...

Please enter your review. I have to agree with the review by Victor Meldrew. I am Canadian and travelled on this same cruise with my husband. We stayed precruise(booked through Princess) in Bangkok at the ShangriLa, where we have previously stayed. Our stay was marred by the horrific flight we had courtesy of Princess with a 7 hour layover in Hong Kong having flown approx. 18 hours from Toronto ...

This was our tenth cruise and our second one on the Sapphire Princess. We sailed on this ship when it was new in 2004 and enjoyed it very much so we were interested in doing this longer cruise over the Christmas and New Year holidays. My husband and I are in our sixties and live on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia. We usually have long flights to join cruises in Europe and the US but ...

Sapphire Princess, Bangkok to Beijing, 26 Mar - 11 Apr 2005. To open, my advice to everyone is to use this resource (Cruise Critic) as much as possible, in particular the roll calls. For a first time Princess cruiser we found this forum invaluable for picking up tips and meeting fellow cruisers prior to departure. On board there are your standard set of serial whingers, the ones that complain ...