Princess Beijing Cruise Reviews

We typically travel suite class. Because it has been going where we want to go, when we want to go, we've been traveling Princess. The Sapphire Princess is a large ship! The disadvantage is that it often is berthed in a cargo area of the port Vs. "in/nearer town". Despite the number of passengers, there is enough space on the ship so you don't think it is crowded. The dining rooms serves good ...

SUMMARY Lovely ship with nice atmosphere being well managed by Captain Roger Bilton and Cruise Director, Brett, who kept everybody informed. Food was good but not up to the standards enjoyed on previous cruises on Sea Princess. Entertainment was poor, especially in the theatre, evidently due to excessive cost cutting. Well managed port calls with minimal queues and formalities handled very ...

We have just returned from a Southeast Asia cruise on the Diamond Princess. The cruise was very good overall, but unfortunately we did not get to see Shanghai due to bad weather. The captain only told us two hours beforehand at approximately 6am that we were unable to dock at Shanghai as the port was closed due to bad weather. We therefore remained at sea for three days and missed a very ...

My wife and I, with two friends, had a great time on the Diamond Princess as we toured SE Asia. This was our ninth cruise, but our first with Princess. Overall, the trip was fantastic, but there are a few items I feel Princess could improve on. I will start with the few negatives and then move on to the many positives. Over the past year, we have been on three cruises. The other two were on ...

I sailed on the Diamond Princess from BeiJing to Vancouver in 2012. The distance sailed was 11277 kilometers. It was a very nice experience. Pictures are at http://www.pbase.com/wwll/dp2012 I call this cruise my re-enactment of my father's sailing to Gold Mountain. Chinese call the USA Gold Mountain. I was five-months old when he sailed from Shanghai to San Francisco. I know of no ...

The purpose of this report is to mention some Diamond Princess problems (by the way we have sailed Princess several times before and not encountered these things before). 1. There were no hand sanitizers before you entered the restaurants or buffet. Even when many passengers had colds and flu and the Medical Officer put a report in the bulletin that we should wash our hands because there were ...

First time to Beijing and we were very impressed. Very good value with pre-cruise Princess hotel and tour package of 3 days. Two more ports in China, and then Busan and Vladivostok. Went on Princess tour in Busan to the old Silla capital and was very interesting. Vladivostok was interesting, just walked around on our own, saw the famous railway station - end of the Trans Siberian Railway, and ...

Beijing 3 day Pre-tour, staying at Marriott City Wall. This was excellent. We did the pre-arranged day tours, as well as the optional evening tours. Whilst tiring, all the tours were worth it. Just a warning - the hotel is very expensive for drinks and food. However, the evening optional tours included an evening meal, making them good value for money. Our guide was excellent and we visited ...

I was looking for Mediterranean cruise in April 2011. This cruise popped up and the price was irresistible, booked the cruise 10 days advance only. We had an ocean view cabin 244 on Plaza deck, or 5th floor. Check in at Xin Gang (Tian Jin) was smooth, nice and new passenger cruise port terminal. No shop, nothing to buy or shop, just coffee and tea counter provided by the ...

Ship size and operating efficiencies are forsemost in the cruise companies minds - but the question is what do we - the cruise passenger - get out of their determination to migrate to bigger and bigger ships? The cruise lines claim our ultimate benefit is economy. That may be, (and I doubt if it is true anyway) - but if it is - it is false economy - certainly on am itinerary such as the far east ...