Princess Emerald Princess Family Cruises Cruise Reviews

We carefully chose the Emerald after much research, as this was our first cruise. There is no doubt that the people making this ship go are sincere and dedicated to making customer service the #1 thing they do from ...

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Sail Date September 2017

carstensens

3 Reviews Written

20 Helpful Votes

Princess Cruises – Alaskan Inside Passage

The Alaskan Inside Passage cruise aboard the Emerald Princess was chosen as the cruise du jour for the month of August 2017. The weather forecast for August 20 - 27 was for temperatures ranging from 52o to 64o F. ...

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Sail Date August 2017

WSeibert

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Wonderful to Alaska

My son and I needed to go and have a relaxing adventurous vacation. We both loved our time on board. What I noticed the first day was that a cruise could be as slow and relaxing or as fast paced as you wanted. So ...

Sail Date July 2017

Larrytheg

2 Reviews Written

12 Helpful Votes

Family Cruise

We live in Seattle so we did not have to travel far to catch the ship,. Boarding was very smooth at first it seemed hectic with so many passengers arriving at the same time but as soon as a porter gathered all f are ...

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Sail Date August 2017

slfarnsworth

7 Reviews Written

33 Helpful Votes

Great cruise!!

This is our 14th cruise with Princess and was terriffic!!! We were in Seattle a day ahead of time and went to the Space Needle and Pike's Market. Weather was great. This is actually our 2nd cruise to Alaska and ...

Sail Date June 2017

tbaxter33

4 Reviews Written

39 Helpful Votes

Another Great Cruise with Princess

We had another great cruise with Princess Cruises this month. This time, we did the round trip inside passage to Alaska via Seattle. Cruised on Princess (Island Princess) several years ago from Whittier to ...

Sail Date June 2017

roresloan@att.net

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

One of my better cruishes

Great over all April–May, 29 day South Pacific cruise! We enjoyed every stop! Australia, New Zealand, Bora Bora and Thaiti were hot, people were very nice on the islands and the islands were breath taking.The ...

Sail Date April 2017

CobraJet

2 Reviews Written

7 Helpful Votes

Everything was Exceptionally Good or Great; Much, Much Better Than Anticipated

First, and foremost, I must complement the head waiter that I selected for this cruise, the chef and the kitchen staff. I have a significant number of dietary restrictions and therefore when we decided to take this ...

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Sail Date April 2017

Peetee

3 Reviews Written

10 Helpful Votes

Outh Pacifc a second time and it is still our favorite

Pacific Coastal

We had cruised SF to Sydney in 2011 and loved it. We decided to do this one in reverse of that one. We enjoy repositioning cruises. When asked what is our favorite place to visit. We always say Bora Bora and ...

Sail Date May 2017

Zinnynz

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Great weather made fantastic cruise

We added this cruise at the end of our Auckland-Hawaii-LA Vancouver. Cruise. We had warm weather so fantastic scenic cruising in Glacier Bay & also Sitka & Juneau. It did rain in Ketichan & there were 5 ships in ...

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Sail Date May 2017

Karsue

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

29 Day South Pacific cruise

The staff was wonderful as always and the weather was very good. There were a few days that we had moderate seas (12 ft). I noticed that the food was not quite as good as previous cruises, but still very good (this ...

Sail Date April 2017

cboyle

36 Reviews Written

121 Helpful Votes

The Far Side of the World, Part 2: New Zealand

We combined our March 18, 2017, New Zealand cruise with the Emerald Princess’ March 7 New Caledonia & Vanuatu cruise I have written a separate review for that cruise and our 4-night pre-cruise stay in Adelaide, ...

Sail Date March 2017

jackieak

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

13 night cruising to New Zealand from Sydney

We chose to fly to Sydney from Melbourne the day before embarkation so we wouldn't be rushed and would begin our holiday in a relaxed way. We stayed at the Grace Hotel which we really enjoyed and met our daughter ...

Sail Date March 2017

cboyle

36 Reviews Written

121 Helpful Votes

The Far Side Of The World, Part 1: New Caledonia & Vanuatu (Pre-Cruise Adelaide)

This review includes information on both our March 7, 2017, New Caledonia & Vanuatu cruise and on our 4-night pre-cruise stay in Adelaide, Australia. The cruise portion of this trip gave us the opportunity to visit ...

Sail Date March 2017

sepam

8 Reviews Written

26 Helpful Votes

New Zealand with Australian outback land tour

Going to New Zealand and Australia was a big "bucket list" thing. The Princess cruise/land tour was awesome. We booked an inside cabin since we had mostly port days and spent the day at the Sanctuary during the ...

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Sail Date February 2017

angie.coventry

3 Reviews Written

9 Helpful Votes

Living the dream

This was our 30th Wedding Anniversary and our first without our kids in tow. Leaving our kids and daily world behind we embarked on our journey. We stayed two nights in Sydney at The Grace Hotel which was a lovely ...

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Sail Date March 2017

madfisher

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

11 Day Cruise to Vanuatu on Emerald Princess from Sydney

I chose this cruise because I had not been to the north of Vanuatu befor. The ship appealed to me due to size and layout. As soon as you board the feeling of being welcome was there. The atmosphere was so warm ...

Sail Date March 2017

Gamefisher

4 Reviews Written

12 Helpful Votes

My fourth time around NZ, and the best.

I couldn't find any fault with this cruise. I overnighted at the Mercure Hotel in Auckland and boarded the Emerald Princess the following morning. There were no problems and I loved my outside stateroom on deck 5, ...

Sail Date February 2017

maybjosephine

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Enlightened Journey

Amazing welcome with assistance to transport our people aboard and off charming and very respectful staff. This being the first and third cruise with some of the members it has been rated "Emerald Princess" has been ...

Sail Date February 2017

ETdreamer

7 Reviews Written

14 Helpful Votes

What a cruise!!

From go to whoa this was a once in a lifetime cruise! Firstly, we got this cruise at a ridiculously priced promotional fare which also included a generous OBC. Secondly, we were able to travel to a place (New ...

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Sail Date January 2017

Exhaustedtwo

2 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

Back to back on the emerald princess

I have just completed back to back cruises on the emerald princess which by far were the best cruises we have done .they were cruise 16 and 17 for us so we are not newbies to cruising and have sampled many different ...

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Sail Date January 2017

DundeeCake

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Emerald Princess - Another Gem

Africa

We joined this 4 nations cruise in Dubai after a 2 night stay and were on the Emerald for 10 days disembarking in Singapore. Embarkation was very smooth and we were aboard before we knew it. We chose this ...

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Sail Date September 2016

rockinmama07

4 Reviews Written

16 Helpful Votes

Awesome cruise

Great ship. Fantastic food, the buffet was different every day, which was a nice change. Food in restaurant was first class. We got room service a few days for breakfast. It was delivered promptly & was basic but ...

Sail Date January 2017

sealegs2016

3 Reviews Written

7 Helpful Votes

Sydney to Tasmania round trip