We have been exclusive to Princess the past few years in our cruising. I feel compelled to share my experience. Things happen but this was too much...
The ship and the itinerary: We are not fans of days at sea, we chose this cruise because there would be only 3 days at sea. The generator issue is a bigger problem than they admit to. Princess cancelled the day at their private island which ...
We choose this trip because it was going to our favorite stops with Curacao and Grenada being the top of our list. Several weeks prior to our trip we were notified that Grenada had been deleted from our travels due to engine mechanical problems. When we tried to call Princess (twice) to inquire why Grenada was deleted we gave up waiting to talk to someone after waiting for over an hour the first ...
The Southern Caribbean itinerary was very attractive, but we should have done more research on the ship, which was launched in 2006 and badly needs a complete overhaul and refurbishing. The engines are seriously in need of repair, as other reviewers have noted. The engines' poor performance slowed the ship so that one scheduled stop was cancelled, and we have been late in arriving at others, ...
I had taken Princess 15 years prior (Sea Princess) to this most recent cruise on the Crown Princess. I was stunned by how much Princess has slipped in service, food, and experience since then. I made a list of the positives and negatives of our experience, I'll share them below.
Negative
* We had asked for some items to be in the room ahead of time that were not there and required ...
I went on the Princess Cruise from Barcelona to Spain in April 2017 and was blown away by the food, cruise, entertainment and excursions and promptly came home and told my parents they HAD to cruise on the Princess line. For my retirement my parents decided we would go on a cruise to somewhere we had not been. When my travel agent found this cruise to Aruba we jumped on it. Boy was cruising on ...
This was our first cruise on a Princess ship. An 8 night cruise is a great way to find out about a cruise line. Princess has the embarkation and disembarkation process down in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It was smooth. Upon boarding, we found the Cruise director staff doing amazing things to keep passengers who like activities or even those who don't, highly engaged. Princess gives passengers a bit ...
This ship is in desperate need of being upgraded or scrapped altogether as it is so old and clearly showing the signs. Our room had worn and stained carpeting, walls and the bathroom was ridiculous. Even after the bathroom was cleaned it still smelled. We followed the advice of past reviews on this ship and removed the automatic tipping and I am so glad we did as the staff here was either rude or ...
Booked the 7 night southern Caribbean cruise with 2 other couples. This was our 18th cruise and 3rd time with Princess. Previous cruises on Princess have all been great, this one was a huge disappointment.
The DINING, BARS and LOUNGES: We were stunned by the poor service and bad attitudes of the wait staff in the dining rooms and at the bars and lounges.
The ROOM: On the other hand, our room ...
My husband and I were celebrating our 24th Anniversary on this cruise. We are seasoned cruisers, but this was our first experience on Princess Cruises. We chose this ship because of its itinerary. I should've done my homework before we made the booking. Lesson learned.
Embarkation: We stayed in ft lauderdale the night before so that we could get to the cruise port before the busses arrived. We ...
We recently took a cruise for the first time aboard the Crown Princess. The ship was late embarking due to a repositioning cruise from Europe. There were people standing in line for over 2 hrs. Someone fainted and another had symptoms of a heart attack. Princess was most definitely NOT prepared for something like this. The last embarkation was around 6P.M. and we left port about 2 & 1/2 hrs. late. ...