"It would be better to skip some of the smaller ports entirely (Saint Peter Port, and Kirkwall), and instead, spend two days in the larger destinations.After the first day or two, nobody called to check on us...."Read More
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The biggest reason I chose this 16-day cruise from Southampton to Fort Lauderdale was the list of 6 intermediate ports of call -- I had never been to any of them! The ports were Cherbourg, Le Verdon, Bilbao, A Coruna, Lisbon, and Ponta Delgada.
I was very grateful that I had booked a Princess transfer from London Heathrow Airport to the ship, as the few days before the cruise was sailing it ...
My wife and I love the Transatlantic cruises. After a half dozen ports at the beginning of the cruise, you have almost a week to sit back and relax.
The Emerald Princess was just refurbished and everything was in tip top shape. All of the staff was extremely friendly and did a great job. Princess continues to make improvements every time we cruise with them, this cruise was no exception as the ...
I want to thank Princess Cruises for removing any desire I might have to go on future cruises after my experience on Emerald Princess. I was shocked at how bad the overall service was compared to the other dozen cruises we have been on.
One example of poor service was the dining and beverage service. My wife and I ordered the Soda Package and to get a soda while you dined you had to tell a ...
Being laid up during covid hasn't done this ship any favours. Generous rust and flaking paint on the balcony, with unvarnished hand rail. Internally OK, if a bit dated, and due for dry Dock soon for renovation.
Comfortable cabin, with the newer Comfortable mattresses and pillows.
Food in MDRs generally good, and pre booking with the medallion app meant no waiting in line. Entertainment ...
Lots of British stops we haven't been to so picked this cruise.
Medallion App doesn't work every time so easiest thing to ring Princess before you sail to set up you info, and once aboard, if you order more than one drink at a time , even if you have the drinks package, you get billed for the drinks- have to go to reception to remove payment.
Embarkation a doddle - 10 min from arriving at ...
This was our 10th Cruise, and we enjoyed Princess on two previous cruises. So we decided on this cruise because
of previous satisfaction with Princess and for not having a lot of SeaDays and the amount of time in Port, every port.
Firstly, they have to make the Medallion method more user friendly. After using this system, I don't know how this is any better than any previous systems of ...
This was our first cruise ,we chose it has it had a lot of stops which we could get off ,embarkment was brilliant we was in our state room by 12,,to busy to get of at st peters Guernsey people was still trying to get on water shuttles at 12 had to be bk by 3 so gave that amiss day three COVID outbreak captain ask if we would wear mask on ship many Americans didn't astound the ship or coac hi ...
We are Platinum members, having cruised with Princess before, and pre-pandemic they had become our favourites. This cruise was originally booked for November 2020 (to the Med) but was subsequently cancelled or rearranged 6 times. We were looking forward to it. I sweated over the Medallion app for a day and got all our information on it. I also booked 2 excursions and pre-booked the wifi.
Even ...
We wanted to make a cruise around Great Britain, because it is close to our country and in Europe.
We learned to know Princess Cruises as a company with a good variety of food on clean vessels.
This cruise showed us, that this impression is nowadays not correct. The toilets were normally not cleaned, the dust an rubbish on the floors layed there for hours. The internet and also the medallion ...
We've cruised all of the Caribbean, New England/Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Bahamas (Costa) and I've cruised the Med on HAL. This itinerary was a natural progression. We arrived a few weeks after Queen's Platinum Jubilee and so many decorations were still visible. We wish Princessair would have flown us in to alternate airports other than Heathrow with all the trouble they caused themselves. ...