First Time Cruiser Views

Was pleasantly surprised that the complaints about the Emerald Princess were rectified for our stateroom D727 and throughout the ship. I did here people complaining about some of the most nitnoid items that I had to laugh.

To the 19 year old chubby boy whose day was ruined because the plate in the Horizon Court buffet wasn't hot and to the 40 year old lady who pitched a fit in Cafe Caribe because the coffee was brewing and she "didn't think she should have to walk 15 feet to another station" - get over it. There are more of these types but I won't bore you with them here. And these are the people who will write Nast reviews here.

Background - we travel solo extensively throughout Europe and the service on this cruise was equal or better than what we expect - so no complaints at all.

1) Karn, our steward, was very welcoming and efficient and kept the room in tip top shape.

2) all of our servers were very engaging and fun from risqué jokes to card tricks to remembers our names.

3) food was great, well presented, tasty and warm.

4) essentially while on the ship everything that was promised was delivered.

Now - we are in a digital age and Princess has to catch up as their pre-cruise information sharing is horrendous.

"Additional Charges Apply" is NOT an acceptable answer when I'm looking for the cost of a beer, the charge for the Crown Grill, or the charge for the thermal spa package. Knowing that prices can change is one thing but Princess should be able to come up with a price list on the website maybe 2 weeks before the cruise. Also when a booked customer sends an email requesting this information the at the minimum should get a response!

Princess GREAT job on the cruise HORRIBLE job with getting information to this first time cruiser pre-cruise.

Roomy