After being on over 30 cruises, this had to be in the top 2-3.

It started off really bad when Princess didn't have any shuttle service at the airport with around 80 people there wondering what to do now. Somehow, someone procured busses and got us to the ship. Several took taxis which cost around $200. After around a week, Princess inc. compensated us for all we went thru.

As the ship is homeported in Japan, life revolves around the Asian culture. For the 25 days cruise we probably averaged 75-80% Japanese/Chinese people. To enjoy overseas travel, you have want to be there, which we do. It was really interesting to see all the differences between Eastern and Western culture. Starting with the food, salad and meso soup at every meal, little use of the bars, pools and casino. Also the friendliness of everyone on the ship. Most of the Japanese seemed to know at least several English words and even though most Americans didn't learn any Japanese, it didn't seem to matter. Was really surprised the ship didn't have Sim Do or Baccarat tables in the casino. Read more