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Within last two years we cruised to the Mediterranean on Emerald Princess and Baltic on Star Princess. By comparison this cruise to Alaska was very poor. Apparently it is the only roundtrip cruise to Alaska from San Francisco. Obviously Princess takes advantage of that convenience by using an older poorly maintained ship. Chipped paint and non working toilets and faucets are common. Our inside cabin was so small it made the walk in closet in our house look like a big room. We could barely turn around, and we are fairly small people. It's a problem when you're on vacation and feel like you can't wait to get home where you have a decent room and a good shower. The ship was completely booked so there was no chance for an upgrade.

The elevator service was terrible. They were extremely slow and there were many disabled people on board with motorized scooters. The advantage was it did force us to get a lot of exercise. European cruises and newer ships do not seem to have such a problem with that. Read more