Our great adventure to Alaska began in Seattle with a bus ride to Vancouver early Saturday morning. Trip started badly since one of the party requires a breathing machine and forgot the mask. The Princess contact at the hotel helped him get in touch with a Medical Supply shop in Vancouver which had the mask. The bus driver let him off near the shop, and he got the mask and was on the ship in short order. Both the Princess rep and the bus driver were quite helpful! Overall however, we were not happy with the service on the ship - the bar staff seemed less than attentive and with the exception of one waiter, the dining room waiters certainly were not the best we have had either. The food was above average, and the presentation quite good the majority of the time. we did eat at the specialty restaurants. The steakhouse menu and service was well worth the extra charge of $15/pp; the Italian restaurant however was not as above average as expected for the extra $20/pp charge. service was quite good but menu quite limited. Food in other areas of the ship was fine, with the exception of their pizza, which needs some help. Buffet had a nice selection for each meal we visited there - lovely fruit choices at breakfast!

Our balcony cabin on the Caribe deck was nicely appointed and plenty spacious for our stay. Storage for both handing and folded clothes is more than adequate and accessible. Our cabin stewart was excellent and addressed us by name from the first day forward. We had a mini-suite earlier in the year on the Golden Princess however, and were unaware the tolietries were not the same on balconies and mini-suites. The shower gel was missing sadly - we loved it!

We enjoyed the nightly shows on the Diamond and were the first audience to see one of their new shows with a new crew and the 6th night of the cruise. The show was well presented, had lovely costuming and choreography and was enter taining. The costuming on Holland is always A+, but this was a close contender! Read more