Emerald Princess Review
Mike Kendel
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s
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Sail Date: Oct 2018
Cabin: Balcony
We had been looking forward to this cruise for several years. We were celebrating a significant anniversary and we had had a wonderful experience on a previous Princess cruise. The ship sailed from Vancouver to the Hawaiian islands and back. It was a 15 day cruise.
The ship itself was clean but not maintained all that well. There were mysterious wet spots on the carpeting in some areas and the occasional funky smell. There were also a lot of burnt-out or non-unctioning lights, which may seem trivial but often indicates a general lack of maintenance that may extend to areas not so visible.
The seating in the Princess Theatre was atrocious. Any of you who are large might consider that there is only an 18" width to the seats and the sides are hard. (Picture sitting in a box 18" wide.) EVERYONE that we discussed this with felt that those seats were awful! To give you some idea of the width, 18" is even less than the 18.5" that airline seating allows.
Cabin Review
Balcony
Cabin BA
Cabin was not roomy but space was adequate. Don't know what all of the classifications mean in the Cabin Category above but ours had a queen bed and a small balcony which was fine by us. The bed had quite a few "miles" on it as evidenced by the trench in the middle but was comfortable. The refrigerator was not working when we checked in but a call to the Passenger Service people got someone up to adjust the setting on it. However, it never got what you would actually call cold. Like the bed, the rest of the room showed some wear but was generally acceptable. The closet was actually quite roomy compared to what we have had on other ships.
Port Reviews
Honolulu
We spent the day with family at the Waimea Valley park. It was gorgeous!
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