Grand Princess Review

Great ports, mediocre entertainment!

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Grand Princess
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jooles
10+ Cruises • Age 2020s

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Sail Date: Jul 2011

Two weeks cruise from Southampton, not a bad price £999 room with a view! Food good, had anytime dining, especially Michelangelos where never had to wait for seating this meant we got to see most of the entertainment rather than restricted dining times. However, some did say they waited 20 mins, there is a pager system so not really a problem. Horizon Court food was sometimes cold but it was a buffet with lots of choice and good quality. But usually went to the waited breakfast /lunch options. Meals in the dining room were very good and served with the high quality usually found on Princess.

Entertainment mediocre- there were only three production shows in 14 days, they were quite good, can't count the first night as this was a shambles as one of the guest entertainers had missed the boat in Southampton so entertainment manager rambled on and on. The guest entertainers were mostly good, except for the two comedians on separate evenings, one male one female, whose main joke was to insult the audience and anyone who moved, and they seemed to have seen each others shows the amount of jokes/comments they shared!

The boat has recently had a facelift and it was very nice, also very stable as felt nothing through Bay of Biscay or Med. Some people moaned about cost of drinks, but think this might be because they forgot the charges are in dollars not £s- Screw driver= $4.95 not too bad but of course there is then the 15% bar tip they add on to all bar charges!

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