I read a lot of negative reviews on the Diamond Princess recently, so I went into this cruise with managed expectations. That being said, I had an amazing cruise with very little criticism.
This was a 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise to Loreto, La Paz and Cabo San Lucas. Our Loreto port was canceled due to high winds, so we rerouted to Mazatlán for our first stop.
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I just got off a 7 day Caribbean cruise on the Ruby Princess out of Galveston. My adult son and I had an absolutely wonderful time. It was our first time on Princess. I bid on an upgrade from a Club Class Mini Suite to a Premium Suite and was upgraded to a Penthouse! You can imagine how thrilled we were. Embarkation was seamless. We were in our cabin by 1:00 p.m.
The ship is so beautiful ...
Our group, seven in all. took this cruise to the Caribbean on Princess. Two of our group were first time cruisers, the other five had cruised before. We had a great experience on the cruise. The service was exceptional, both in the dining rooms and bars. Cabins were, for the most part, clean. (We found some debris on the floor of one cabin, but by and large, things were clean.)The ...
For background my wife and I have been on 19 cruises (127 nights) two previously with Princess. We always have a good time when cruising and may select the new Sun Princess after the launch bugs are worked out. Stayed in an inside cabin B240 and we have only done inside once before. Quiet but sure missed the balcony and ocean view.
The good: Beautiful ship, nice clientele, good dining room ...
This was our 2nd cruise on Princess with my two sisters. We cruise every February but like to do different ships/lines. Our first was on Regal in 2016 so the layout and feel of the Sky were the same to that. Beautiful ships! A bit glitzy in terms of the Piazza but classy still. We had the Princess Plus package which was awesome! We usually don't have the alcohol package when we sail so this ...
Crowded public spaces even during port days. Had to wait in line to enter dining rooms for dinner, even with a reservation. Mini-suite cabin was very nice. Room steward was very helpful.
We found the ship to feel very crowded. From what we could learn the ship was around 90% capacity. The buffet, during normal dining hours, was very hectic. The huge long space seemed like a cheap ...
I've sailed Emerald Princess in 2019 on a Mediterranean cruise, and 5 other cruises. Agree with PP, the portions are smaller, but I prefer the smaller size, but there is noticeable cost cutting going on in the kitchen. There were 2 surf and turf nights, since one night was Valentine's day. Numerous people on board told us the Crown Grill and Sabatini's were not worth the cost, so we canceled our ...
Our review is based solely on our personal observation on this 15 day cruise. For us, never again will we take that long of a cruise. The main reason is that the guests are generally seniors,, We are 65 and 68 and we found most people considerably older than us and many have never heard the word restraint when using perfumes and other scented products. By day 10 my allergies were through ...
We was subjected to 2 weeks of being constantly cold in all areas of this so called luxury ship The Food was a disgrace the food which was due to be hot was served just luke warm or cold as the ship was so cold the plastic plates were cold apart from the passengers wearing coats even the staff had to wear their windbreakers in the buffet after a few days all we could hear was people coughing and ...
This was our 23rd cruise with princess. First time on the Crown. This is also the first time we were disappointed in a cruise.
Embarkation was smooth and efficient. My wife had wheelchair assist from the terminal door to our cabin door. We even got scanned for location of muster station on way to cabin, saving a trip later. Our balcony Baja deck cabin was all the way aft on the Starboard side. ...