Island Princess provided us with the classic experience we look for in a ship. No waterslides, bumper cars, or go-kart tracks. Of course, this itinerary attracted quite an elderly group of guests anxious to complete their bucket list by searching for the Northern Lights. The weather was what we were prepared for as it was mostly overcast, rainy, and windy. The scenery was spectacular in the ...
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The main reason for joining this cruise is the chance see the Northern Lights, as the Ports visited are not very interesting, especially when it is cold and wet. Island Princess is now the smallest ship in the Princess Fleet (as is Coral Princess), has limited dining options and only two main lounges. Food and service were good. Daytime entertainment was poor but we had a great bunch ...
From the moment we stepped onto the ship, we received excellent service by every crew member we encountered. Yes, the ship is a little older and a little smaller than others, but that did not deter from our experience. We had a full suite which was clean and spacious. We thoroughly enjoyed the Club Class Dining which came with that. The food was mostly delicious - a few misses now and then - ...
Very sad and frustrating for us, as we have previously been lucky to have cruised on Regal and Sky Princess five times within the last year. Only sating this as we anticipated similar standards across the ship. Regrettably it was not to be.
First the ship is clean, well maintained and an easy layout since we have sailed on this class of ship before. The itinerary was not what Cruise Critic ...
Sue and I came home Monday from the August 12th Greenland Iceland cruise out of Southampton on the Island Princess.
We are really are hoping that on our next cruise that we have a different experience or we may cancel the 7 other cruises we currently booked with Princess.
Greenland and Iceland were awesome and the Captain took a detour through Prince Christian Sound that nothing less than ...
This was by far the cheapest cruise I have been on as everyting tips,drinks,internet was throun in. It therefore attracted a lot of first timers who treated it like a Booze Cruise.
The Pros :
the staff.the front desk ,the buffet, the front desk when I got covid (they rang me every day to make sure that I got every thing I needed)
The GYM was good and we never had to wait for a machine ...
This cruise was going to Norway and Iceland for 14 nights. On arrival we were first given the wrong medallion then had to sit and wait to get on board. Once on board we went to our cabin Dolphin 443 all seemed nice and clean. but when we had a little bit of not quite so calm weather the cabin got very noisy and sounded like the ship was falling apart, I was awake most of the night on a few ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary and to travel with good friends. While the overall ship is fine, the "upgraded" balcony cabins are woefully inadequate. The bathroom is very small and the shower is cramped (even for a 5'4" 140lb female!) While the cabin is obviously for 2 people, it has only 1 chair so someone has to sit on the bed. The one positive was our cabin steward who was ...
We had a wonderful time going to Norway. In the beginning we were a bit disappointed because Spitzbergen had been cancelled - this was a bucket list item for a lot of people on this cruise. The scenery and the two added ports made up for some of it.
Would recommend going to Norway to anyone that asks, it's a beautiful place.
The ship itself was a little odd - we sailed on her before she was ...
Been a Princess Cruise customer for decades but this was the first cruise since Covid. We had lowered our expectations accordingly but apparently not low enough. Our biggest gripes were food and Internet. Princess food was never spectacular but it's downright mediocre now. Heard lots of other people complaining too echoing sentiments to never sail Princess again. At best banquet-quality and ...