Overview - This was our ninth cruise with Princess in eight years, and our second Pacific Coastal Cruise, as we did a northern bound coastal cruise on the Star Princess in 2002. I hate to have to say this, but we have found the over-all quality decreasing over the last five years, and we keep on booking our next cruise with Princess, in hopes that maybe the cruise we just were on was an anomaly, ...
VERY PLEASED WITH THE SAPPHIRE PRINCESS PACIFIC COASTAL CRUISE
OVERVIEW: The Sapphire Princess is a beautiful ship that has one of the best staffs of any cruise we have been on. This was our 15th cruise, the fourth on Princess. We had done this cruise two years earlier on the Sapphire's twin, the Diamond Princess.
EMBARKATION: We arrived at the terminal at 11:00 am with gentlemen ...
My husband (34) and I (33) were on this cruise May 7-10. We had a blast! Here are some of the reasons why:
The Day Before Embarkation:
We rented a car from Northern California and right off the bat, our trip was great due to the upgrade we received to a Kia Rondo. Not the cutest car but it was new and had good power. We drove to LA the night before the cruise and stopped in Hollywood to visit ...
Coral Princess - Cruise Review May 10 - 13, 2008 San Francisco to Vancouver
My friend and I joined the Coral Princess for the short (two night) trip from San Francisco to Vancouver. The ship departed at 4:00 PM on Saturday, and arrived in Vancouver at 10:00 AM on Monday. I have cruised a number of times before, and this was my friend's first cruise.
Overall, this was a very nice experience. We ...
We are married with almost grown children and this was our first real holiday away from the little darlings in 15 years. It was a much needed and very much enjoyed holiday :)
Flew into San Francisco and stayed with friends outside of the city. Spent the first day sightseeing in SF and what a lovely city!! Spent time down at fisherman's wharf and eating the best clam chowder out of incredible ...
Island Princess, May 11-14, 2007 Room C219 Spring repositioning cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver BC
My husband (DH) and I have five cruises under our belts, but we convinced my sister (DS) and our 30-year-old daughter (DD) that a short trip along the West Coast would be their perfect introduction to cruising. DS has anxiety attacks about travel, and the fact that she agreed to come along was ...
This was our 3rd cruise, and 1st one with Princess cruiseline, my other 2 were RCL and Carnival.
EMBARKATION: Very fast, in less than 20 min we were on the boat.
CABIN: We had a balcony on the Aloha deck (12th floor) , it was very nice but a little small compare to Carnival Valor. The beds were very comfortable, it even had our names at the door which was nice, especially for us because we ...
Diamond Princess Diaries
Well, this isn't much of a diary, as I wrote most of it while waiting to disembark from the Diamond Princess after a terrific coastal repositioning cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver. The executive summary: this ship redeemed Princess for us after two slightly disappointing experiences on the Island and Sun Princesses. With a few rare exceptions, the service onboard ...
This was our first cruise since 1991 (Royal Princess-Caribbean). In 15 years there have been many amenities added, all welcomed. After reflecting for four weeks after disembarking in Los Angeles, I must say that this cruise was equal in satisfaction, but not that much better. Memories fade in that time but the new features were somewhat offset by some drawbacks this cruise. This was a ...
A great time.
We flew to Vancouver and due to limited vacation time we flew in on the day of sailing, so we did not have time to do anything in Vancouver.
We have been there before so we decided to take a day at the end of the cruise and spend in L.A.. If you have time I would highly recommend going in a day early if you live in the Mid West or Eastern part of the US. We had to fly out in early ...