Mexican Riviera Diamond Princess Mexican Riviera Cruise Reviews

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. SHIP REVIEW: This ...

I typically cruise with Celebrity and enjoy it, but saw this cruise with Princess out of San Diego and decided to give them a try, since I have heard that their service is comparable to Celebrity in many ways. With that said, I could not be more underwhelmed with this experience, especially after reading so many positive reviews about Princess and this ship prior to embarking on my ...

I went on this cruise as a precursor to going on the Grand Princess to Alaska. I am taking some friends with us to Alaska and wanted to see how these older ships compare to the newest ones, and the Diamond happens be in the older category. I was pleasantly surprised to see how well maintained the Diamond is. My last Princess cruise was on the Royal 3 years ago and though it was one of the newer ...

I chose this cruise for the itinerary and was worried about the ship as it just came back in service. There are only about a 1000 passengers for a ship.that holds 2700. My first impression was Blah and after 10 days my impression hasn’t changed. The cabins are comfortable, with soft comfortable beds. The shower is small. The room steward excellent. The entertainment is poor, but princess ships ...

This is my first cruise post pandemic and chose this cruise to avoid distance embarkation point to avoid flying. Simply driving down to San Diego to board this ship was very attractive to us. We selected mini suite for its size and Club class for dinning convenience. It was well worth it for expedited seating and personal touch. The service onboard by everyone involved was impeccable, it was ...

Embarkation - arrived at 1:30 and got on the ship within 30 minutes. Cabin - We had a mini-suite which was perfect for me and my wife and our 2 boys ages 6 & 9. It had a full bath with bathtub, queen bed for us with our own TV, sitting area with couch (sleeper), coffee table, chair and another TV for the kids, and a nice sized balcony with 4 chairs and a table. I wanted that balcony so bad but ...

This was the first trip together for sweetheart and me - and we had a lovely time on the Diamond Princess - a big and really impressive ship - a great cruise. My comments are mostly comparative in nature to Celebrity Cruises. This was my first time on Princess, and most of my prior cruise experience (9 other) has been on Celebrity. We chose this cruise because of its combination of proximity, ...

Traveling Party: 2 couples; no children Cabins: C753 (Aft Balcony) and C509 (Midships Balcony) Ports: Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas Cruise Experience: 1 couple, 2nd cruise (1 Carnival cruise); 1 couple, 1st time cruisers Dining: Anytime Dining; 1 lacto/ovo vegetarian Embarkation: We arrived at the San Pedro port at 1:00 pm and had to wait until approximately 2:30-3:00 pm to board the ...

The Diamond Princess is an absolutely beautiful ship with plenty of room for all those on board. Now that I've given you the headline, let me start at the beginning. DW and I cruised on the Diamond Princess to the Mexican Riviera in mid April. Coming from the cold Northeast we were looking forward to some warm sunny weather. We arrived in Los Angeles the day before our cruise. We had pre-booked ...

This was the very first cruise for my wife and I. We had always wanted to go, but never could find the right opportunity. This time we were celebrating one of our friend's birthdays. It was my wife and I and three of her friends. I have a friend who works at Princess so this was our obvious choice. We all love in the greater Los Angeles area so we simply drove to the port and parked there. The ...