We chose this cruise because of the itinerary AND because the ship had been renovated. We are Platinum Princess cruisers so have had some experience with Princess. The itinerary was terrific ( Princess Cays, St Thomas, St Kitty’s, st Lucia, Barbados and Antigua. Ports were lovely. Majority of our tours were thru Viator and for us much better value than Princess tours.
Ship itself did not look ...
We wanted to see the Panama Canal and the Island Princess left at a convenient time.
The food and the choices in the buffet were much better than in the dining rooms. Service in the dining rooms was very slow. Reservations in the dining room were only available for 5:15 or 7:15 for anytime dining. What is it called that if you can’t dine anytime? The staterooms have only two electrical ...
We picked this cruise to mainly see the Panama Canal.
EMBARKATION- Fort Lauderdale is very convenient for us because we live in Tampa. This was one of the easiest and fastest embarkation process we have experienced. We did have to wait to board the ship because the Coast Guard would not clear the ship for some reason. the other passengers that were waiting complained that Princess ran out of ...
We have cruised on Princess many times and were always pleased with our experience. Decided it would be nice to travel with friends for Thanksgiving holiday. We had a wonderful time for the seven days but mainly because of the company we were with.
Embarking was a delight with the new Medallion service. Our room was ready for us when we boarded and then we opened the door to find the ...
This was a Thanksgiving cruise with the family. My husband & I did a B2B. We had been on the Pacific Princess earlier in the year (service was amazing). So this was definitely a notch down. Service extremely slow in the MDR, buffet crowded most of the time. Just little extra's that were left out-like after dinner mints in MDR. No free wine tasting, on the 5 day no captains party and they cut ...
The food at the Horizon Buffet restaurant became poorly after a few days. We were eating yesterday's food or leftovers. The coffee taps ran out of coffee. The water tap didn't work. stain marks on cutlery always. Dining at the Michelangelo restaurant was good and we received good service though menu didn't vary much from day to day.
The complimentary food in the International Cafe was good, ...
First time on Princess and chose this cruise only for the Itinerary.
Have been on other cruises including Oceania, Viking, Seabourn, Regent, Windstar and unfortunately Princess is not in the caliber of these other cruise lines.Ruby Princess is a nice ship, but rather tired and not well kept on the outside.Plenty rust to be seen on the outside of the ship which is surprising, because all the ...
WE chose this cruise in celebration of our 43rd anniversary.
My wife and I had planned for a cruise of this nature and area coverage for a while. The motivation was re-enacted when my wife saw a special promo on this 16 nights cruise trip(it turned out to be a back-to-back cruises in one package).
We thought we could take advantage of the E-Z Air program promoted by Princess on booking new ...
Sailing through the Panama Canal was checked off my bucket list.
We selected this cruise through a local travel agent (not our regular agency) because of the itinerary and the deal. We got a mid-ship, port side balcony cabin on B (11th) deck. This was our first Princess cruise and we came away agreeing that it would probably be our last. But first, I will say some of what we did like about our ...
This is our second cruise, as we did Alaska through Holland-America last year and wanted to get a taste of the Hawaiian islands. Princess offered this 15-day cruise from San Francisco to Hawaii and back. We have friends who have traveled many times with Princess and haven't complained.
But our own experience was not as enjoyable. We had issues with dining, with shore excursions, with ...