We haven’t cruised with Princess for the best part of 10 years, and never on the Island Princess.
Shes a classic style cruise liner and on the larger size of what we have been used to recently.
Embarking was quick and flawless at Southampton and we were in our cabin before 1pm.
An inside cabin to the rear of deck B, not far from the rear lifts and stairs. The “stateroom” was a good size ...
Royal Princess to Alaska Seattle round-trip was a great cruise. I went with a friend, her young son and her brother in early August. Embarkation was super easy, and I found the Blue Lane vs Green Lane to be a meaningless distinction, and picked up my medallion at the same desk as registration, and from getting out of the cab around 11am to being on board took less than 20 minutes.
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Ship was very nice. Food was a little over the top to fancy at some restaurants like chilled soup or very small portions at some of the restaurant. That being said, there was some restaurants that were very good a few healthy portions. I thought the activities that they provided on board were OK but some of the late night dancing and parties should’ve been held a little earlier for some of the ...
My overall experience on Crown Princess from Aug 4 to Aug 15, 2023 is very good.
I would like to show a special appreciation for few stuff member of Crown Princess, who made our cruise more enjoyable.
Dragan, manager of Da Vinci restaurant 10+
Hope, room attendant for cabin (B501) 10+
Mustafa, professional photographer 10+
Jovan, server in buffet restaurant 10+
Aleksandra, ...
We were looking for a way to see as much of the British Isles as possible and this itinerary delivered.
This was our second time on Princess, (Majestic in Alaska being the other). Otherwise we have done Disney cruises.
We thought service was on par with Disney and our prior experience with Princess. We were a little nervous based on recent reviews of the Regal indicating it was short ...
We chose this cruise to escape from Dallas where the temperatures are consistently three digit. It was our first Princess cruise, our second Alaska cruise, and about our 25th ocean or river cruise. We booked a mini suite with balcony. This is definitely a ship oriented toward families and a 40-50 year old passenger demographic.
Our experience doesn't support comments elsewhere about the Royal ...
We had a great time on the cruise. I am diabetic and was happy to see sugar free desserts. I love my coffee and was glad to see the expresso being served. My wife is not fond of sweet desserts and was glad to have so much fresh fruit available. All of the staff were so nice and caring, always willing to help. I was really impressed with them all; waitstaff, housekeeping and the crew.
Our ...
Caribbean Princess 13-Day Canada & Colonial America
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to Quebec City, Canada
7-22-23 --> 8-4-23
Caribe deck Balcony Stateroom, Category BD
Boarding was quick and easy with my Medallion.
Bought wi-fi on ship, was decent and easy to switch between devices.
DID the Cruise Critic Meet & Mingle, Cruise director an a lot of the officers were there. Thanks Barb ...
We booked an Alaska cruisetour with Princess after lots of research. Have done nearly 30 cruises with various lines including several with Princess.
Spent 7 days on a land tour first, which was excellent and ran very smoothly despite the changes of location along the way.
We chose the Grand as we wanted a smaller ship and love the wrap around promenade deck on this older class. The smaller ...
We booked this cruise to pick up a couple of ports we had not previously visited, including Norfolk, Virginia, and Newport, Rhode Island.
The cruise was smooth, although there was a slight vibration in some parts of the ship, including in our cabin. Not enough of a vibration to bother us.
Issues:
1. The ship was late in arriving at Ft. Lauderdale (high winds in the DR, the previous ...