Sydney (Australia) to Australia & New Zealand Princess Emerald Princess Cruise Reviews

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Overall disappointment

Review for a Panama Canal & Central America Cruise on Emerald Princess

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cab953
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We enjoy cruising and have been of +20 trips. We have used Princess in the past and this one was certainly not up to previous standards. They have instituted a new 'medallion' process which in theory sounds good. However, they went live with this new technology before it was thoroughly tested or de-bugged. The medallion would most often not work and the wheel would just spin attempting to ...
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Sail Date: February 2022


Could have been much better

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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cfuentesm
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

Had to take this cruise because it was the last one doing New Zealand. The ship does not feel renovated nor new. Needs maintenance. Staff was friendly, mostly. But the excursion staff are not prepared to deal with problems, such as so many cancellations. They should give us, those who reserved on time and then were canceled, some priority or compensation. We had too many stops canceled and the ...
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Sail Date: March 2017

Cabin Type: Interior


Very Disappointed

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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not coming back
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

already had completed two cruises on the sun princess and wanted to expierence a different ship,was very dissapointed with emerald princess in our opinion the sun princess expierence was a lot better,the layout of the emerald did not suit us,the dining room meals did little to encourage you to return,we went to the dining room five times and the menu hardly altered.the waitress we had was very ...
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Sail Date: March 2017

Cabin Type: Interior


Disappointing

Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Emerald Princess

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AScotsman
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

I normally travel by another cruise line but I thought this year, I would try something different. BIG MISTAKE. Unless all you want is to mix with an elderly clientele, with absolutely no atmosphere on board, lackluster shows, average food, passageways that lead nowhere, average service, poor communication, a captain's noon message that is factual but without enthusiasm in the voice, then this ...
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Sail Date: March 2017

Cabin Type: Interior


Pleasant but could be improved.

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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mgwilson
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

"Whilst the Emerald Princess is a beautiful ship, the ladies and myself in our party preferred the Voyager of the Sea we experienced last year.This year I had booked twin beds in our Stateroom but there was a double bed. Our cruise document stipulated twin beds. The crew were friendly and pleasant at all times. We also found that there were only hand disinfecting dispensers in the dinning area. ...
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Sail Date: March 2017

Cabin Type: Balcony


5* hotel on water, the short stops and industrial ports took the edge off

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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Chief1169
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

I cannot really say anything bad about the ship itself and the service the staff provide. Our stateroom on Baja deck (11) on port side was excellent. The restaurant and food/service was good. We enjoyed a couple of nights in speciality restaurants and felt we got value for money. The 11 night drink package was £440 but again we saw this as reasonable value. Some of the on board entertainment ...
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Sail Date: February 2017

Cabin Type: Balcony


Good Cruise

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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Cdn kitty
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We had a good time but the ports were a disappointment despite having visited them before. We took this cruise because we had such a good time on a similar itinerary a year ago. We had to skip Mystery Island. It was too rough for the ship to get into the bay....The fault of the weather? I question that because the Emerald skipped it last time it was here too. Either the ship is too large for this ...
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Sail Date: January 2017

Cabin Type: Interior


Average Cruise with Princess

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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Brisbane41
10+ Cruises • Age 40s

I had a good cruise but it was not as relaxing as other Princess cruises I have done due to it being in the school holidays and the fact that they had unruly feral children aboard that were allowed to disrupt and spoil other peoples cruise experience by running, jumping, somersaulting and bombing into the swimming pools. As an adult the only time you could swim without children hassling you was in ...
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Sail Date: January 2017

Cabin Type: Balcony


Slightly Underwhelming

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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TrinaS
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise because of the following points: 1) it departed from Sydney 2) it was at a time of year when we could take leave 3) it wasn't too long (11 nights) 4) it was going somewhere we hadn't been before (NZ) 5) it was a good price with a balcony upgrade offer for $100 pp. We had not cruised on Princess before but I had heard it was very good. The ship itself was very elegant, but ...
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Sail Date: January 2017

Cabin Type: Balcony


Battle to reach anything on the ship

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Emerald Princess

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vonlou
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

my first and last cruise had to battle through crowds everytime I left my room, had to line up for elevators and stop at every deck, unusually did not have to line up at restaurants, food selection was not as good as I had expected after watching on you tube, cabin was missed getting refreshed 2 days out of 8, overall not my idea of restful holiday, a lot of the entertainment I was looking at ...
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Sail Date: January 2017

Cabin Type: Oceanview

Traveled with children


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