Tokyo (Yokohama) Senior Cruises Cruise Reviews

Japan has always been on my bucket list. And Viking provided a very comfortable way to do that. The cabins are spacious and provide you with everything you’ll need. There is a comfortable bed, plenty of storage ...

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Sail Date November 2019

Savvy Seventy

1 Review Written

6 Helpful Votes

Outstanding Voyage in Unusual Places.

Crystal Symphony

I have always wanted to visit Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands because my grandfather was a ship's carpenter there in 1910. I turned 80, the first night on the ship. Northern Japan has the influence of both ...

Sail Date May 2019

uncleken2020

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Good for a round the island tour of Japan

We booked this Diamond Princess cruise because it offered us to see all the four Japanese Autumn festivals in one go. If you were making this tour a pure land tour, it would be very tiresome. Cruise along the ...

Sail Date August 2019

Sussex Duo

13 Reviews Written

65 Helpful Votes

DEJA VUE AND NOT A CLUE

We booked a 17 day cruise, which was actually two back-to-back cruises from Yokohama. Prior to joining the cruise, we spent 3 days in Tokyo. With hindsight, we might have been better with one cruise then time in ...

Sail Date August 2019

Ed Rogalin

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Greatest Ship I've Sailed On

Chose this cruise because we wanted to visit Japan, Eastern Russia and the Behring Sea. The ship was second to none, and I've sailed on many ocean cruises: 4 times on Princess (reasonably good for the money, but ...

Sail Date May 2019

Lewaina

3 Reviews Written

1 Helpful Vote

Nice relaxing cruise

We booked last minute as the cruise was a great price. We had 4 days in Tokyo before the cruise.The weather was very hot and humid but it was good to leave our winter behind for a couple of weeks.we boarded the ...

Sail Date August 2019

nztraveller

16 Reviews Written

74 Helpful Votes

Yokohama 2 back to back cruises (17 nights)

itinerary was what we wanted in Japan , but Russian port a waste of every ones time and money. The ship is dated as are the cabins , hard to see what had changed since a refit a few months ago, seems the same as ...

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Sail Date August 2019

dbhilvers

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

North Pacific Expedition 2019

What a wonderful experience!! This was our second Viking cruise on their luxurious 930 passenger max vessel. We are so proud to have been passengers aboard the Orion. The Viking Ocean cruise Team was ...

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Sail Date May 2019

CalTravelers

3 Reviews Written

22 Helpful Votes

Viking Orion. Japan-Vancouver

This was our third cruise with Viking ocean. We chose this trip for the itinerary. We had never been to Asia and liked the ports in both Asia and Alaska. Crossing the Int’l Dateline added to the attraction. We ...

Sail Date May 2019

scousergirl3

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Repositioning from Japan

Celebrity Millennium

We took this cruise as a gentle way to go home to Canada from Japan. (We had done an around Japan cruise with Windstar beforehand) It was very enjoyable, food great, staff lovely, entertainment good. There were ...

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Sail Date April 2019

cruise freek

1 Review Written

31 Helpful Votes

Worst cruise ever, bad food, long queue, terrible service, bad singer, snobbish crew

Costa Venezia

bad food, long queueterrible service, bad singer, snobish crews, we had been treated like cattle or a customer service staff said to me " she don't like me" without doing service, at port boarding took 5 hours for ...

Sail Date April 2019

seniorcruiser22

4 Reviews Written

20 Helpful Votes

Diamond Princess lifts its game

We chose Diamond Princess because it tied in with a Japan cherry blossom tour, but were somewhat concerned by some negative reviews about the state of the ship and its service. However, we found the ship to be spic ...

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Sail Date April 2019

RobMac

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Princess Was a Bit Tired

We have only done 2 Princess Cruises with the first being on the Star Princess in Alaska. We rated that cruise 9.5/10 where the Autumn Cruise in Japan is 7/10. Be aware...the autumn colors are not until the end ...

Sail Date October 2018

wildlifewarrier

9 Reviews Written

34 Helpful Votes

Chaotic cruise

Where to begin, the worst cruise we have done over the years Began badly with the Princess bus to take us to port for ship not collecting us or over 100 passe gers for five long hours, stuck at Nerada airport ...

Sail Date September 2018

austinozz

2 Reviews Written

14 Helpful Votes

Relaxing in Japan

We recently had a 13 night cruise around Japan on the Diamond Princess and it was just wonderful. Events out of the control of the Captain forced a couple of cancelled Port visits but that goes with the region, ...

Sail Date September 2018

JimWofFlushing

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

Lessons learned. Typhoons season late June - mid July 2018

Leisure 2 week cruising on two separate 1-week legs: first leg around Hokkaido and Russian Siberia (which I did not do). Second leg: cruise around Honshu with a stop in Korean port of Busan. Loved the grilled uni, ...

Sail Date June 2018

Caltrotter

1 Review Written

8 Helpful Votes

A Real Diamond Experience in Northern Japan

Sailing on the Diamond Princess was not only memorable - but something that in my mind simply indelible! First, our stateroom welcomed us with the most comfortable bed and plump pillows everyday - with the added ...

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Sail Date July 2018

nerd-guy

1 Review Written

Comfortable Cabin & Good Food

Norwegian Jewel

We opted for this one as the price was a little bit down, it hit some new ports for us, and we were able to link up with our son at the Kobe port. While the ship is not new and shows its age here and there, we had ...

Sail Date April 2018

generichandle

1 Review Written

Vulcanology lecture in Russia was exceptional; scientist with very dry wit.

Norwegian Jewel

We certainly enjoyed the food in 'Le Bistro'. The trivia was very good. The itenery was why we chose to take our 1st Norwegian cruise. So much for the good. We bought an outside cabin, with an unobstructed ...

Sail Date May 2018

rugby2610

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Not as Good as they Used to be

Golden Princess

Firstly the itinerary was the selling feature of this trip being very Japan orientented and then Alaska finishing in Vancouver. But also being on the Golden Princess which to date was our preferred cruise line ...

Sail Date April 2018

heathman

3 Reviews Written

61 Helpful Votes

Disappointed...

Golden Princess

I overheard a ship officer explaining to a passenger "... it doesn't matter if all 2,600 passengers onboard complain to Princess. Another 2,600 passengers will still book afterwards." ---- I will not be one of those ...

Sail Date April 2018

bambooraft

2 Reviews Written

13 Helpful Votes

Waste of time and money

Norwegian Jewel

The food and the service was the worst I have ever experienced in comparing to the 19 cruises I had before. Menu in the complimentary restaurants were almost the same every day for 15 days. We chose to eat outside ...

Sail Date April 2018

USN59-79

2 Reviews Written

6 Helpful Votes

Back to Back to Back on the Diamond in Japan

We love cruising in Asia and have done it a lot on both Princess and Holland America. We have been on the Diamond three times before on her repositioning cruises when she used to cruise in Alaska in the Summer. ...

Sail Date October 2017

Aussiejack

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

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