Princess Cruises Reviews

We booked 5 staterooms to accommodate our extended family vacation. Everyone had a fabulous time and we enjoyed the excursions and the weather was perfect! The drawbacks for us were that everything seemed to be focused on trying to get you to spend more money. The upgraded restaurants, art auctions, photo packages and even the galley tour involved a stop at the cook book sale counter in order to exit the kitchen. It generally took a long time to get drinks. It seems like they are not encouraging you to use your drink package, maybe because there are so many specials for the sip and sail. The service was good most of the time and there were a lot of activities. I would have loved to have had an option for a lecture on Mexico during the cruise. Our family loved everything as this was their first time on a cruise ship. My husband and I cruise often so we are a little pickier. All in all, we had a great time.

Great way to spend our 25th anniversary! We enjoyed our cruise on the Ruby Princess. Enjoyed the shore excursions and the accommodations were fantastic. The service we received was awesome!

Enjoyed every moment

Some of the ports were repeats of our trip on Oct 10 so we could visit other sites. Noticed that the seat allocations on the trolley in Pisa were unrealistic for American cruisers - no way to fit 4 people in one bench and still close the door. They need to add one extra car when dealing with this. Missed Genoa and Salerno (Oct 14) as well as weather related failure to stop in Toulon for the 3rd time on our adventure that included two tours back to back. We used Cruising Excursions for some shore excursions and they did very well with generally smaller groups than Crown Princess had. Booked a "small group" tour on Princess that was supposed to allow more room - it would have but they downsized the vehicle so you still had to crowd in - no empty seats. Food was ok, on board amenities were ok. Weather was beautiful except for last visit to Naples where people visiting Pompeii had to walk through rivers and lakes on their tour. Some fog and rain on Mt. Etna prevented us from seeing the top. We passed the Stromboli volcano twice in daylight. Would have appreciated more commentary from the bridge as we passed through Gibraltar area but they were dealing with some choppiness at that time as well as a narrow passage. Seas were a bit rough leaving Europe but not bad. It was a nice cruise and we thank Bonnie Butler for her assistance in booking these cruises. We truly enjoyed the on-board credit from Avoya - what a surprise!

The land portion to Australia was way to hectic. Everyone was over 70 and they had us up at 4:00 and 5:00 to make flights, etc. Because my husband and brother-in-law need wheelchair assistance, they were told to stay on the plane until everyone got off. When that happened at Sydney, there was no tour guide (she went off with the group) and there was no wheelchair assistance. The guys had to walk a distance before they got wheelchairs. We also had to find our way to the baggage area as there was nobody from the tour to assist us. We have decided that we will not be doing any land tours in the future. They are too hectic. Several people got sick on the trip.

We loved the ship, it was 650 passengers 300 crew.

I do not think we will travel on Princess again. Just mediocre.

There certainly was a thrill being about to pass through the Atlantic side locks into Lake Gatun. The Island Princess is a beautiful ship and our balcony room was very nice. The food on the ship just was OK and we even went to both specialty restaurants and that didn't get better. The casino was smaller than we expected. We usually enjoy that as a respite on sea days but we even skipped going there for two of the days at sea because it lacked luster. We have cruised on Celebrity and Royal Caribbean before and feel that either one of those are better than Princess.

we have gone on princess line before, good food except the last meal in concerto was not the best.

Princess Cruises was good, very disappointed that they’ve discontinued their Happy Hours tho. I think they’re losing quite a bit of revenue because of it. I know we spent way less on drinks.

We had a wonderful time!

Great price, beautiful country

We liked most of the ports. Liverpool was an unexpected highlight with the Beatle's tribute band on Princess for 2 nights. Seevice was exceptional everywhere especially our cabin porter. The ships amenities were great and the 3 tier dance floor lobby was beautiful. The food was a disappoint and the two main restaurants had the same minue. Not much variery there. The entertainment was the best we have had on a cruise. It topped Oceania but their fiod topped Princess

Princess Cruise lines was the ship that we sailed on. The meals were average at best. Our table sent back various plates of food that were inedible. The cruise line took every opportunity to nickle and dime you to death. Everything on board was extra, the beverage package was ridiculously high priced for what you got. The water on board was undrinkable unless you got it from the bar or the restaurant, and to charge $2.00 for bottled water is terrible and the entertainment on board was substandard to say the least.

It was a simple, plain vanilla (for Princess) cruise. Had the family along and they were happy. Food was just OK as was everything else. Would have enjoyed more time in Mexico and less in LA

We cruised with Princess and it was an exceptional experience.