Was suprised how lovely the ship was.Beautiful balcony cabin, food excellent and staff amazing..Shows great and The Captains talk was entertaining.
There was a lot that we liked about our cruise but we did have some gripes that mean we have booked our next cruise with another line.
The food has degraded since we last sailed with them.
Who writes the menus for Princess in their main dining rooms? Weird combinations of strange food seem to be the choice on every menu. Not natural to a British pallet. And what about the sausages in both the self service (always raw) and the main dining rooms tasted of poorly cooked stewed cardboard. When challenged the team explained that they were steamed, we like them fried or grilled, I don’t think there were any Germans on the ship and they weren’t German sausages.
The main dining rooms (although booked as soon as available on the app before embarkation for the same table same time) had us sitting in a different seat every meal and it wasn’t worth asking on the app for the near a window option as they stuck us in the middle all the time. The last straw was when the computer deleted our booking three days before the end of the cruise and could not be reinstated. We took to the self service instead!
The 4 excursions we pre booked were disappointing at best. The organisation from the ship was okay but once on the trip the content, organisation and lack of toilet facilities did not represent good value. The best trip that I took was by buying a sightseeing bus ticket which included a funicular railway ride in Livorno which cost me about £10, the cafe in the square at the top of the railway was a pleasure to sit outside and marvellous views as well.
The embarkation did involve a long wait once booked-in although we were one of the first at the terminal. Princess like to load their VIP and disabled (wheelchair) passengers and kept us seated for about 45 minutes past our booked time.
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Had a wonderful time exploring New Zealand north and south islands. Visited a Maori living village and learned about their culture. The country is so varied and the people very friendly. Cruising Fiordland was much like Norway
We arrived in Athens for a 7 night cruise, on arrival at the ship it look so impressive.
We have sailed with Princess on other occasions, but this ship was a monster, with 30 different places to drink or eat. It was very clean and the staff always hapoy and willing to assist.7 nights does not give you enough time to actually use all the facilities, with over 4000 guests, it never felt over crowded.
Thanks to all the crew for a fabulous cruise.
great ship happy staff nice food good pool and hot tubs,lovely 14 night cruise.we love princess 5*
14 nights around the ,Carribbean, food lovely shows great.nice poolside and hot tubs.friendly happy staff.
This was our very first cruise, and the Sun Princess was a wonderful ship to be on. Our room steward could not do more to help us with little requests and advice. The food in the eatery was great, and even in the main dining room we never struggled to get a table even without pre-booking.
Definitely recommend, the staff could not do enough for us
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