dandonna

My wife and I enjoyed the balcony so much on our Panama Canal cruise. We were up early , ordered coffee, mimosas , and breakfast and sat on our balcony for hours. The breeze, the sun rising as we were going under the bridges was spectacular. We turned the tv volume up and listened to the narrations throughout the morning. Definitely worth the price and not in a crowd of people. Later in the day had an plenty of center facing views of the various Canal locks on our Panama Canal excursion. Whatever you decide enjoy it was one of our favorite cruises!

I never understand why people want to hurry up and sail on a new ship??? Of course there is going to be issues! Then come all of the bad reviews but dont let that deter you. You were smart to wait to til the ship as already been in service 3-6 months to work out the kinks. I am sure by the time you sail in July everything will be in proper order so dont stress you will have a wonderful cruise!

So just went yo the new app today and it doesnt show we booked the plus package? On my booking confirmation it shows we purchased the plus but the app is not showing it. Any advice?

Agree Everyone has their own likes & dislikes but location is a must for us. We have them put the do not upgrade stamp on our booking summary as soon as we book. We love being midship and steps away from everything. Our friends dont mind walking from one end of the ship to the other to have a balcony upgrade but that is just not for us. Hope you get a good one!

New app old app a total joke. Spent 2 hours on the phone with Alibaba and the forty thieves also known asPrincess customer service reps. All of my shore excursions and dining reservations disappeared so tried getting help. LOL Just a noisy overseas call center. 4 different reps all worse than the one before. This happened on a previous cruise as well. So ridiculous!

What a nice compliment; thank you. Wife loves taking pics but those photographers are too serious and are like straight ahead, head back, arm here…. yada yada yada. We just start doing fun poses and tell them to snap and hope we find a good one. 88 days til our next sailing so wishing you and everyone else wonderful journeys!

I really dont consider bringing and wearing my or my wife’s formal attire as drama but as I stated at the beginning of my post “be you”just do me the favor and let me be me. 🙏

Do you; and if you is casual go casual if you us a tux do a tux. I do me and me is: If my wife can go through all of the trouble of doing her hair, make up, nails , and wearing uncomfortable but sexy heels then me putting on a suit or tux is a breeze. 😄

Glad you had a good experience on the Caribbean Princess wish I could say the same. And thanks looking forward to trying 2 different cruise lines this May in Celebrity and MSC. Probably also trying the Enchanted Princess next year since it is a newer ship and fellow experienced cruisers have strongly recommended the newer ships over the older ones like Caribbean.

Nope why would I want to do that? I enjoy cruising just not my latest on Princess. That is why in May & November we have booked 2 cruises with different cruise lines than Princess.

Just to be clear my review was fair and honest as I never stated I’m not coming back. I simply stated due to my disappointment I am now willing to try 2 other cruiselines before returning to Princess. Had I not had a bad cruise I would have continued with my Princess loyalty. I agree with you wholeheartedly as to trying other lines so heres hoping for some good cruises Be well

Have not but one friend loved MSC and another said it was like Carnival and hated it. Have to see for myself I guess. Have a great week

Thank you for the yacht club recommendation as we will be trying MSC after our Celebrity cruise. Happy cruising!

Chose MSC because they transfer your loyalty tier to theirs so Elite on Princess gets the tops benefits on MSC. Again wouldn’t even be trying this but Princess failed us so trying some different lines: Celebrity & MSC.

Appreciate your thoughts and insights as experienced cruisers offer the best advice. Thank you 🙏

I was told that by a friend as well. Sounds like good advice. 👍

Our waiter was working so hard as he has at least 8 tables and besides there was enough other food. But when 2 other tables also complained that shocked me as I always loved the Crown Grill. Maybe just an off night but not good

We asked the dining room manager and his response was sometimes it works out that way? He was a very nice man but seemed overwhelmed. Not his fault but couldnt figure out why it worked this way?

So happy for them and keep up the good work and Princess might promote you too😘

Sorry my honest opinion bothers you 😀

No cruise is ever perfect but this was just one thing after another. I didnt even mention the bad wi-fi. I feel like the last 4 Princess cruises things have worsened but always said that oh well Covid did this and just give them the benefit of the doubt. Princess needs to take these reviews serious as this is the first time in years we are trying different cruise lines. If they dont take us or fellow cruisers serious they will continue to lose revenue. Have a great week!

We are Elite status so obviously love Princess but this was by far our worst cruise experience. We sailed 2/20 for a 10 day Panama Canal cruise on the Caribbean Princess. Onboard we met a first time Princess couple who are Celebrity cruise regulars and after our experience on this cruise we committed to May cruise on Celebrity. I will post that review once we return. So why was this bad cruise bad? 1) This ship looks and feels old. Our balcony & cabin furniture were all beaten up in L256. The room smelled very musty and just needed to be refreshed. 2) Dinner waiting times were a joke. If you had a 6pm in the main dining room you stood in a line of 30 people for a minimum of 20 minutes. Here is the kicker if you didnt have reservations you could go to the line on the right and be seated immediately? Why make reservations??? 3) The medallion app is a joke. It says you can order a drink and have it delivered anywhere in the ship. No not true! We tried it at the spa outdoor pool, we tried it on deck 7 walking area, we tried it on the putting green we tried it in club fusion. It doesnt work and not only that but it self cancels??? 4) Do not get a massage on a Princess cruise. Not only are they overpriced but the masseuse spent the entire 75 minutes trying to upsell my wife on every salon service? She paid for a relaxing massage not a sales pitch. Sorry Princess but I am sharing this scheme with everyone all the time! 5) Absolutely terrible steak quality in the Crown Grill not only did I hate my steak but the couple next to me said it was bad then the table across from me also hated their steaks? What is with the quality? I loved going to the Crown Grill in the past no more. 6) Our toliet water twice kept running? Nothing stuck in the toliet but some kind of water pressure problem. No apology no acknowledgment nothing just fixed cleaned and left. Not the Princess I am used too. 7) No deck party anymore? It would have been perfect considering the weather and the fact a crowd outdoors is safer when it comes to Covid or Noro than indoors. Instead they called it a Love Boat gold white piazza party which consisted of live music but nothing else that ran for 40 minutes but nothing happened other than some ballroom cruise group who just danced. Didnt see anyone in gold or white?? Yawn. So you may be reading this and saying no problem for me and that is fine but for a 17 time Princess cruiser this was a disappointment. Yes we will go on another Princess cruise in the future but definitely a different ship. For now Celebrity and MSC will get our business for our next 2 cruises. If Princess wants us back they need to step it up if not we just move on. I filled out the survey and would welcome a conversation but that doesnt seem to happen. I wish all of you fantastic cruises this year and beyond.

That was for Norwegian not Princess

Thank you so much for your quick and extremely helpful answer!

So we are finally elite on our next cruise what exactly is the free laundry? Do they wash and iron or fold your clothes? Do you get it back within 24 hours? Can I get a suit dry cleaned or my wife’s dress cleaned and pressed? Do we just fill a laundry bag and hand it to our cabin steward or do we fill out a form? Thanks and best wishes to everyone in 2023