Maybe I am getting older or because all of my prior cruises have only been 7 days, but it seemed like we were faced with near constant "up sale". Couldn't walk to the lobby or leave the ship without calls to stand for pictures. Cheesy backdrops or deck hands dressed as dressed as "gladiators", etc. We were solicited to make reservations at a specialty restaurant every time we ate in the buffet. Try to get info on the ship TV, Art sales, Jewelry specials, etc.
This was our first trip to Barcelona and we were traveling with my 74 year old mother-in-law and my 8 year old with a lot of luggage. When I asked the desk if they could get us the number to hire a driver due to our luggage (which I was carrying most of!) we were told that unless it was one of their travel connections, they couldn't help us! Turns out we didn't need a driver as there were plenty at the port, but we didn't know that!
Imagine a hotel desk telling you that they couldn't help you get a car!
That said, the rooms were nice. We had adjoining balconies on the Emerald deck. We were very happy with the anytime dinning, although I could never get a medium rare steak without sending the first one back.
We hired our own tours through APTours and two other companies and would highly recommend that option rather than the 30 or more people on each of the Princess tours.
live from Island Princess
in Princess Cruises
Posted
Maybe I am getting older or because all of my prior cruises have only been 7 days, but it seemed like we were faced with near constant "up sale". Couldn't walk to the lobby or leave the ship without calls to stand for pictures. Cheesy backdrops or deck hands dressed as dressed as "gladiators", etc. We were solicited to make reservations at a specialty restaurant every time we ate in the buffet. Try to get info on the ship TV, Art sales, Jewelry specials, etc.
This was our first trip to Barcelona and we were traveling with my 74 year old mother-in-law and my 8 year old with a lot of luggage. When I asked the desk if they could get us the number to hire a driver due to our luggage (which I was carrying most of!) we were told that unless it was one of their travel connections, they couldn't help us! Turns out we didn't need a driver as there were plenty at the port, but we didn't know that!
Imagine a hotel desk telling you that they couldn't help you get a car!
That said, the rooms were nice. We had adjoining balconies on the Emerald deck. We were very happy with the anytime dinning, although I could never get a medium rare steak without sending the first one back.
We hired our own tours through APTours and two other companies and would highly recommend that option rather than the 30 or more people on each of the Princess tours.