Grand Princess Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Their port stops are great if you have not experience the west coast. Don't understand why we would have a day at sea between San Diego & LA. It is only 2 hrs drive. We could be a bit biased, because we were comfortable or having that much fun on this ship. We would not cruise again with Princess. That's for sure.

The overall rating listed for the cruise is 3.5, but I would rate it as a 3.0 at best. The cruise itself was fine, but the 3-day land portion was, at its very best, disappointing. A domed-sightseeing train trip into Denali was interesting. The narration was informative, but 8 hours of train travel and nearly 8 hours of constant narration was grating. The whole of the Denali experience was that of a lightly-prodded, very comfortable cow. We were transported en masse to a Princess-owned "resort"/jumble of apartments+restaurant, allowed to check-in to the room and go to a lodge or go an excursion, and wake up the next day and do the very same thing. The schedule of Denali transports and Princess-shuttling to the next Princess motel were incompatible, and several of the more interesting excursions were simply not possible. In addition, the Princess lodge was not located near anything that could be accessed WITHOUT a Princess shuttle or excursion package. So, I couldn't actually go into Denali or hike anywhere, which is a tremendous waste of travelling into the Alaskan wilderness, not to mention money and time. A better arrangement of scheduling between the shuttles and the excursion providers would be appreciated. My family agreed that we will certainly return to Alaska, but not through anything resembling a Princess-administrated package. A shame, too, since the cruise was fairly nice and well-organized.

Amazing Alaskan trip saw several animals and lots of beautiful scenery.

This app is saying my overall review is 4.5 stars. I disagree. I do not feel my cruise experience exceeded 4, maybe even less. I know the notes said 4.5 is not a simple average of the scores I gave. I assume Princess made up the 4.5 score to look good to public.

I loved the fact that the ship was not full, so so much nicer

We really enjoyed this anniversary cruise. The wildlife and natural beauty of the areas we visited were truly amazing.

We had a great time, beautiful weather, and saw lots of wildlife.

This was our 3rd cruise to Alaska but 1st time with Princess & 1st landtour. Not sure we would book with Princess again but we really enjoyed our time in Alaska & we even saw Mt Denali twice!

Overall the trip was enjoyable and with the cruise through Prince William Sound and stop in Whittier, we got to see some beautiful parts of Alaska that aren't on most of the Alaskan cruise agendas. As mentioned, we were hugely disappointed in the Hubbard Glacier visit and the lack of communication from the captain on this ship. The entertainment staff were all very friendly and approachable by the passengers. Their presence before and after the shows was a pleasant surprise and something we had not witnessed on most of our previous cruises.

A great weather experience really made this an awesome trip. We had great views of the glaciers and good excursions in the ports of call. The ship had some wonky design features, but we had good service/

This was just a wonderful experience. everything was great and Alaska is spectacular. The weather was perfect, in the 70's most days with little to no rain.

The Grand Princess just simply missed the mark on so many levels. The Lotus spa’s up-sell tactics are shameful. I wasn’t there to assist my wife in telling the spa, “no she doesn’t want your special $100 facial experience.” Their used car salesmen approach is just wrong. We had some many issues with this cruise that we have decided not to sail on Princess again. Hawaii drew us in, but do not be fooled… so many passengers complained about the industrial ports, food, service, etc…

Very nice trip. Would recommend it to all my friends

The Princess Cruise to Hawaii exceeded our expectations in several ways: crew was helpful, professional, and made you feel part of their family. Hard to accomplish this on a large ship. The safety protocols and COVID testing was done as professionally as possible when dealing with over a 1,000 passengers. Excursions were outstanding and the sailing even when the seas were a little rough, were always smooth. Will do this cruise again.

We spent 5 days without a care... a very welcomed experience. Overall, we enjoyed our cruise very much, but we were surprised by some gaps. The meal presentation was lovely, but we were surprised and disappointed with the quality of the food. There was tremendous talent on the ship although, again surprisingly, there were a couple of performers (cruise band) that were not very good.

The coffee is too watered down. Most of the time coffee n cones only had cones.

We share the ship with less than 250 passengers. It was like having our own private cruise ship. The Princess Cruise team is amazing. We were thrilled with the cruise.

The Grand Princess 5 Day cruise to Cabo was a great 1st post-Covid cruise. The Staff was extremely attentive. The Pools & Spas were crowd free and the Port in Cabo san Lucas was a nice stop in the middle of it.

Loved every minute of our first return to cruising. We were completely at ease with protocols and the care being taken.

We are hooked and want to cruise with Princess again