Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East) Cruise Reviews

Fantastic crusie staff very friendly, funny, and very accommodating

Thoroughly enjoyed it overall, got some great tourist spot ideas from our fellow passengers.

We love cruising with Princess and this cruise certainly felt like 'home'! Any cruise around Japan is fantastic but this time the other ports gave us other experiences. All crew and staff were amazing on the ship- any issues were solved without a problem. Food was fantastic and there was plenty to do on board if you chose to join in.

Unfortunately based on my experience this cruise ship is worse than Diadema and Medditeranea.

2 weeks of cruising thru Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taipei, Japan

Good cruise if you like skyscrapers skylines. Prepare you're cruise if you want to find the old original places like souq waqif in Doha where you find the local people instead of tourists in the Dubai souqs.

7/10 Fantastic value for money with the all inclusive food/drink, a must. However, MSC Lirica is the oldest ship in the fleet, quite a mix of nationalities including lots of Russians! The daily entertainment was 'Butlins like!' therefore with the extra day at sea it wasn't great on board, not much to do. Finally, I would prefer cruising around different countries or Caribbean beaches as one Emirate is much the same as each other.

Overall we had a very enjoyable experience. Good way to get an idea about where or not you would like to go back and spend more time at the different destinations. Not a trip for anyone who has trouble coping with hot weather and humidity, as Hong Kong was the coolest port all the others were very humid and hot even in Winter.

Amazing cruise service was a standout. Loved Halong bay will have to go back there. Really good entertainment.

Overall we had a great time on the cruise, the ship was very clean and looked new. The crew and staff were very friendly, the officers seemed to be everywhere. Except for a couple hiccups with tours, the ports were great as well.

In all the cruise was excelent. The tendering process on the last port was very badly handled. First time for us to be so stuffed up. They only used 2 tender boats and 2 private boats. Stuff up.

Overall we had a really good time, the Silver benefits were outstanding

Was good but thing we prefer the smaller ships as they are more personal and friendly

Disembarked. Easy. Transfer to airport easy. SHAME TUI Tui haven't got the guts to tell you that you are going to be delayed at least an hour because the airport can't service the plane in the required time because the tankers are not big enough to fill the plane. So have to keep refilling to service the size of the plane (Manchester flight). Or they take off and land elsewhere to top up(Birmingham flights)

Another great Cruise with Princess, our personal highlight was we renewed our marriage vows, after 31 years, and the event was superbly arranged by the Princess staff, and the Captain made a great effort to ensure we felt special during the event.

This NCL Cruise was a fantastic way to see highlights of South East Asia - having unpacked once. It was a special treat to have celebrated New Year in Singapore with watching 1.5 hrs of fireworks from the ship. Food and service was good. Ship was clean and well maintained. The premium of having a mini-suite versus a standard balcony on Deck 9 was not clear. IT connectivity and wi-fi was challenging on most days so a regional sim card could be the way to go.

Great cruise, great food, great service with average entertainment

Overall a good cruise but an engine fire in the 9th put a downer on the first week and poor communication did not help, second week was fantastic.

Oceania will need to figure out how to supply simple, fine cuisine rather than the typical quick buffet type offerings on the ship. Also not safe food temperatures I think. Mayo and tarter sauce not refridgerated as far as I know. Some food items may be stored overnight and served the next day making fresh food impossible. Multiple Asian food nights for example. Asian food on all ships are nothing like properly prepared Asian food in major cities in the US. I could not eat anything. Lobster in the specialty and main dining smell funny and I heard many complaints. Food manager and Chefs were attentive but the problem is more difficult a fix. Cuisine needs to be rethought out and made smaller, fresher, better quality.

Excellent cruise despite not being on the best of the Princess fleet. Also the food was sub par.