Great itinerary, lovely experience

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Adrianne

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Verified Review

12 Night British Isles (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 04, 2013

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 years ago

Review summary

This cruise had such a great itinerary. My husband I Iike "destination" cruises, not just cruising for the sake of it. The ports on this cruise were all interesting - especially the first (Guernsey) and the last (LeHavre-Normandy), whose WWII history was so interesting and moving. The Caribbean Princess was a really nice ship, excellent service, food and entertainment. The only shortcoming to me were the lack of informative port talks. Instead of subject matter experts, they had a person who just seemed to be an experienced cruiser showing her own photos and commenting.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All good except for port talks.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5

We hired a local taxi driver to take us to the German Occupation museum and the Little Chapel - excellent.

Thumbs Up 3

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5

We took the walking tour of Cobh; charming town with quite a history of its own. Lovely

Thumbs Up 2

Dublin, Ireland

5 out of 5

Didn't see that much - ship's tour of city - St. Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity College. Nice. but would have liked to see more.

Thumbs Up 0

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland Did not visit port

See same category above.

Thumbs Up 0

Belfast, Northern Ireland

5 out of 5

We hired a local taxi (cabtours.com) to see the areas of political history ("The Troubles") in west Belfast, then around town. Excellent.

Thumbs Up 2

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5

This is the loveliest place I didn't know I wanted to see!

Thumbs Up 1

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5

We took a local tour company (Jacobite) tour of Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle - excellent. Then walked around Inverness before taking taxi back to Invergordon. Lovely town.

Thumbs Up 1

South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland

5 out of 5

Edinburgh was fantastic, though terribly crowded due to their International Festival, Fringe Festival and Tattoo, all happening during the week we were there.

Thumbs Up 0

Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5

We took the ship's tour of the Normandy landing beaches. This cost $219 pp, and was a great tour, but Princess didn't even give us a bottle of water for the day. You'd think that with an all day tour for which they charge you $219, they could at least throw in the water and not charge you for it.

Thumbs Up 2

2 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us,

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks

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