PRINCESS AIR BOOKING--DONT USE

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Caribbean Princess

16 Night Iceland & Norway Explorer (Southampton To New York)

Sail date: September 05, 2015

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

WE USED PRINCESS TO BOOK US FROM ORLANDO TO LONDON. BUT, THEY BOOKED US FIRST TO HOUSTON, THEN TO LONDON. WHY? THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH UNITED AIR. WE SAID NO. THEY THEN SAID EEITHER USE THEIR RESERVATION; OR GET YOUR OWN AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EVENTS; OR CANCEL THE TRIP.

WELL, WE USED THE PRINCESS RESERVATION. THE FLIGHT IN ORLANDO WAS DELAYED 3+ HOURS. SO, WE MISSED BOTH THE CONNECTION IN HOUSTON AND THE SHIP IN LONDON.

EVEN THOUGH WE BOUGHT THE PRINCESS INSURANCE AND NEXT PORT GUARANTEE--THEY LEFT US TO OURSELVES. SO, WE HAD TO STAY A NIGHT IN HOUSTON, THEN GET TO LONDON WITH NO FUTURE RESERVATIONS. SO, WE THEN GOT OURSELVES TO THE NEXT PORT WITH NO HELP FROM PRINCESS--EVEN THOUGH WE PAID THEM FOR IT.

NOW, THE PEOPLE ON THE SHIP WERE GREAT. AND, THE ONLY HELP CORPORATE PRINCESS IS DOING FOR US FOR ALL THE HASSLE IS TO REIMBURSE US FOR THE DAYS WE MISSED THE CRUISE.

SO, OUR RECOMMENDATION WITH PRINCESS IS TO ENJOY THEIR SHIPS--BUT--DO NOT USE THEIR AIR RESERVATION SERVICE AND GET YOURSELF TO THE STARTING POINT---AND--JUST BUT THEIR TRANSFER TO THE SHIP.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship tip

THE BUFFET FOOD WAS FINE--BUT--THE LINES HORRIBLE--ALL MEALS!!

Ports of call

Bergen, Norway

5 out of 5

Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5

Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5

Isafjordur, Iceland

5 out of 5

Reykjavik, Iceland

5 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

New York, New York

1 out of 5
FOR RETURNING US PAX--CUSTOMS ONLY HAD 2 OR 3 LINES FOR 3,000 PAX. WHILE, THERE WERE 5 LINES FOR FOREIGN PAX. SO, GUESS HOW MUCH FUN THAT WAS?
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Neenie    9 years ago

We booked flights from Brisbane to London and then New York to Brisbane. Went Qantas apart from across US, American Airlines for those flights. Could not be faulted. Slight hic up at start when our flight time was changed out of Brisbane. Lovely man from Princess rang to tell me, also emails from Princess and Qantas. Would certainly book through Princess again.

postmanpat    9 years ago

Same happened to us with Royal Caribbean ...UK to Fort Lauderdale. Poor routings and times. Always arrange your own flights is a good tip !

GaMtnGal    9 years ago

I agree! We used their air reservation services and my comment after it was all said and done is I will never fly United ever again. A total fiasco. But the Princess part was fine.

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