European Capitals
Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe
11 Night European Capitals (London Roundtrip)
Sail date: April 20, 2017
Ship: Caribbean Princess
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: B627
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
The production shows in the theatre were excellent. Our dinner waitresses were excellent. The beds were comfortable.
This is not a happy ship!! The management of the ship - starting with the Captain who we never saw in the entire trip - and the cruise management needs a serious shake-up or replacing.
The decision to abandon the visit to the port of Le Havre, due to a "planned strike" (which never happened) took no consideration whatsover to an alternative destination or the consequences to the passengers. Our travelleing friends took the decision to jump ship in order to continue their travel plans.
In the note from the Captain stating this decision, there was no apology nor offer of compensation and the Captain could not even correctly spell the name of his own ship!
Managing the return of the passengers to the ship in Guernsey was a farce, leaving almost the entire passenger complement waiting on the quayside for a tender for about 1 hour 40 mins. No refreshments were provided - luckily it wasn't raining! A child could have organised this better.
It became clear that the immigration requirements of the ports was either not understood or not properly organised, necessitating a hurried demand for non-EU guests (which was most of them) to have their passports hurriedly copied.
The vessel had only 110 Volt main sockets in the stateroom. I would have expected a modern vessel of this size to have 230 V European outlets as well.
Prosecco was only sold by the bottle which meant carrying the bottle around the ship from bar to bar and to and from the dining room. Not elegant!
We would not recommend this cruise to anyone unless and until there was clear evidence that the management of the ship and senior staff had significantly improved.
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15 Comments
Gwbigdog 2 years ago
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Martin22 7 years ago
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MisterMet 7 years ago
Sorry to hear your cruise wasn't what you expected. It did sound like you had some fun though.
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