No Kirkwall

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 57

Overall rating:

1 out of 5

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12 Night British Isles With Kirkwall (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 01, 2017

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin number: D329

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The name of the cruise was 12 night British Isles with Kirkwall, didn't get into Kirkwall.

It was a little windy, but the passengers felt like the Captain could have stopped and waited awhile to see if the wind calmed down.

The port claimed they had no tug boats to help us.

Seriously, as big as Princess Cruise is and they don't warrant tug boats.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had the Club Class. We were on the ship for 37 days, it would have been nice to have had a DVD so we didn't have to watch the same shows over and over and over again.

Ship tip

Don't sail on it!

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

1 out of 5

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5

Dublin, Ireland

1 out of 5

Belfast, Northern Ireland

1 out of 5

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

3 out of 5

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

3 out of 5

South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland

3 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

1 out of 5

7 Comments

Gwbigdog 2 years ago

oops

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Oops

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rgbenning 7 years ago

Maybe you would have preferred the a $$hole captain from the Costa Concordia. Seriously I am sure the bridge crew made an educated call and put the safety of the ship and passengers first. In my opinion safety of passenger trumps the dissapointment of missing a stop.

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yorghan1 7 years ago

You didn't miss much. Kirkwall is extremely small with one street and about a dozen shops. It takes about 10 minutes to walk round

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dcuk9 7 years ago

Kirkwall, being a small port, I wouldn't imagine is equipped with tug boats.

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willwork4cruz 7 years ago

Stupid Captain, what does he know!

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cece1951 7 years ago

They use tug boats if the ports are tight and there is no room to turn around. Sometimes they are needed even if not a huge ship.

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