British Isles Cruise

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
Caribbean Princess

12 Night British Isles With Dublin Overnight (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 30, 2017

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: C106

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was our first Princess cruise. Spoke with other passengers who had used Princess before...said the food is not as good as previous. No midnight buffet, the buffet restaurants closed at 10:30. Enjoyed movies in the Princess theatre. Movies were also shown on deck in the evenings but it was too cold!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining room food was very good, the "buffet" food was inconsistent. The food was not very warm . Did not use any of the specialty restaurants. Pizza, hot dog and burger venues were o.k. Coffee on the cruise was terrible!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Only attended two shows... Irish dancers and Scottish folk music

Children's Programs

No children with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service was excellent

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Very clean and well maintained

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Size was standard for an inside cabin. Beds were too soft. Many times (6) my key card did not work and I needed to go and get a new one. Hopefully they won't have this problem if they change to the new ocean medallion system.

Ship tip

Pick a cabin mid ship which puts you in the center of the action. It was a long walk to our stateroom from the elevators.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5
Did the Windsor Castle tour the day we disembarked

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands Did not visit port

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

4 out of 5
Tour guide was excellent. Visited Rock of Cashel & Lismore

Dublin, Ireland

4 out of 5
Spent two days there. Visited Guinness the first day and had a city tour the following day

Belfast, Northern Ireland

3 out of 5
It was o.k, visited the Titanic museum

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

4 out of 5
The Loch Lomond cruise was fun

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

4 out of 5
Loch Ness was beautiful

South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland Did not visit port

Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5
Did the Normandy beaches tour including the American Military cemetery. Very moving, a must see on this cruise

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent
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2 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

MisterMet    7 years ago

Very much looking forward to the Normandy beaches excursion. Glad you gave it 5 stars.

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