Coral Princess Cruise Reviews - Reviews

This ship and it's personell were captivating and very professional. My trip was much more than I expected and I will book again. Food was marvelous and the entertainment was as good as you'll see anywhere. You get much much more than your price of a cruise. Thank you Coral Princess and all the crew. Good luck to each of you. Paula Holt

Leaving all the ports was as smooth as glass. You hardly knew you were moving. The food preparation was incredible and I taped every thing including the carvings and art work of vegetables. I couldn't say enough about the entertainment. The shows are comparable to Vegas. We didn't have any kids along but I'm sure they would have been very very well taken care of. I intend to go on this same ship to Alaska.

Embarkation was smooth and we were off the ship quickly. The food was very good, but not as good as on Celebrity. The service was fine, especially the cabin attendant. The entertainment was good, but too many (4) comedy acts and some that were off-color. The room was lovely and well appointed, but the balcony was small and without lounge chairs. The ports of call were great, but not enough time in some. The lounges were very quiet after 11pm or so.Our waiter, Ruel, was excellent and I would ask for him again. We did assigned seating and were lucky to have it. We heard numerous complaints about personal choice dining. We did not try any of the alternative dining. The Horizon and Pizza were great. There was limited non-alcoholic beverages available, only ice-tea, and no lemonade as on other ships. The rain-forest tram in Costa Rica is well worth the money. I would not climb Dunn's Falls again as it was too crowded and rushed.The canal was awesome and no tour was necessary to see everything. Enjoy...

We just completed an excellent trip on the Coral Princess maiden voyage. The ship is beautiful and each day everything seemed to get better. Food was excellent and many of the evening meals were gourmet quality taste and presentation.Embarkation went very smoothly both ways with many people from Princess available to answer any questions.Showers are very small, but we managed. We were disappointed to not have a settee in our room, but found the balcony wonderful. Entertainment was disappointing as two of the evening shows were repeated. The Princess dance troupe performed two different shows and each was outstanding. They certainly earn their money. There were too many poor comedians for our taste. One in particular used offensive language and would have pleased us more if he had stuck to his singing and piano playing, which was wonderful. We really enjoyed the new ScholarShip at Sea programs (lectures and demonstrations), especially the culinary demonstrations and tour of the galley. Each cabin was given a gift of the Princess cookbook as a momento of the maiden voyage. It was especially nice to enjoy the beautiful champagne waterfall on the last formal night.We missed the great chunks of assorted cheeses, omelette and waffle stations, homemade ice cream bar and late night slices of pizza we had enjoyed on other ships. But, as our waiter, Emil, said to us each evening, "It was an excellent trip!" Mike and Pat/Michigan

This was our second cruise on Princess. The ship is beautiful and while the crew was polite, I didn't find them overly friendly. For my part, I'll go back to Royal Caribbean. The food was fine (standard cruise cuisine). Since our main reason for this cruise was to see the Panama Canal, you can imagine our disappointment when our rail tour was cancelled at the last minute and we were told there was nothing else available. The rest of the tours were all booked and all we were told was, sorry, we won't charge you.The cabins were fine, but the showers were extremely small. Anyone a little overweight or with a handicap would have a definite problem. My husband went on the golf tour in Cozumel, which was a total rip-off. The entertainment was fine. Embarkation is the fastest and easiest on Princess. Would we go on Princess again? Possibly.

I felt like a queen. Everything was perfect. The cruise staff certainly made you feel that your pleasure was their number one concern.

excellent ports, crew made the cruise easy and enjoyable, ship in good condition considering its age.

Lovely cruise, missed Exmouth which was a shame.

Great way to explore the continent's major shoreline cities.

cruse was great, loves suite will do suite next cruise which is already booked

We are always happy with our experience with our travel advisors, Ed and Anne Koehring. They were able to get us the same cabin on our most recent voyages where we wanted to sail 4 back to back cruises.

PRINCESS MEDALLION CLASS: THE SO-CALLED PRINCESS MEDALLION CLASS (SYSTEM) IS MANDATORY AND APPEARS TO BE A SCAM AND A LICENCE FOR PRINCESS TO PRINT MONEY AT YOUR EXPENSE. ANY STAFF MEMBER CAN CHARGE ANY AMOUNT TO YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME – YOU CANNOT SIGN FOR ANY CHARGES AND YOU DO NOT GET A COPY OF, OR ANY DETAILS OF ANY ITEMS CHARGED TO YOUR ACCOUNT ! We queried 8 or 9 items on our bill and most were acknowledged AS BOGUS AND WERE WITHDRAWN ! The MEDALLION appears to also used to spy on you – THEY USE IT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU’RE DOING AT ALL TIMES ! THE FOOD: THE FOOD AT THE CAFETERIA (HORIZONS) IS THE BEST OF A VERY AVERAGE LOT ON THE SHIP. HERE YOU WILL FIND THE MOST CHOICES PLUS THE FOOD QUALITY, WHILST VERY AVERAGE, IS BY FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT IN THE DINING ROOMS. The food we were served in the dining rooms was RATHER PATHETIC BOTH IN CHOICE AND QUALITY. THE SHIP: The old, drab and poorly-designed ship Coral Princess is way past its “Use by” date and in our opinion, should have been scrapped or sunk years ago. THE CABINS: We had a “mini-suite” on deck 11 and found it VERY SMALL, POKEY AND DRAB IN APPEARANCE. I need to use a walker for balance and mobility reasons and our cabin doorway was so narrow, I WAS FORCED TO FOLD MY WALKER UP EACH TIME JUST TO GET IT INTO OUR CABIN. The bed was comfortable but THE PILLOWS WERE PITIFUL. THERE WAS ONLY ONE TINY GRAB RAIL IN THE SHOWER. IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE TO HAVE A SHOWER WITHOUT ALSO HAVING A SERIOUS FALL, IF YOU ARE ELDERLY OR UNSTEADY ON YOUR FEET. EXCURSIONS (Princess organised) We went on the “Devonport Village & Auckland’s North Shore” Princess excursion. After driving around for a little over 3 hours, I asked the driver if we could stop for food or at least a drink. I advised him that, as a diabetic, I needed to have food or at least a drink every 3 hours. His reply was “I AM CONTRACTED BY PRINCESS TO DRIVE YOU AROUND FOR 3 ½ HOURS AND THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO DO” When other passengers also asked about a food/drink stop, the driver’s response was “I’VE NEVER HAD SUCH A GRUMPY LOT OF OLD BASTARDS AS YOU LOT” However, he drove us to a wharf with shops and stated “Everyone who wants food or drink, get off here. About half the passengers got off the bus there. When I asked him how we would get back to the ship, his reply was “THAT’S YOUR PROBLEM” After having a snack and a drink, we managed to catch a ferry across the harbour and return to the ship As a result of this experience, my wife then immediately cancelled all other booked excursions except the “TE PAPA MUSEUM AND CABLE CAR” in Wellington, as soon as she returned to the ship. THE STAFF: Our cabin steward seemed to try hard but was very forgetful and WE HAD TO OFTEN ASK EVEN FOR BASICS. On the positive side, we did ENCOUNTER SOME AMAZING STAFF (ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM BRAZIL AND INDIA). THEY HAD AN EXCELLENT “NOTHING WAS A PROBLEM ATTITUDE” ACCOMPANIED BY A MARVELLOUS SMILE AND WERE ALWAYS COMPETENT, POLITE, COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL. SMOKING AREAS: If you are a smoker, don’t even consider a cruise on this ship ! There are ONLY TWO SMOKING AREAS – tiny wind and rain-swept areas out on deck, at either end of the ship. The one at the front of the ship is on deck 15 that is ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY A STEEP FLIGHT OF STAIRS ! SMOKING IN THE PURPOSE-BUILT FOR SMOKING, CHURCHILL CIGAR LOUNGE IS NOW BANNED – I wonder whose stupid idea that was ! ROOM SERVICE: We used room service on 3 occasions. Each time or order was ridiculously incomplete – ABSOLUTELY INCOMPETENT AND HOPELESS ! First day: They sent one cup only and no sugar even though two teas with sugar were ordered ! Second day: They sent one cup only again and no butter or marmalade which was again specifically ordered ! Third day: No toast or butter was received even though again these were specifically ordered ! I MEAN HOW HARD IS IT TO ASSEMBLE TEA AND TOAST FOR TWO ? DISEMBARKATION AND LUGGAGE HANDLING: They managed to COMPLETELY TRASH AND RIP OUR SUIT BAG (see pic below) containing tuxedo and reefer jacket on the journey between our cabin and the luggage collection are onshore.

This was one of the best cruises I have experienced from a overall service, quality of food and entertainment and destination perspective. All of the ship staff we engaged with were courteous and professional and wanted to ensure we had the best experience possible. We met a number of folks on the ship and all were very friendly and polite. Originally we thought this was once in a lifetime for us, however we would go back if we have the chance.

This was a cruise to nowhere for us....just wanted to see friends and family up north, and to generally veg during our time away. It was really relaxing. I enjoyed catching up with some ex Navy types. Shopping for pressies was fun too.

Beautiful ship with loads of space and plenty of pool choices. Well looked after by medical, guest and room services after hubby tested positive on 12th and myself on the 17th. Reimbursed drinks packages for the isolation days and missed 2 x ports.

Yet another amazing experience with the only downside being so many old entitled people. The staff were all amazing

Great to get away again on a cruise to someware hot and a beautiful place with great beach to swim and snorkel worth going too

Had a great time on this 4 day cruise on Coral Princess. Everything went really well and can't wait to cruise again.

After over 3 years since we last cruised, this trip was just wonderful. So great to be back on the sea. Of course we ate very well, and drank far too much, but that's the cruising way😁

Even though they are older, we love the smaller Princess ships because they have wonderful venues like the Explorers Lounge and Wheelhouse Bar which are no longer found on the bigger new Princess ships. These venues have live band music and dancing every night. We have to commend the staff who were working under great difficulties due to covid. They did a fantastic job. Food in the Horizon Court was good with plenty of choice. We enjoyed our coffee at the International Cafe every day. The Medallion app is slow and cumbersome and needs improving.