The trip was wonderful the itinerary was perfect although we missed Belfast because of bad weather

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Crown Princess

12 Night British Isles With Kirkwall (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 05, 2019

Ship: Crown Princess

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Yeah use another cruise line buy better quality food more variety stop dishing up slop

Embarkation

5 out of 5
No problems

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
I went to the main ding room on the 1st night the meal was totally disgusting I would describe it as slop a pig wouldn’t eat never went back the staff in that restaurant were rude and off handed as for the food in horizons it was not much better my husband on 2ocasions had the eggs and both times there was hair in the eggs my friend also had hair in his meal so we only ate banana on toast the whole trip or a salad food was deplorable for the 1st time in all our cruises we ate off the ship I lost 2kg on that voyage

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
No activities only 2trivia sessions that we could understand and the bingo was a painful experience listening to Fortuna luck OMG no other activities at all no sports bar so we played our own cards luckily there was only 2sea days worst ship I have ever been on

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Didn’t go nothing that took my fancy

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
N/a

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The waiters and stewards were wonderful kept apologising for the the quality of the wine and the exorbitant pricing our room Stewart was wonderful

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very nice but I will never sail princess again

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
No complaints the cabin was very comfortable

Ship tip

Don’t eat the food

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5
Yes but I booked private tours as Princess is too expensive

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5
Greatgreat

Dublin, Ireland

5 out of 5

Belfast, Northern Ireland

1 out of 5
N/a as bad weather stopped us going there and only gave a $13.90 refund typical princess.

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

5 out of 5

Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

5 out of 5

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5

South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland

5 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5
We paid 10 euro for a taxi into Le Harvey and princess charged $40 return per person to go the same distance again princess showing only about money scrimped on the food the entertainment very very disappointed

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Oh well they must have thrown my bag from deck 15as it was broken and cracked had to buy a new case for the plane trip home the lady filled out a report but I don’t expect to herald from princess again they got our $6600 off us for 12 days and tried to dish up slips never ever will I sail with them again
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10 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Fiesta83    4 years ago

kweed65    5 years ago

Wow, I have sailed on a few Princess ships and the food in the dining room and specialty restaurants has been great. Didn't much care for the buffet except for breakfast. Maybe you just had an off night or ordered the wrong thing? I booked a cruise next year with Princess as my past experiences on food and entertainment has been great.

Maddyandmom    5 years ago

I totally agree about the food. So incredibly frustrating to not enjoy food on a cruise. My eighty-year-old dad commented that his retirement village had much better food.

buckyboy    5 years ago

Been on the Emerald and loved it. Crew were fantastic and food was lovely, especially in the MDR.

pamwigs    5 years ago

I hardly think it was slop you were served

dhandy48    5 years ago

Hard to believe based on many great previous posts. Maybe your just too hard to please.

smfcruisenut    5 years ago

I guess to each his/her own. I've sailed with all the cruise lines and never ever had the negative feedback as you've posted on any of the cruises we've sailed. (20+ trips and counting). Princess is definitely my favorite ❤️. Maybe cruising isn't your thing 🤔.

CruzeFan    5 years ago

Thanks for the review. We love Princess.

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