Stay Away From Cruising Excursions

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Crown Princess

12 Night British Isles With Dublin (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 29, 2019

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: L257

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This is a fun ship with great ports. The crew is wonderful. Again, I urge you to stay away from Cruising Excursions as they are expensive, inflexible and the tours are terrible. You will do better with Viator.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
No Problem

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Clean and plentiful!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We were busy every minute.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Broadway caliber entertainment.

Children's Programs

We didn’t bring kids with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was fine.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
It was fine, but the toilet was broken when we got there and kept breaking.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5
Easy to reach and easy embarkation.

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5
Very interesting and very scenic.

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

3 out of 5
The ship cut back on the in port time so we rushed.

Dublin, Ireland

5 out of 5
Great city. Plenty to do there. See The Epic Museum.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

5 out of 5
Great tour. Great combo of the Giant’s Causeway and the city. Use Viator!

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

1 out of 5
We signed with Cruising Excursions. Biggest mistake! I hurt my hip and even with medical documentation they wouldn’t let us cancel. All the other companies let you cancel up to 24 hours. Cruising Excursions is a waste!

Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

1 out of 5
Again we used Cruising Excursions. The guide didn’t know the itinerary. We had to show her. She was thrown off and we rushed through the stops. For a lot of money, we saw very little. I did complain and of course Cruising Excursions brushed me off.

South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland

1 out of 5
Again Cruising Excursions ruined the port. They threw 2 groups together making the tour huge. We left half an hour late and did not get an extension on the time. We had a bathroom break, but the guide didn’t know where the bathroom was so everyone had to find it themselves. He didn’t bring anything to hold up and so people were wandering around looking for him. He knew his info, but could not lead a group.

Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5
We used the ship excursion to Normandy which was amazing. Well planned and very moving.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
No problem at all.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

ruthgene77    5 years ago

Yes. They do excursions in every port. The tours are expensive, disorganized and always leave late. Cruising Excursions won’t back up their tours. Once they have your money they are done. Use another company,

KatD12    5 years ago

Is Cruising Excursions a company??

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