Most disappointing cruise with multiple itinerary changes and cancelled stops.

Crown Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Crown Princess

7 Night Inside Passage With Glacier Bay National Park (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 18, 2022

Ship: Crown Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C314

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was our FIRST cruise and LAST on a Princess ship. We were celebrating our 50th Anniversary and the cruise line did little to show congratulations. The excuse was that there were engine problems and the ship could not travel as quickly as originally scheduled. The ship should have never left the port. We looked so forward to our first scheduled excursion and when they canceled the day of our expected tour, they gave us a $100 onboard credit, which will never cover our missed opportunities to see the places we expected to see and what we had originally purchased. Customer service has been practically nil as I was expecting a refund and was told by phone that emails take 4-6 weeks to reply and if I wanted to wait to speak to Customer Relations it would be 4-7 hour HOLD time. Totally unacceptable for a large cruise line. The staff and food was very good.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Overall very clean and comfortable. Room was sufficient for the 2 of us.

Ship tip

DON'T sail on the Crown Princess.

Ports of call

Juneau, Alaska

1 out of 5
Cruise line arrived in port late and cancelled our excursion. We got off the ship and found a shuttle to Mendenhall Glacier and paid on our own. Glacier was amazing just not enough time to enjoy. We had about 4 hours instead of the original 10 hours on shore.

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5
This was one of the easiest excursions we encountered as we took the train. However, if we had known our other land stop was eliminated, we would have tried to do another excursion there.

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5
No excursion offered, but did enjoy the entire time cruising the glaciers and especially the Park Rangers that came on board to help with information.

Victoria, British Columbia

1 out of 5
Time in this port was again not sufficient as we are handicapped and unable to get around as easily as some would have, so we took a bus tour around the city. Excursion was way overpriced. Would have like to had time to go to the Gardens.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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