Not pleased with the ship, the third rate entertainment and especially the suite :

Diamond Princess Cruise Review to Other (Asia/Africa/Middle East)

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
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Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Diamond Princess

17 Night Grand Asia And Japan (Tokyo To Singapore)

Sail date: October 09, 2016

Ship: Diamond Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D707

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

With the exception of the Diamond Princess Players and a few 'professional' acts - too many acts were like 3rd rate AMATEUR HOUR - have seen better when I was a 12 years old in camp!  And - the Cruise Director was himself just a complete mistake!  Even the Wheelhouse singer and musician were incompetent, and the lounge singer/guitarist in both the Wheelhouse and the Pizzeria were horrible! As to our Jr. Suite - it CREAKED AND CRACKED ALL NIGHT LONG - for 6 nights - even through they could have moved us on the 5th night, but DID NOT!!!  Yeah, they tried to stop the squeaks, but could NOT.  

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
While most ALL passengers were either American, Australian, Canadians or otherwise Caucasian, the food selections were mainly Asian - and even the Asians on the ship - lived mostly in San francisco area! NOT PLEASED. To be fair - Dining Staff was EXCELLENT!

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Mainly 3rd rate Amateur Hour stuff!. And what a waste of a Cruise Director - like he 'phoned it in'.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Our Jr. Suite - it CREAKED AND CRACKED ALL NIGHT LONG - for 6 nights - even through they could have moved us on the 5th night, but DID NOT!!!  Yeah, they tried to stop the squeaks, but could NOT.  

Ship tip

FIND ANOTHER SHIP TO CRUISE ON!

Ports of call

Yokohama (Tokyo), Japan

3 out of 5

Osaka, Japan Did not visit port

Did Kyoto, not Osaka - was nice.

Busan (Pusan), South Korea

5 out of 5

Shanghai, China

5 out of 5

Hong Kong

3 out of 5
NOT the ships fault, but we could not dock until 7-HOURS past our schedule due to very rough seas and very bad weather.

Phu My (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

5 out of 5

Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand

3 out of 5
Was not going to take a 5-HOUR BUS ride back and forth, took a shuttle to Pattaya City, only 40 minutes away - nice.

Singapore

5 out of 5
We love Singapore!
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

70Shark    6 years ago

Sounds like you could have used some WD-40

Stevy935    7 years ago

We found the cruise director excellent and very informative. On our trip one of the shows "Bravo" was top class.