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Discovery Princess Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 154

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Discovery Princess

7 Night Alaska Inside Passage (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 15, 2022

Ship: Discovery Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: A401

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

I loved princess cruise, it was my first princess but it won’t be my last. Yes, there is some issues but there is issues everywhere. Food shortages and supplies are everywhere. I don’t know if cruising will ever be what it use to be. So with understanding and patience I definitely would go on princess again. Alaska was way more breath taking and magnificent than any picture or books or summary can help someone see. So take a chance and go see it for yourself

Embarkation

4 out of 5
There seemed to be confusion of where luggage was to to dropped off. Porters were hard to find, and no communication that they have a building inside to take luggage

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
We loved almost all our meals and drinks. Main dining room just had a few misses. And they did seem to take forever to get the meal served. Never under 2 hours. Dessert was huge let down in comparison to what I was told and researched for princess. Buffet breakfast and lunch were just fine for us. Thought most food was good. The steak house was top notch and quick. It’s a shame that specialty restaurants are the only way you have a 5 star night.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Fitness center was great

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Cruise director is awesome. Of the shows we did watch, everything was great

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
So so many eager to help and please. Felt like we were getting pampered

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Little hard to get use to the layout at first. The ship was so clean but is also is brand new. So who knows

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Beautiful and so much storage

Ship tip

Think long about your dinner options, if you want to spend 2 or more hours every evening in the dining room

Ports of call

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
We did keep and canoeing through the ship the excursions was awesome. There was some issues with a bus driver wanting to come back to get us and that was a little unnerving

Victoria, British Columbia

2 out of 5
Nothing really to do. We were hoping to find an excursion off the ship. There wasn’t anything I really saw. We walked around the little town close to the ship and went back on

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
We did whale watching and glacier through the ship it was absolutely amazing

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5
We did the white pass train and it was pretty beautiful. I probably wouldn’t do it again but glad I did once

CRUISE ENDICOTT ARM & DAWES GLACIER

3 out of 5
Unfortunately the ice made it impossible for us to go all way up according to the captain

Seattle, Washington

5 out of 5
Pikes place is a great place. We did all the tourist things before our cruise. We didn’t do excursions

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
It was very organized and simple to follow and disembark

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5 Comments

GiftOfTheSea    2 years ago

I really appreciate your review. Especially around dining. Will avoid the main dining rooms given the service issues there. Again, thank you. Very helpful info.

javawoody    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your experience

golfermike    2 years ago

Very nice review 👌.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your w. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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