the most disorganized and unfriendly ship I ever cruised with

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Transpacific

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Emerald Princess

29 Night Hawaii Tahiti & South Pacific Crossing (Sydney To Los Angeles)

Sail date: April 12, 2017

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: P224

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This is the first time I cruise with Princess. I have cruised over 100 days with Royal Caribbean and Carnival. I am very disappointed with Emerald Princess. All the staff on board are lack of enthusiasm . They are unprofessional and defensive.   One time I called the Spa about the steam room was out of order for 2 days. she replied she did not know how to fix it. As she already reported it to services department. that is unprofessional, unfriendly and defensive. She should say sorry for the inconvenience, I already asked the maintenance department to fix it. I do not know when it will be fixed but I will be glad to fellow up on it and get back to you. In another occasion, I was told the coin change machine in self laundry room was broken and I had to go up to purchase the coin at customer services desk. I asked them whether they know when the machine will be fixed. He replied with defensive tone again, said due to passengers careless let the door to slam on the machine and cost the problem. later I came across a repairman, he told me the machine is working and if not just bang on it. He did it and made the machine to work. In other words, the customer service guy did not personally clarify with the repairman and just to tell us story to  push us off. I can give much more bad experiences, however the above 2 cases is enough to give you the idea of what i am talking about. Our diner waiters are excellent and they are the only nice worker on board the vessel.  

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Buffet got limited choices and most of them are same daily. Diner menu is so so and the steak is cooked incorrectly and added gravy on it . It destroyed the true taste of the beef.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Most are cheap Australian entertainers.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
All staff on board are defensive and lack of enthusiasm except our diner waiters.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
The ship is clean but very badly designed , wasted lots space. The worse thing is it is very difficult to walk from one side to another and from places to places. The formal lunch room only got one way to get there and it is at a dead end.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

should avoid this ship

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

3 out of 5

Napier, New Zealand

1 out of 5

Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Cross International Dateline

1 out of 5

Pago Pago, American Samoa

1 out of 5

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Moorea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
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