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Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4.4
Author: debmar

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Coastal - West Coast

debmar

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

6 Night Pacific Wine Country Southbound (Vancouver To Los Angeles)

Sail date: September 25, 2017

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R327

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I thought the onboard photographs were beautiful. But they were too expensive. $25 dollars each or $249 for everything. A lot of photos were left over. I would have bought a couple if there was some kind of special of 6 for $100.0, or something similar. In the end, I did not buy any pictures.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy to exit the boat.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Hot tub, Lotus spa for pedicure and hair blow out for Formal night

Entertainment

4 out of 5

There was a lot of variety. Found the nightclub on a sail away night and it was only open to Elite sailors. That was disappointing. on other cruise ships I had enjoyed an upper deck lounge.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Jimmy the cabin serviceman was great. Our dining waiters were excellent.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

I liked being on the Riverira deck. I just had to walk up one flight to the Horizon Buffet!

Ship tip

Don't try to do too much. Relax and enjoy the cruise.

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Ports of call

Astoria, Oregon

3 out of 5

Tour to Cannon Beach was lovely, I didn't need to go to Seaside, it was boring.

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San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Loved it! it was so easy to walk off and enjoy the city without paying for a tour! So much to see. I would have liked to have time to bike the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Santa Barbara, California

3 out of 5

Solvang was okay. Long drive there and back. I wished I had just walked off and explore Santa Barbara on my own.

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San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Long beach felt like I was just killing time for my flight. Next time, I will just transfer to the airport at an earlier time.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

Ericglenna 7 years ago

we turn it into a game...try going the whole cruise without getting your picture taken

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skriser 7 years ago

they make their money on the ADD ONS

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jandsdennis 7 years ago

I agree, way too expensive. We did buy one though

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skriser 7 years ago

prepaid 199 and can have all you want

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GIL155 7 years ago

Dutch3901 - way too funny!!!

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GIL155 7 years ago

I agree that one might think a discount at the end would make sense. Once known, everyone would wait and buy end of cruise. Supposedly, all the film is recycled. Also, digital is here so there will be no waste soon, and probably no discounts either. Nice thought though.

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Dutch3901 7 years ago

I swear, if the ship was going down, they would have you pause and pose for a photo as you were getting into the life boat ("if you make it, you can buy these at the port")...but we buy them..😊

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carolyn1955 7 years ago

Last year on the royal princess the price for all the pictures was 199.00...that was for the 1st 10days, the second 10days they had a special of 99.00 for all your pictures...

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