Great first time Princess experience

Item: Emerald Princess
Rating: 4
Author: kregan54

Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

kregan54

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Mediterranean And Aegean (Rome To Athens))

Sail date: September 07, 2019

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I’m glad I did not listen to all the negative comments that I had read on here about the ship and how old it was. Yes the food was not that great but I had lots of fun meeting people from all over the world. And the ship was in perfect shape

Embarkation

5 out of 5

We were the last group schedule to embark. I kid you no - there was no line. Walked right on

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food is definitely sub par. Not a cruise line known for its good food. Paid restaurant we tried was good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very friendly and helpful

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

I read about it needing an upgrade etc but I found the ship to be in good clean shape

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

A314 lots of room for everything we needed. Good size balcony etc

Ship tip

The very back of the ship has a small pool and chairs facing the sea. An ideal spot!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Salerno (Naples), Italy

5 out of 5

I took a ferry to Capri and then a private tour of the island

Thumbs Up 0

Kotor, Montenegro

4 out of 5

The island was beautiful but I made a mistake of doing the ship organized kayaking trip. It said it was for beginners but it definitely was not.

Thumbs Up 0

Corfu, Greece

4 out of 5

Did the Corfo beach getaway.The beach was not as pretty as I expected and was very pebbly. But we still had a good time

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Chania, Crete

5 out of 5

A local told us to take bus number 21 to the Golden Sands Beach which only took about 15 minutes. It was beautiful with lots of strong waves. At night we then went to old town chania to all the restaurants and shops.

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Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

Very disappointed that we were unable to visit this lovely port. Evidently the weather was not cooperating

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

In Athens we did a four hour walking food tour that was awesome and then visited the acropolis

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