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Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Emerald Princess

22 Night Grand Mediterranean Collection (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 13, 2019

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: L242

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We did a land tour through Princess prior to the cruise. Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. Fabulous. Then the cruise. I would give everything an A+ except for the food/menus and the entertainment in the Princess Theater.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Everything was good but Princess needs to update their menus. Ship had Noro Virus but staff were excellent in attempts to get rid of it. Passengers complained a lot about having to wash hands, having to be served by staff at the buffet...some were quite rude. But staff was excellent. Food just ok

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Always had stuff going on if you wanted to participate.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Other than the “Princess” shows, the hired performers were terrible. We were extremely disappointed 8 out of 11 performances.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All of the staff were fabulous.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Loved the design, and the ship was super clean due to virus.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect size, super comfy bed and very clean.

Ship tip

It’s a nice ship. Just enjoy.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
We stayed in Barcelona prior to cruise. Excellent

LA SEYNE-SUR-MER (TOULON), FRANCE

5 out of 5
Very nice. Did 8hr excursion.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

4 out of 5
Loved Pisa but not overly fond of Florence. Another all day excursion so didn’t get to see much of Livorno. S

Valletta, Malta

4 out of 5
This was not our favorite on the cruise.

Kotor, Montenegro

3 out of 5
Beautiful city but I think we chose wrong excursion, which we were not pleased with.

Corfu, Greece

4 out of 5
This was nice, but we would have rather been in Greece.

Palermo, Sicily

4 out of 5
This is where my family is from. I was somewhat disappointed as the city had a lot of garbage in the streets.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
This was a great port with fantastic places to visit in surrounding area. We visited Sorento, Pompeii and Capri.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Did not visit port

We only stopped to disembark and fly home.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent. Princess does an excellent job of making your experience smooth and worry free
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12 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

Chrissie56    5 years ago

Hi Patnarn sorry for my comment.

patnarn    5 years ago

Chrissie56 I am fully aware Corfu is a part of Greece, but it is an Island. And I did take it a bit rude when I’m told to go back to school. But no offense taken.

patnarn    5 years ago

Chrissie56 I M s

Chrissie56    5 years ago

Hi KarenStaffen i was neither rude or nastie with my comment

Justlovecruisin    5 years ago

Oops. I read that about the entertainment wrong, I think. I'm actually not sure if you liked the entertainment in the Theater or not. In one place it says you didn't but in another it says you did - maybe. Anyhow, glad th rest of the cruise was good :)

Justlovecruisin    5 years ago

Wow people. What happened to 'be courteous'? Maybe patnarn meant 'rather NOT been in Greece' or 'on the Mainland in Greece'? Was is really that important to point out an error in what someone says? I guess those who were rude either don't spend a lot of time in social networks or, if they do, must feed their inner nastiness often, since typos and misspeaks are everywhere. That said, glad you enjoyed. I'm surprised at the entertainment opinion. We actually don't go to the shows much, but other than having the same shows much too often, we've always found them to be pretty good. My family is from Palermo, as well, and I converse regularly with 'the cousins' there. On my bucket list ;) Thanks for the review!

Cruiserike0322    5 years ago

Great, happy for you

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Sounds great

landline    5 years ago

Fool corfu is part of Greece

Chrissie56    5 years ago

You need to go back to school you were in Greece. Corfu is part of Greece 😂😂😂

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