British Isles

Emerald Princess Cruise Review

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Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Emerald Princess

8 Night Ireland & Scotland (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 01, 2022

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: B610

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 10 months ago

Review summary

This was the cruise portion of a cruisetour (land and sea). It was the first visit to Europe for many of our group of 10. The choices of ports was good and we felt that we were able to experience a lot during the trip.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Southampton was the most difficult embarkation process ever. I think some was due to so many getting Covid test done at the port and having to wait for results. The port was packed with people and no clear direction of where to go to check in. After check in the wait to embark the ship was very crowded and long.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was clean and comfortable. We’ve been on this ship before so we’re very familiar with the layout and easiest route to all other venues.

Ports of call

Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5
We enjoyed this location. We had been a few days prior on our land tour and were able to see more when we returned in the ship.

Holyhead, Wales

2 out of 5
Our tender broke down while on the way to the dock. We spent about 2 hours bobbing around in the damp, cool weather waiting on a rescue. We never got to go on land.

Southampton (London), England

2 out of 5
No time spent outside of port but time in port was not pleasant due to difficult embarkation

Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

5 out of 5
We did the HOHO bus. It’s a beautiful city. We took the train from the port to the city which was easy.

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

5 out of 5
This was our favorite stop. We did an Edinburgh tour including the castle.

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

4 out of 5

Portland (Weymouth), England, UK

4 out of 5
Cute little town that was nice to wander around

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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