1st 15-day cruise
Grand Princess Cruise Review to Hawaii
15 Night Hawaiian Islands (San Francisco Roundtrip)
Sail date: November 23, 2016
Ship: Grand Princess
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: A606
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 8 years ago
Review summary
Our first trip on the Grand Princess. This was a very senior citizen trip, which for us was delightful. It was good to see so many with "moving" difficulties getting out and enjoying life. We were very pleased with the balcony room size, very clean and with respectful stewards. However, with so many elderly, it would be helpful if there were "grab bars" in each suites' bathroom, as the toilets were quite low, and since so many have aged "bad" knees. I wonder how many towel bars were broken when used for assistance getting up.
We only ate at the buffet and International cafe, as both had everything we desire and then some. Paying for the extra soda package was well worth it.
The Grand Princess developed a "tender platform" mechanical problem (didn't close properly), and the boat turned around 1.5 days from leaving Lahaina on the way to Ensenada. It took 2.5 days to return to Oahu. We were able to stay in Oahu on board the Grand P as our hotel until our flights left. Princess Cruise Line was most generous and flew everyone back to San Francisco or to near airports and refunded 50% of our cruise fare, with the other 50% as a credit to a future cruise. I hope to go to Alaska in the summer on Princess. All in all we had a wonderful cruise and look forward to more.
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