Very enjoyable cruise

Grand Princess Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 101

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Grand Princess

10 Night Mexican Riviera (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 16, 2018

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A624

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Enjoyed it. Enjoyed the San Francisco port for departure, return. Enjoyed the sea days for relaxation and to enjoy some of the on-board activities. Saw great ports and country. Will consider this or similar cruise with Princess again for sure.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
good, fast, efficient, organized

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
all eating locations were good, good tasting food

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
outdoor movies, performers / plays / productions all very enjoyable. Especially enjoyed Alex Ramon performances. don't enjoy casino environment. enjoyed locations to relax.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
outdoor movies, performers / plays / productions all very enjoyable. Especially enjoyed Alex Ramon performances. Lectures on Mexico by couple was ok but not outstanding. Survival skills was "not expected" for a cruise but very informative.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
N/A. No children in party. What we saw seemed well organized and fun for the children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff and services were very good, friendly, efficient

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
enjoyed the ship, facilities and design. all areas seemed well maintained

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
nice, clean, efficient in layout and facilities

Ship tip

good experience and would recommend it to others.

Ports of call

San Francisco, California

4 out of 5
love San Francisco but did not do any land excursions here. we live in area and come to San Francisco often. Love that we could board the ship / return in San Francisco...very convenient for us!

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5
love Puerto Vallarta. Have a home in Nuevo Vallarta so we come to area often. Took a Princess land tour and was very disappointed the second stop was to a high end jewelry store and everyone was "forced" to stay there for 30 minutes with no where else to go, waiting for the bus to come back and pick us up. Most of our group stood around 20+ minutes outside the store waiting. Only allowed 5 minutes at Lady Guadalupe cathedral and only 10 minutes at the Malacon!! Did not see Casa Kimberly as shown on the promo material. Very disappointed so little time was allowed for the real city highlights and wasted 30 minutes at a silver shop that I had no interest in.

Manzanillo, Mexico

4 out of 5
First time to city. Princess tour was enjoyable and gave good exposure to the area

Mazatlan, Mexico

4 out of 5
Took a Cruise Only tour and enjoyed it. Good exposure to area

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5
best part of land excursion was the Cruises Only tour, including the glass bottom boat ride to Lands End.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
good, fast, efficient, organized
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4 Comments

Dverzic    6 years ago

We did this cruise in November. Had a great time, but did get a little antsy with so many sea days. We live in San Jose, so leaving out of SF was great. We loved the ship, and thought it was really nice. Iā€™m hoping to do the ten day Mexico cruise next!

Seacruiser717    6 years ago

We did this cruise in January and loved it. A repeat for sure.

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Wow, good for you šŸ˜‹

Shay1920    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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