Princess Alaska Cruise

Item: Grand Princess
Rating: 3.4
Author: cstark12

Grand Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

cstark12

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Hubbard Glacier (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 05, 2018

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: A220

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I did not know Princess was owned by Carnival. Will stick to Royal Caribbean brands from now on.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

The casino does not give free drinks if you gamble in their casino (first I've seen this after 10 cruises on other cruiselines) and the food was subpar unless you spend the extra money to dine in their specialty restaurants.

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Ports of call

San Francisco, California

4 out of 5

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Haines, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

14 Comments

mzbadazzkitty 6 years ago

Do your research .

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Batt16 6 years ago

jtc1313 I am using my Carnival Barclay card rewards points to purchase OBC for our upcoming Princess cruise

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romantikcruiser 6 years ago

Also Cunard =💸💸💸😢

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

I can understand that

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jtc1313 6 years ago

To Romantikcruiser's point about Carnival Corp owning all these lines and running them separate entities; they all have different loyalty programs that do not cross between the lines. For example my VIFP points on Carnival meant nothing on Princess (I wish they did because if so I would be Platinum on Princess). Does anyone know if Carnival is looking at this sort of thing? I have thought about trying both Cunard and HAM but don't really want to start over a third time.

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Kristine0721 6 years ago

I was surprised as well, but until I have a less than stellar experience I will stay with Princess.

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MiloGrace 6 years ago

Did you have a bad experience? I’ve had wonderful cruises on both Princess and Carnival.

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romantikcruiser 6 years ago

The carnival corporation owns the lines but that is for revenue...the individual lines run themselves

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tomkitten 6 years ago

What a brilliant and concise review.

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avensis837 6 years ago

Why?

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cbcruisin 6 years ago

Did you have a bad experience

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booger1xx 6 years ago

Carnival Corp owns about 9 cruise lines

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Emo507 6 years ago

Carnival also owns: Cunard cruiseline, you know, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Queen Victoria.

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DerekMire 6 years ago

Good

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