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Item: Grand Princess
Rating: 4.5
Author: MsBettina

Grand Princess Cruise Review to Mexico

MsBettina

Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 146

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Mexican Riviera (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 08, 2018

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: F315

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Weather was great! Ports were good. Casino smoke was overwhelming; blend into Piazza. Future Cruise Consultant was insulting. Cabin layout was excellent. Crown Grill was good. Cruise cards wouldn't work for first few days; had to keep going back to front desk

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Took 45 minutes; could not resolve problem created by Princess; no one in terminal had any urgency about getting us onboard except the escort who was frustrated for us

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Fitness center needs more strength machines

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Singers were very good; Cruise director was not great. Hard to understand ; boring, not energetic or friendly.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Waiters and cabin stewards were very good.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship is worn; needs to get a facelift; sofa in cabin was gross

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

This cabin was very roomy and close to Piazza. We would choose it again.

Ship tip

Give yourself lots of time to get back to airport or get picked up. Traffic control outside of terminal is terrible!

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Ports of call

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

4 out of 5

Manzanillo, Mexico

5 out of 5

Not much to do.

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Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

skiordie 5 years ago

Yep, that's the ol' (emphasis on old) Grand Princess for you. That said, we're looking forward to our October 2019 Mexican cruise on the Grand. Hope the ship is still afloat by then.

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AMasters 5 years ago

My Fitbit band had a magnet closure and it deactivated my room card twice so I stopped wearing it.

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ItsWoody 5 years ago

I keep hearing about future cruise consultants being rude. Unfortunate

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1960cruiser 6 years ago

Dont keep cruise cards next to phone, this is usually the reason they won't work

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