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Grand Princess Cruise Review to Hawaii

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
Grand Princess

15 Night Hawaiian Islands (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 04, 2022

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: B745

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

This was not what we have come to expect from Princess. We were bitterly disappointed.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The dining room food was poor to bland. Horizon Court worse. Sometimes the fried eggs and bacon were cold right out of the fridge. Poor choices with very little variety. I’ve never seen such a poor selection on the Lido.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Trivia was fun.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
One production show, while good, was only 30 minutes long. The final day’s show was good. Otherwise the whole 15 day cruise had little entertainment.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Our room steward was good and some of the wait staff were excellent.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Clean but needed to be in dry dock some years ago.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Only one chair in the room, no couch, 1/2 the size closet, and larger balcony with ugly stained rubber floor covering.

Ship tip

Don’t.

Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5
No excursion but easy to access.

Hilo, Hawaii

3 out of 5
Hoppa on Hoppa off was lame. $400 to rent a car for the day.

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5
Industrial area. Luau was good.

Nawiliwili, Kauai

1 out of 5
No access except bus to Walmart unless you had an excursion. We walked to Whole Foods for lunch😟

Kahului, Maui

1 out of 5
Kahului was a $200 uber ride over and back.

Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5
Easy access. We did wine tour which was fabulous.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Self assist was easy and quick.
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5 Comments

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review I have seen other reviews of the grand that had issues

CruzeFan    2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Cruising is not the same as it was Pre-Covid and may never be the same again. I see many complaints about the “industrial” ports in Hawaii. There are not a large number of cruise ships visiting Hawaii on a regular basis, so it is not economically feasible to build the typical cruise ports with shops / restaurants / bars that many are used to in the Caribbean. An excursion in these ports is yet best way to have a good experience.

purpl    2 years ago

Sorry your expectations were not met.

golfermike    2 years ago

We got off the day you got on. I would agree that the food was below Princess standards. Thanks for your review.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Sorry your cruise was not as expected.

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