Very disappointing

Island Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Island Princess

12 Night Grand Mediterranean (Venice To Barcelona)

Sail date: May 22, 2015

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: D332

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

This was our tenth cruise, and by far and away the worst.

Most of the common toilets in the ship didn't flush and of the people that we went on the trip with, their cabin 's didn't work for most of the trip.  Our friends floor kept flooding and they couldn't make it stop and wouldn't change the cabin or fix the leak.  The entertainment, if you would call it that, was not fit for a Holiday Inn, which when there are 3 sea days built into 11 days, entertainment is important.

When problems came up and we went to speak with the Pursers office, they actually rolled their eyes!

When you add in the cost of the crusie with the cost of the flights, we spent in excess of $15,000 dollars just for the two, which is a great deal of money for way below standard returns.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The only high point of the cruise!

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Stay off this ship!

Ports of call

Venice, Italy

5 out of 5

Istanbul, Turkey

1 out of 5
What a hustle unless you want to buy a rug! The Grand Bizarre is like a flea market!

Mykonos, Greece

5 out of 5
Fantastic place and people!

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

3 out of 5
We had very little time to see both since the ship was late getting to Livorno!

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
St Peter's Basilica is beyond words!

Toulon, France

3 out of 5
The ship was 2 hours late which left very little time to do anything, but what we saw was amazing!

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Exciting place and people. Maybe the cleanest big city we have seen!
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noname111    9 years ago

Thank you for posting your review. We will be on this ship for 45 days this coming winter so hopefully the negative issues you experienced get resolved.

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