It was not suited for a princess nor prince.
Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America
15 Night Panama Canal - Ocean To Ocean (Los Angeles To Ft. Lauderdale)
Sail date: December 05, 2016
Ship: Island Princess
Cabin type: Oceanview
Cabin number: p601
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
First the good:
Rooms, Ship was well maintained and service overall was excellent.
Now the bad:
Food in the buffet was not up to other cruise lines. Same food everyday. Pork was the primary meat ( bad for me since I do not eat pork). No pasta bar, Omelet bar was poor ( you ordered it and they delivered it to you later). Felt like I was in my old college dorm food line again.
Sit down dinning was excellent except that it was all but impossible to get a place except for the 7:45 sitting which was too late for me to eat ( finished at 9:00pm).
Specialty dinning was available but only for $29. additional each. No included specialty dining.
Drinks were expensive... Could not sit down for long without someone pushing more booze down your throat everywhere. This was morning till late night.
Less than a half a day was allowed off the ship at many ports. Did not give you enough time to do much.
Library is above the smoking lounge. So guess what Princess ship designers..Smoke rises and it stinks! Could hardly stay in the Library to read for more than a half hour.
My favorite negative is the area on the boat called "Sanctuary". The top deck was restricted to guest who want to pay $40 each for a half a day to be there. So now you have to pay to sit yourself down on part of the ship you already paid to be in.
TV Choices: Same exact programs over and over again. How many times can you watch the same "Love Boat" episode. Other Cruise lines had DVD available for the cabins. This was an excellent solution in my opinion.
My wife and I have been on 3 other Cruise lines. Princess is obviously the last choice in cruise lines for us in the future. I would suggest you consider the same.
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Ship tip
It's like flying today; I only take "Spirit air" when other carriers are not available. Same with Princess. Last on my list from now on.
Ports of call
San Pedro (Los Angeles), California
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida