One of our least favorite cruises.

Item: Island Princess
Rating: 3
Author: APutman

Island Princess Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

APutman

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 9

Helpful Votes: 92

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

14 Night Panama Canal - Ocean To Ocean Westbound (Ft. Lauderdale To Los Angeles)

Sail date: January 05, 2023

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C415

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We have traveled on 12 cruises with Princess over the years, but this might be our last. Cruise line is going down hill in a hurry since bought by Carnival Corp. Food gets worse every year with food overcooked or undercooked. Service used to be a priority, but not now. We have been on over twenty cruises and changes have to be made and we understand. You don't have to give up things that draw passengers, like QUALITY & SERVICE.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

One of last to arrive so embarkation was smooth.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The Providence dinning room has now made my list of worse dinning in my 20 cruises taken. The service was terrible and took about 2 1/2 hrs to eat each dinner for 14 nights.

Wheelhouse Bar

4 out of 5

Good place to relax, drink, conversation, and listen to good singing and instruments.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Typical deck activities.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedy was good and singers were also very good.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

One of our best room stewards. Waiters were pretty much nonexistent around the pool area most days. We had a lot of sea days and crowded decks.