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Island Princess Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 14
Helpful Votes: 202

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Island Princess

17 Night Fire & Ice Explorer (Ft. Lauderdale To Southampton)

Sail date: May 26, 2023

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: PR723

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

17 nights was our longest cruise so far this gave us enough time to meet several close friends

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
We are at the buffet and the dining room. 17 nights I guess they couldn’t offer much variety. Chicken was dry as was the pork. The beef was tough 80% of the time as was the pork. Both in the buffet and the dining room the 2 specialty were very good but $70 a couple is not an everyday expense I am willing to add to our cruise budget.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Nothing special

Entertainment

5 out of 5
All the shows were very good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All the ship personnel were great friendly and helpful.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Design was old but kept very clean and in good repair

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was small, more like inside cabin with a small balcony.

Ship tip

Be sure to see the shows. All good all different

Ports of call

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
Walk along the port. Inside the building or out on a boardwalk going south from the boat. Walk to the Marie museum. About 15 minutes. If you use the hop on hop off bus with the Cruiseline book early.

Seydisfjordur, Iceland

5 out of 5
This little town was a treat. 680 population in the summer. Beer was $10 a glass. Makes the cruise ship beers at $7 a good deal.

Akureyri, Iceland

5 out of 5
We did an excursion to the botanical garden, sod houses, and the water falls. Good excursion beautiful falls but the garden was not much.

Reykjavik, Iceland

5 out of 5
Excursion to hot spring and moonscape lobster lunch great meal and bus ride.

Falmouth, Cornwall, England

5 out of 5
Due to fog all excursions were cancelled. Free shuttle to city. Had to try English fish and chips. Great shopping areas. Good port to just walk through the city.

Isafjordur, Iceland

5 out of 5
Excursion walk around the city. Very informative. Next time I am here I will try the caves. I heard good reviews from several people that went

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5
Shuttle took us early to Heathrow so we took a Uber to Windsor castle to Walk around the city 37€ and another 37 to get back to the airport.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Rapid and efficient
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