Great itinerary, wonderful crew, ship needs lots of improvements

Item: Island Princess
Rating: 3.8
Author: grandyof4

Island Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

grandyof4

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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28 Night Baltic & Icelandic Fjords Medley (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 28, 2023

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: D728

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Wonderful itinerary but ship needs to be scrapped

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Boring menus, limited selection in both dining rooms and Horizon court buffet. New head of food Jacque nasty

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Evening Shows great, afternoon string music depressing, Lacking upbeat vibe

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Outstanding

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Low ceilings, zig zag hallways, lots of broken sinks with signs for weeks “we’re on it”, water leaks in library, dirty windows

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great

Ship tip

Think twice

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5

Bornholm, Denmark

4 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

Loved

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Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

Riga, Latvia

5 out of 5

Klaipeda, Lithuania

4 out of 5

Gdynia (Gdansk), Poland

5 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Skagen, Denmark

4 out of 5

Haugesund

3 out of 5

Alesund, Norway

4 out of 5

Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

2 out of 5

Everything closed as it was Sunday.

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Seydisfjordur, Iceland

3 out of 5

Akureyri, Iceland

3 out of 5

Grundarfjordur, Iceland

3 out of 5

Reykjavik, Iceland

4 out of 5

Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

9 Comments

windy2day 1 year ago

Thanks for your review. We are on the Island Princess now and she’s not the newest ship and has some quirks but we are having a great cruise. If a sink is out of order at the buffet, use another one, it’s not really a big deal. Smaller ships can go to many ports that other, newer and bigger ships cannot get to.

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aseelmohamed89 1 year ago

When is the best time to book a cruise. I had booked the the 52 day that leaves out of LA and ends in Dubai but I canceled because they didn’t refare the price went from almost 15k for a balcony to 12.5k. I just need help from someone that had booked on a world cruise before to tell me when is the best time to book. I don’t want to wait too long to rebook and the price goes up again. Please help first time cruising.

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willwork4cruz 1 year ago

I sailed recently on the Island Princess. It is old and small so it’s not for everyone. If you don’t like that, don’t sail on it and be shocked that it is old and small. It wasn’t my favorite ship but wasn’t bad and you wouldn’t get in to some of those exotic small ports on a new glitzy mega ship.

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joyandjerry 1 year ago

Loved her on Panama Canal cruise in 2019.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your view

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debflip 1 year ago

Sorry to hear that, Island Princess was one of my favorite ships.

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debflip 1 year ago

Sorry to hear that, Island Princess was one of my favorite ships.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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