Great itinerary, wonderful crew, ship needs lots of improvements

Island Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe

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

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Island Princess

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: 10 months 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

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5

Bornholm, Denmark

4 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

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.

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
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