Island Princess Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Overall, a great itinerary and great staff. Jet lag tip, the first sea day was 4 days into cruise. Be aware, some port terminals had long walks to buses if you have any handicaps with walking.

We had the best time on the cruise. The Mediterranean is one of favorite parts of the world to visit!

Cruise was great, only wish the entertainment was more fun.

Loved this itinerary. In hindsight we might choose a newer ship, but heard the Island Princess is going into drydock for some updates. If the casino is a highlight of cruising for you, this is not your ship. We also would do this itinerary in a more temperate time of year. One stop was 104° F.

Would do this cruise again and encourage anyone who has the time to be away to do it also.

Pleasantly surprised by the overall experience. Great staff, decent food and good variety; small enough to avoid feeling of crowding; recommended

should provide some oriental food and different menu every day.

This was a spur of the moment cruise to fit other events in our lives and a good deal. However, I won't sail on the Island Princess until it is renovated. I'll pay closer attention to the ships itinerary next time and avoid joining in the end of a Worls Cruise. We took 1 week's worth of clothing and did laundry. After bonus credits we spent less than $100 on board. The grill on deck 14 by the smaller "indoor" pool has great burgers, hotdogs and fries as well as street tacos and other party/snack food. SWIRLS on the other side of the ship opposite the grill, NEVER had two flavors of soft serve to swirl.

It was very interesting to go through the Panama Canal. We enjoyed so many of the people we met and enjoyed most of the entertainment.

This was a very relaxing cruise for us. We only had four ports of call and one day transiting the Panama Canal, but the rest of our cruise was spent at sea. There was plenty of entertainment for everybody on board; but this ship probably isn’t for a family with kids since it’s an older ship, and it doesn’t have all of the modern amenities of the newer and larger mega cruise ships. However, if you’re looking for a quiet, drama-free and luxurious cruise ship experience, this is the ship for you.

This was a very nice cruise. The Panama Canal is very interesting. Reserve collection dining was a very worthwhile upgrade.

If you want to tour the Panama Canal this is the ship & cruise to take. The ship is small & able to go through the original canal. At the time we went through water levels were low & only 50% of the ships could go through the canal. We were allowed to go.

While sad to have missed two ports and the northern lights, overall I had a great time.

Wonderful itinerary but ship needs to be scrapped

Absolutely the worst cruise I've ever taken. Norway was fabulous and each time I got off the ship, I had to make myself get back on (because I'd already paid for everything) rather than stay in any of the Norwegian ports. I actually looked into flying back to the UK just so I could get off the ship, but the rates were astronomical from anywhere in Norway. I complained everyday about the VERY loud noises in my stateroom, but each time was told "we know about this, we're working on it" ... for 16 days. Ultimately, they acknowledged there was a "problem" and offered by a tiny amount of on-board credit. Given the terrible ship, the mostly indifferent crew, and the bland food, I'll never go on Princess again.

Was a very relaxing, enjoyable cruise. Food on Princess was better then expected

Saw some interesting places, but had far too many canceled ports. The ship is old, outdate d with a gym in a dark, windowless room on deck 6. The food was only fair. That said, the staff and crew were wonderful. The entertainment was only fair. Very few production shows., Comedians were terrible. There was only one gentleman who presented interesting enrichment talks on WWII. The other "enrichment" talks were about self-improvement and long-dead entertainers. We were shocked at this paltry offering. Never again on the Island Princess, and maybe never again with Princess.

I had a pleasant experience but the ship was old and breaking down constantly. We did not suffer for it but I heard from others that they had awful experiences with broken bathrooms, Televisions, the ship was squeaking all night from the motion of the ocean etc. The cabins are small and the buffet is the smallest I have ever seen. Furthermore most of the ports were very poor and run down islands that we really did not enjoy. There was nothing to do but MAYBE go to the beach, see one church and a plantation. Not good options AT ALL.

Even though I did not care for the itinerary we had a wonderful time. The food, service and ship were wonderful. If I could go back in time I wish we had chosen the Mexican Riviera cruise instead. I have been to most of the Caribbean islands over my life time and the ports on this trip were just did not measure up. The canal passing was mildly interesting at best.

Will always choose to cruise with Princess Cruises.