Island Princess Cruise Reviews - Reviews

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 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.

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.

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.

In short, this was the perfect cruise. Everything from the flight to Rome to the flight home to NYC and during the 14 days on the Princess Island went as planned and exceeded our expectations.

Very dirty and littered in Italy and Israel. Jerusalem/Israel excursions were rushed and not enjoyable

We learned to not arrange a trip specifically to view northern lights. Cloudy and some rain every day meant very little time (less than 2 hours) to see the lights and "severely dampened the excursions."

We booked our cruise through American Airlines - I'm not sure I would do this again. It felt like we were on our own and received different responses whenever I called. I had to figure things out on my own and honestly, didn't feel that our rep had our best interest at heart. Really disappointing and feel our rep could have helped us, such as the transportation to/from the port. We ended up spending double on transportation than we had to, which was greatly disappointing.

Had an enjoyable & memorable much needed vacation and looking forward to planning next cruise.

I did this cruise out of interest in the ports and was totally pleased with my experience exploring each one. The ship excursions were overpriced and unnecessary since all ports are easily explored on your own, as I did. The ship was fine, seen better, seen worse. The ship staff was excellent.

Great itinerary, but ship was old and in need of a major update. Food was terrible, except in the specialty dinning. Bar service was great. Room steward was outstanding. All other service about the worst we have ever experienced.