Great Itinerary but service lacking big time

Majestic Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 8
Helpful Votes: 211

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5
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Majestic Princess

3 Night Australia Getaway (Sydney To Brisbane)

Sail date: February 24, 2023

Ship: Majestic Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: M412

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was our third sailing on the Majestic (and our last). The service and food quality has been lowered each subsequent sailing. Suggest customers instead carefully select from smaller, older Princess ships that have som character and some semblance of quality food and service.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Poor as we were not informed prior that we had to have the Princess app loaded and working before proceeding with embarkation

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
No prime rib and no lobster … first time in over 60 cruises on 5 different cruise lines . Bar service was horrible … normal wait for a drink was 20-30 minutes and at times up to an hour

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Pool was good. Hot tubs were not hot. Fitness center was excellent.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Ships production shows were good. Other performers were a mixed bag with some good but others not so much.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
There is something wrong on this ship. Service is poor to just plain bad. Zero sense of urgency and an “I will get to you when I get to you” attitude.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Not enough cleaning in this day and age. Almost zero cleaning of bar areas in between guests. Not enough hand sanitizers around ship. Zero insistence on hand cleaning before guests enter buffet area.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
A bit noisy from movement of deck chairs above. Balcony huge. Location to pool deck and buffet only a short stair up.

Ship tip

Skip it and go to a smaller ship like the Grand Princess that still understands what customer service is.

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

4 out of 5

Brisbane, Australia

4 out of 5

Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia

4 out of 5

Yorkey's Knob (Cairns), Australia

5 out of 5

Port Douglas, Australia

5 out of 5

Cruise Willis Island, Australia

1 out of 5
This was not a port but a service call to qualify the cruise as international for customs duty purposes.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Timely
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8 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

karlgrgurich    1 year ago

Don’t all lines need you to fill out information prior to cruising? It’s posted all over the Princess website

PJ10    1 year ago

Just got off the Majestic could not fault it. We were told about the app when we booked and sailed through embarkation.

matkins106    1 year ago

There’s literally an email sent a week before instructing you to download the app. I sail on Saturday and I got the email notifying me to download the app as much as I want to unplug.

chiselann    1 year ago

We have never had any problems with princess cruises

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Sorry you were disappointed.

golfermike    1 year ago

Thanks for your review.

alanmedcalf82    1 year ago

Sorry you did not enjoy your cruise, but I will see in November for myself thanks