Not very good

Item: Pacific Princess
Rating: 3.9
Author: chu4346

Pacific Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

chu4346

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

8 Night Ireland & Scotland With Optional Military Tattoo (London Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 20, 2017

Ship: Pacific Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7027

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Worst cruise! If this had been my first cruise on the Pacific Princess, there would not have been a second. Big bad changes in about 16 months. First cruise was the Panama Canal which was wonderful.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Well planned

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Quality of food has fallen off in the last 16 months. Requested and was confirmed for a table of 4. At the first seating, the table was for 8! I requested to speak to the Maitre d' but he managed to avoid me for the entire meal, even after several requests to the staff. It took a written complaint before the situation was corrected.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Excellent entertainment!

Children's Programs

travelling with no children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The beds were very soft. The chair at the desk had a very low back and not very comfortable.

Ports of call

Dover (London), England

4 out of 5

Canterbury Cathedral and City - Guide was poor!

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St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

5 out of 5

Jersey War Tunnels - very interesting Guide was fair

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Dublin, Ireland Did not visit port

ill- restricted to abin

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Londonderry, Northern Ireland Did not visit port

Stop was canceled by the captain

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Rosyth (Edinburgh), Scotland Did not visit port

Ill - restricted to cabin

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Well planned

4 Comments

Kennicott 6 years ago

Your comment regarding the low backed chair at the desk caught my attention, as we had one of those also but up on deck 8 in a mini, 8050 and a year before that we were in 8000, since I only used the desk chair when I worked on my lap-top the low back was fine. We just got off the ship Feb. 14th. So then I checked the schematic for "balcony' cabins. I see what you mean, the only inside chair is that low backed one except for a large overstuffed chair. One would have to bring a balcony chair inside in order to watch T.V. comfortably. Then, I looked at the current schematic for our mini-suites, it showed only the desk chair, the couch, and another larger chair but with only a low back too, no inside table either. I took pictures inside our cabin(s) to prove that we had a table and two high backed chairs, a couch, as well as the one low back chair at the desk (this was the same in both our cabins) . There was more than ample room within the mini-suite for all this. I will be very unhappy if they have decided to do away with the inside table and the two high backed chairs. I wonder what gives? Check my picture of the inside of our cabin in my review.

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GIL155 7 years ago

What changed so much?

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twangster 7 years ago

Yes, details would be helpful for those considering this cruise or itinerary.

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majmom96 7 years ago

Do you mind elaborating on some of the changes you didn't like? Thanks.

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