Perfect if you’re an American retiree

Item: Pacific Princess
Rating: 3.4
Author: LilSmurf

Pacific Princess Cruise Review to Transatlantic

LilSmurf

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

29 Night Mediterranean Grand Adventurer (Venice To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: November 23, 2019

Ship: Pacific Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4043

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Retirement Senior moments galore, you will meet seasoned cruisers here

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Your typical travel experience, show your ID, scan your bags, take every single piece of metal off and jackets off

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The dining room is nice, semi formal to super formal for all dinners, casual for breakfast and lunch. The wait staff we had, definitely had a good sense of humour, considering we were in the minority (non American and not of retirement age)

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Onboard activities focused on retirement age/elderly - old school music, old school comedians, controversial movies old and new, casino, shuffleboard, golf, spa, gym, walking track and of course had a Jacuzzi,

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Old School suited to older generations

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

There isn’t any children’s programs, it’s not frowned upon to bring children on board, however they are not accommodated for

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Our Room steward was awesome, we gave him our own tips, separate from the mandatory ‘gratuities’, our wait staff were awesome, given commendations to management on our debarkation. Didn’t really associate with much other staff, past the average greetings as we didn’t really do much of the activities on board, we are 44 & 46, but they were suited to a lot older market

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Clean and well maintained. Only disappointment was our cabin window exterior hadn’t been cleaned in a while, stopped me from taking photos of the view from our room

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Bed is amazing, best sleep I’ve had in a long time, considering purchasing their bed line. The room is the usual box, annoyed at the size or lack there of in the en-suite, I’m short and slim, but still found it difficult to shower, don’t get me started on the water temp fluctuation

Ship tip

Wait til retirement/senior age before you sail

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Ports of call

Venice, Italy

3 out of 5

Location you need to experience once, even at high tide, I recommend a pair of Wellington boots, variations are available for purchase on the streets

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Sibenik, Croatia

3 out of 5

Very rocky, our tour took us to Split, very historical

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Kotor, Montenegro

3 out of 5

Very historical

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Corfu, Greece

5 out of 5

The culture draws you in and the Koum Quat distillery is a definite requirement to on your visit. The scenery is amazing and our tour guide was awesome, I want to go back one day

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Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5

It has everything, history, culture and landmarks.

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Santorini, Greece

3 out of 5

The picture postcard views, the shopping. I would compare it to Bali, but more expensive

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Piraeus (Athens), Greece

3 out of 5

Very historical. Beware pick pockets offering you flowers, they travel in groups

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Catania, Sicily

5 out of 5

We toured the volcano, don’t take the 4WD tour, it’s over-rated, you get a total of 5 minutes of actual 4WD-ing in an 8 hour tour

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Salerno (Naples), Italy

3 out of 5

We took a tour to Pompei and Amalfi, when I go back I would be inclined to book a car and driver, just to go to Pompei and explore for the day, we only got to see a smidgen of it and the Amalfi coast is over-rated and sickening for even the most travelled, I don’t suffer travel sickness and was ready to hurl on arrival just from the drive on the edge

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Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

You need a week here, it’s amazing and so much to see.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

2 Comments

bobduck1993 4 years ago

We started cruising when we were your age and noticed a lot of older cruisers who were really enjoying themselves a nd all we could think of was that we would be so happy if we could still be able to cruise at their ages,we had very good interaction with them,as if they were are ages. Now we are about their ages and continue to cruise and enjoy life,its good to look ahead!

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

Sounds like the perfect ship.

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Fantastic small ship