Fabulous itinerary, Dining efficient, Embarkation smooth, disembarkation-chaotic.

Sapphire Princess Cruise Review to South America

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Sapphire Princess

16 Night Antarctica & Cape Horn (Santiago To Buenos Aires)

Sail date: January 20, 2024

Ship: Sapphire Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C601

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Embarkation was smooth. We loved the itinerary,especially Antarctica, the dining, the dancing, the three production and the lectures. Stewards and dining and other staffs were fantastic, efficient and always greeting us with a smile. Nonetheless, Princess should not cut down on some amernities, eg Bring back coffee cards, no charges on Alfredo's Pizza( we always eat lunch here in previous cruises), Elites should not be charged for Wifi, Restrict the handicap seats for handicap only. Improve disembarkation.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Three productions show were vexcellent, lectures very good, individual show, okay.

Children's Programs

No children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward is excellent, Dining staffs are excellent esp Ryan Lunar, Antonio Chaporro , King and Milo.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Yes.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Our cabin is a bit smaller w/ good size balcony. It's at 10th floor, midship, thus not too choppy during 3 choppy days at sea.

Ship tip

Bring dramamine or ginger tea if not used to choppy water.

Ports of call

San Antonio, Chile

4 out of 5

Punta Arenas, Chile

4 out of 5

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

5 out of 5

Cruise Cape Horn Did not visit port

The Captain decided that since we'll be in Cape Horn about 3 AM (we'll be sleeping and it will be dark) we proceeded to Antarctica so we can see the famous A23a iceberg floating. It's historical. I applaud the Captain's decision.

Cruise Antarctic Peninsula

5 out of 5
Fantastic glaciers, icebergs, hunchback whales and dolphins jumping in from glaciers to the waters. It's so amazing. being there. You'll feel great seeing them.

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

5 out of 5
We'd been here before during our South America Cruise some years ago, and it still amazes me.

Montevideo, Uruguay

4 out of 5
Quiet. We took the City tour. Guide was good, explains the history and the landmarks in the City.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

4 out of 5
We took the disembark tour. The tour took us to houses with different colors, historical but not amazing. At Recolleta, we passed by Eva Peron's Mausoleum.

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Chaotic. . . The color code for luggages is not well implmented. Took us a long time to find our luggages . Took Princes longer time to deliver luggage to the airport.
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Niavlys     9 months ago

At least it was only disembarkation that was chaotic... Tks for sharing with us

javawoody     9 months ago

Appreciate the review

Lounray     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

karlgrgurich     9 months ago

Amazing itinerary. Good suggestions as well.

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