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Anyone here ever cruised on Princess before? We are booked on a Princess cruise for May 2010 on the Emerald. I would love to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Thanks!
We did the Emerald Princess in the Med two years ago and had a nice time. However, we did encounter a few ripples which I would attribute mainly to our particular passenger load and the ship being very new at the time. On the other hand, the food was awesome, by far the best we have encountered on any of our seven cruises. Some of the shows were also very good.
We loved our cruise on the Crown Princess and are booked on the Sapphire Princess for Alaska next July. Please let me know if you have any specific questions!
While I totally appreciate your review (thanks! ), I am also somewhat concerned that we have possibly made a mistake with this booking. I am sorry to hear you had a less than stellar experience.
We are hoping for a relaxing 7 day Caribbean cruise on a ship with good food, good programming, and a not-so party-ish atmosphere. We are a childless couple in our later 30's who enjoy pool time (sans drunken folks), spa visits, shopping, walking tours of new cities/destinations/ports, movies, wine tastings, and production shows.
We have a balcony room booked (will be first time cruising with a balcony, as we have only ever done insides/promenade rooms), so we are hoping that will give us the space we crave on a a cruise along with the "quiet" refuge we seek when wanting to enjoy the ocean view/sun without a lot of hoopla going on around us.
We have sailed RCCL once (Freedom) and Disney 3x (Wonder), so we don't have a lot of cruising experience. We chose this cruise for it's ports, timeframe, value, and for a new experience. We will be on Disney (Dream) again in May '11...
What is the passenger composition like? (in terms of demographics)
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While I totally appreciate your review (thanks! ), I am also somewhat concerned that we have possibly made a mistake with this booking. I am sorry to hear you had a less than stellar experience.
We are hoping for a relaxing 7 day Caribbean cruise on a ship with good food, good programming, and a not-so party-ish atmosphere. We are a childless couple in our later 30's who enjoy pool time (sans drunken folks), spa visits, shopping, walking tours of new cities/destinations/ports, movies, wine tastings, and production shows.
We have a balcony room booked (will be first time cruising with a balcony, as we have only ever done insides/promenade rooms), so we are hoping that will give us the space we crave on a a cruise along with the "quiet" refuge we seek when wanting to enjoy the ocean view/sun without a lot of hoopla going on around us.
We have sailed RCCL once (Freedom) and Disney 3x (Wonder), so we don't have a lot of cruising experience. We chose this cruise for it's ports, timeframe, value, and for a new experience. We will be on Disney (Dream) again in May '11...
What is the passenger composition like? (in terms of demographics)
For what you are looking for, I think Princess will be a great fit. It is very mellow. We did a seven day southern Caribbean itinerary on the Crown Princess and loved it. We were among the youngest cruisers on that trip (mid-twenties). Most cruisers were couples in their thirties, forties, and up and there were some families.
What is the itinerary you are looking at for the Emerald? If it is the same as the one we did for the Crown I could give you more specific feedback on the ports.
can't speak for Princess tours where you're going but they have a fabulous reputation here in Alaska for tourists... Alaskans are a little miffed at them right now due to their pulling some of their ships out of the area due to our having to increase the taxes for teh cruises... but aside from politics, Princess is a great company.
DH and I have cruised on Princess 5 times, and we love it. We have never had any issues with them at all. The crew has always been wonderful, and the food (no matter where we ate) was delicious. We always choose the "anytime dining" (I think that's what they call it when you can go to the restaurant at any time between 5:00 and 9:30) and love the idea of eating when we want to rather than having to choose a specific time such as 6:00 or 8:30. The people on board for the most part are not loud and bothersome. The pool areas often get crowded (especially sea days) but there are always deck chairs available as long as you are not set on sitting right next to the pool. We actually prefer the upper level pool chairs (you walk down to the pool if you want to swim) because there tends to be less movement from people around you. On sea days, there is usually a planned pool games activity that are funny to watch. Princess also offers great tours (at additional cost) for when you are in your designated ports. Our favorite Princess cruise thus far has been the Panama Canal 10 day on the Coral Princess. I think you will be pleased with your choice. We won't cruise with anyone else except Princess.
can't speak for Princess tours where you're going but they have a fabulous reputation here in Alaska for tourists... Alaskans are a little miffed at them right now due to their pulling some of their ships out of the area due to our having to increase the taxes for teh cruises... but aside from politics, Princess is a great company.
Thanks for saying that! DS works for Princess and cruised one of their ships to Alaska last year. Once the Alaskan season starts this year, back up he goes! To the OP, he was almost scheduled to work on the Emerald in June, but they switched his schedule, so he's not familiar with the Emerald.
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I am sorry to hear you had a less than stellar experience. 
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