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Sailing Date(s): January 13, 2014


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	Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 65+ Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview Princess is a Prince of a cruise line. by Bob R. from Marietta, GA Sailing date: Jul 2009 Pros: Food, Food, Food, Cabin Accommodations, Crew respect for passengers. Cons: Nothing wrong, planning another cruise. A1, Top Drawer, Triple A, 1st Class, Double Distilled Goooood. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Juneau, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Juneau, Alaska Ketchikan, Alaska Skagway, Alaska 20 out of 21 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 4 - 6 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Balcony Great SHIP!!!! by A Traveler from monterey, california Sailing date: Nov 2008 Pros: Most personnel friendly, courteous and helpful Cons: Thought Personnel should assist with airlines boarding pass returns instead of making people use the internet to pay for the boarding pass Excellent condition of ship....great upkeep and luxurious areas...rooms a little small but cozy...personnel mostly helpful Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Love the idea of free style seating.... Stateroom Quality little too small but cozy Ship Staff Quality Believe staff should be more helpful especially to older people not familiar with computer usage...assist with disembarkment and airline boarding passes WITHOUT additional charges Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Mazatlan, Mexico; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Mazatlan, Mexico Excursion to Cactus Rock (kayaking) was great...Guides were conscientious and helpful..Safety and concern were a MUST for this groupll Extra nice touch was the fruit bar and stay upon the beach for swim or hike at nearby hill Don't Miss: Kayaking around Cactus Island Puerto Vallarta, Mexico ATV was a fantastic excursion..recommend to everyone...disclaimer is needed especially for the elderly ... nice lunch served was an added bonus...Great Asada taco from the "Original Taco Bell" Don't Miss: ATV excursion Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Poor safety on Kayaking adventure near Santa Maria Beach...1 guide for 15 kayakers is not enough... Minimum of 2 guides (1 front and 1 rear of kayaking escursion should be mandated) 17 out of 19 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Family w/older children Our overall experience was very pleasant by Wes from Lincoln, CA Sailing date: May 2006 Pros: Ammenities, features, smooth cruising abilities, the staff of waiters (excellent), and stateroom attendants (also excellent). The servicing our room and the waiters at dinner were definitely above average. These people alone help to make this cruise a success. Without them, I would have considered this cruise a disaster especially in how the medical aspect was handle with our young granddaugher. 25 out of 37 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Pampered and loving it. by Kathy from Spokane, WA Sailing date: Sep 2006 Pros: Great food, friendly staff, terrific entertainment, clean, comfortable surroundings, no chance of getting bored! Love almost everything about the Princess experience. They pamper you with all kinds of comforts; the entertainment is top notch; the food is totally terrific! Loved the hot tubs, too! Having said that, I must add that I did not like the fact that they try to get you to purchase "extras" all the time -- especially did not like that Coke (and other soft drinks) were not included in the fare. Come on now, Coke?? It should not be an "extra". With all the wonderful things they provide, charging extra for soft drinks seems kind of ridiculous. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 20 out of 27 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 65+ Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Couple Stateroom Type: Oceanview Great cruise to Mexico by Ralph B from St. Louis, MO Sailing date: Oct 2008 Pros: The side trips to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Luis were fun and wonderful. Cons: Computer forms to fill out The Sapphire Princess is one of the large cruise ships with excellent crew and WONDERFUL food. We liked the "anytime dining" plan famous with Princess. Our stateroom was excellent. Ship Details: Ship Quality The only negatative point related to the ship was ship design regarding some major facilities where one has to go from 7th floor to 8th and then back to 7 to get to some facilities for entertainment or dining. Dining/Food Dining room food was great. For lunch this cruise offered only a buffet (average). For our previous Princess cruise, one could also choose a sit down dining room for breakfast or lunch. Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Mazatlan, Mexico; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Mazatlan, Mexico Shopping was all we did here ... was ok. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Beach break was fun, relaxing and nice with swim-up bar. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Great opportunity for excellent photos by taking the "Pirate ship" excursion with snorkeling. It was fun and we got some great photos of "Land's End" at Cabo. 11 out of 12 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Couple ...And A Good Time Was Had By All! by Joe from Bedford, MA Sailing date: Jul 2006 Pros: New anything always carries a patina, and the Sapphire Princess was comparatively new, but for this first time traveler, size was impressive, balcony accommodations welcoming, room steward friendly, food delicious, theatre entertainment enjoyable and well crafted, landscapes impressive, etc.,... Who This was a trip we [wife, son, and girlfriend] had anticipated and planned for more than a year. From embarkation to debarkation, all aspects of our travel were excellent, efficient and without problems. One could equally credit everyone from the transfer buslines and their hosts, as well as the stateroom stewards, the ship's captain book signing, and the travelers we met on board; it was good people and flawless services which made for a faultless trip. All were a perfect compliment to our family wedding service at a garden park in Juneau. Certainly a good time was had by all! We'll be back. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities 10 out of 12 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Family w/young children Stateroom Type: Balcony Alaska advice by A Traveler from NJ Sailing date: Jul 2009 Pros: Great service Cons: unmet expectations on excursions The ship was clean, rooms weren't too cramped. Service from every single person was professional and warm. Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Easy to indulge or eat healthy. Buffet was super convenient. Upcharge restaurants offered truly fine dining. Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Not too much where people were hovering, but down to the last individual, we had great service. Entertainment & Activities Kid program was great. Would've liked more programming for adults that was culturally related to Alaska. VERY annoyed at a "seminar" on flatter stomachs that was actually a pitch for an expensive 180 (!) day detox program. Children's Programs Staff was upbeat. Activities were varied. Would've liked to see other areas of the ship utilized more frequently. My kids were happy to attend. Read this user's port of call reviews: Juneau, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Juneau, Alaska Weather was typical- which means annoying rain. Even that couldn't ruin the fun we had at the Dog Sled summer camp. Whale watching was a success to a certain extent- staff was cool and we did see whales...from far away. Blow hole spray and a tail at a distance. From NJ it's a 8.5 hour plane ride and I was a bit disappointed, even though we glimpsed Orcas. Don't Miss: Dog sled Ketchikan, Alaska Weather kept our private fishing/wilderness dining tour from being excellent. Even with 5 hours of unrelenting downpour made this day a favorite for our family. Don't Miss: private fishing/wilderness dining excursion Skagway, Alaska Glacier dogsledding advice: Don't get your hopes up! So many people love this experience but apparently MANY never get there due to weather cancellations. We got up in the heli but had to turn back. Very disappointing. Temsco gives a full refund, but if a family is an 8.5 hr plane ride from home and willing to pay almost $2k to do this excursion, it's clearly a high priority. The staff in Skagway was unwilling to call their other location in Juneau to see if we had a chance to do the trip in that port the next day. She said "We can't use our phone lines for that." Wha???? We decided to go for the sure thing in Juneau and went to the Summer Dog Sled Camp. It was worth giving up the glacier to be sure we had the experience. So I would advise trying the heli tour in your first port, and if it falls through, go for the summer camp. PS- many flights in Juneau were cancelled too so we would've been out of luck had we opted to try again. Don't Miss: I wouldn't know 8 out of 9 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: First cruise Traveler Type: Family w/older children Stateroom Type: Inside Fabulous Cruise by Jose J from Alexandria, VA Sailing date: Apr 2010 Pros: The Service Cons: The lack of real ice cream for "make your own sundae " at the restaurant. The ship was fantastic, cruise fully booked but never felt crowded anywhere unless you wanted to be. The food in the buffett was very good overall. The restaurant evening dining assigned times was "superb." The minor fact that a 4 star style quality restaurrant did not offer a "true" sundae with real hot fudge was a negative counterpoint to what would have bee 5-star dining. The staff in the evenings superb, during the day, well let's just say that english was not their strong suit. Overall I would do it again, the shows excellent, the comedian outstanding, the overall experience very very nice indeed! Ship Details: Ship Quality Dining/Food Stateroom Quality Ship Staff Quality Entertainment & Activities 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 30 - 49 Cruise Experience: 7+ cruises Traveler Type: Couple Ship Review by Fel from Hawaii Sailing date: Jan 2007 Pros: Cabin service. Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Entertainment: Nightly shows were averaged compared with other cruise ships. 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful. Did you find this review helpful? Overall Rating: About the Reviewer: Age: 50 - 65 Cruise Experience: 2 - 3 cruises Traveler Type: Singles/friends Ultimate Experience! Princess does the f by Renee from Arizona Sailing date: Mar 2007 Pros: The Captain, with his wit and information! Also the decor is beautiful! A trip of a lifetime and on the Best Cruiseline! Ship Details: Entertainment & Activities Read this user's port of call reviews: Ayers Rock, Australia; Cairns, Queensland, Australia; Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia; Cruise Great Barrier Reef Collapse List of Ports Ports of Call: Ayers Rock, Australia It rained and that made it all the more special to see the waterfalls!! Very special place and everyone should go there with that in mind and treat it with respect and reverance! Don't Miss: The whole adventure of it! Cairns, Queensland, Australia Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia The Great Barrier Reef is a little too tourist now and I'm afraid it is causing damage to the reef. There were so many people it was hard to enjoy. Probably wouldn't do again. Cruise Great Barrier Reef 8 out of 11 people found this review helpful. 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