My wife and I both had fathers from Germany, yet we speak no German. This for the most part was a plus on this cruise: the Captain gave his twice daily messages in German and then English; almost all the crew members spoke fair to excellent English as did the majority of passengers, and we never heard a single comment in English that wasn’t directed to or from us. It was a stress free ...
We travel in a party of 11 which every one is experienced cruise traveller. The only reason that our family chose this cruise is the period time of the cruise.
I am so disappointed with almost every thing including poor boarding, bad dinner, stinct lobster, worst breakfast, too limited choices of lunch, wrong, ineffective and annoying announcement, poor quality announcer, too limited tender ...
My husband being a Vietnam vet decided to fly from LAX to Vietnam via EVA air. We spent 4 days in DaNang Vietnam prior to flying to Thailand for this cruise. In Vietnam we stayed at the Hagl in DaNang. We did an open air jeep tour with looking glass jeep tours & another tour up to Hue w/Ann Tours. Both tours were fantastic. We then flew to Bangkok where we were picked up by BAT (Bangkok airport ...
After a wonderful night and morning at the Shangri-La Hotel, we were driven by BMW to the ship at Laem Chabang(Bangkok). We went through all the paper work fast and boarded the ship.
On board we made new friends from Canada,USA,New Zealand and Australia and spent many nights going to shows and dinners with them. We attended the activities on board, viewed sky lined lights from Hong Kong, ...
This was our third Princess cruise, having previously visited the Baltic and Mediterranean. We looked upon it as a chance to see many Asian ports briefly and then decide to perhaps revisit one or more for a longer stay eventually. This was a very good Asian sampler, especially with the addition of a Tokyo stopover on the way home.
We arrived in Bangkok two days early and would really recommend ...
Background: I tend to be a small ship person so Cunard is a bit of a stretch for me. I first tried a QM2 transatlantic crossing on 2007 and my reaction was "too big and impersonal", but my behavior has not been very consistent with that assessment. I left the ship with a booking for a crossing on the way home from a vacation I had already booked for Africa the following summer. I booked 2 more ...
This was our fifth cruise but the other 4 were much better.We found the food in the Horizon buffet, and in the Vivaldi dining room was not as good as on Celebrity,Royal Caribbean & Carnival. The shellfish was especially disappointing. Usually these cruise ships have one enormous dining room and have a violinist or pianist playing dinner music but on the Diamond Princess it was split into 5 ...
Oh how exciting it is to read two differently rated reviews on this cruise (Clive & Sue).............I agree with you both!
Yes I believe the itinerary was the main attraction for many people on this cruise but others like ourselves our hardened Princess cruisers, this being our third.
Embarkation was easy, I think Princess have listened to previous reviews & had laid on extra staff to deal ...
We had decided to travel to Asia only months before departing and were very pleased to see some great packages on offer through our Internet agent and terrific prices for the package (including transfers, hotel etc). This was our ninth cruise, our second with Princess. Like most people we met on the cruise, we added extra days in both Bangkok and Beijing.
We were booked into the Banyan Tree ...
Princess Cruises: Leam Chebang Thailand to Sydney Australia 20th December 2007 to 9th January 2008 This is the first time I have attempted to write a cruise review and whilst it may sound a little harsh at times I have tried to be as honest and truthful as I can be. I am 51 year old male from the UK and travelled with my wife and 2 sons age 18 & 20 in 2 separate inside cabins on deck 10. This is ...