Emerald Princess Review

Penny pinching and over commercialisation.

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Grant Purdy
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2018
Cabin: Balcony

This was our first cruise with Princess and based on our experience will probably be the last. Throughout the trip we felt like we were being charged for everything at every possible opportunity and were barraged with sales, markets and ‘auctions’ instead of being provided with entertainment. Everything seems geared to extracting more and more dollars out of guests.

Nothing is given away free here. You have to buy your bottles of water - that they offer before a trip, decent coffee has to be paid for and there is even no wine with your meals - unless you buy it. Internate access is painfully slow and, bought per minutes is very expensive.

Other cruises give water, wine and beer with meals and internet access for free!

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin BE

The decor was tired and due for renovation.

We found. the beds much too soft - as did a number of other people we spoke to. This led to sore backs and poor sleep.

Port Reviews

Skagway

The rail trip was good with excellent commentary. Skagway itself seems totally focussed on extracting money from cruise passengers.

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