Princess Cruise Line Ltd

There is no real good place to review Princess cruise ships. Here are my photos review of Royal Princess, and thoughts. We cruised to Alaska in early September 2025. We had beautiful weather and was bless with seeing caving at Margie Glazier. Royal Princess staff were fantastic. We took down names of the staff who assisted us. But at the end of the cruise, we didn’t get a survey to highlight the great service they provided. Here are the names of those who shined and made the cruise enjoyable: Cristina - hostess Nompilo - hostess Carlos - jr waiter Naudi - waiter Sylvester - jr waiter Don - room steward Dion - jr waiter Oussama - jr waiter Ikhsan - jr waiter Charles - jr waiter Mario - jr waiter lunch Luis - jr waiter Princess Theater Shows - Encore was great, Aretha was good, we didn’t go to Motown, variety was good, the shows selection was okay. With the demographics of the cruisers, the shows music should gear towards audience. More country, pop, or party tunes, shows quality was very good. Check-in okay, not the worst or quick Don’t stay in cabins at the back of ship. Noise and vibration Some bath, hand, and wash towels are stained and worn. Good shower water pressure and hot Dining rooms: Allegro Casual dining room. We ate here 90% of the meals. Symphony is a bit more elegant decor Good menu selection for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Customer service desk assistants were helpful. Appreciated and enjoyed the naturalist, Robert Raincock. Robert did a great job educating and informative. He made the topics easy to understand with humor. Would recommend having him present his nature photography session at the beginning of the cruise vs on the last day of the cruise. Maybe be make it a workshop.

The food was the best part of this trip. The room was too small and the bed had two mattresses joined together so I kept falling in the gap! The cleaners and room staff were great. The shower was tiny and not much water pressure. The shows in the main room were good, other activities were a bit sad like bingo. The tv in bedroom was very bad with no reception or variety. I give the food 10 out of 10 but the rest I didn't enjoy much except for the destinations we stopped at were great. This was my first cruise and probably my last, the rest wasn't worth the price. The views were also amazing and the top bar and pool had fun bands and were entertaining.

Discovery Princess is Beautiful. The cruise was relaxing. Great service, Marcello was Amazing! He gave us everything we needed and was always available to assist.

Cruised on the Discovery from Seattle to Alaska. The food , staff and the experience were all perfect ! As always Princess never fail to impress . My favourite Cruise Line by far. No need to change anything you have it all spot on.

We have been on 11 cruises with princess, from mini cruise the four days to 11 day cruises, and every single one was absolutely amazing. The service is above and beyond, the food is yummy, the drinks are delicious and not too expensive, the entertainment is amazing and I like shopping on the ship a lot cuz it’s tax free, and there are lots of fun choices. We’ve been to Mexico, Hawaii, coastal cruises, and every single one was fun.

No Stars! Without a doubt, the worst experience of my life. In June my Wife and I took the Alaska Land Cruise after much prompting from family members. Alaska was absolutely beautiful, but the Princess was the Frog in this Grimm Fairy tale. They changed our itinerary on the 11th, we left very early on the 12th. We didn’t notice the change till we were two days into the trip. No prior notice, no explanation, no apology, just “Nothing we can do about it.” I could write a book on everything Princess did wrong. But I’ll just say this, there is no happy ending in this story. Do yourself a favor and never book anything with Princess. Oh and one last thing, I’ve eaten better food at the Seven Eleven during a late night munchies run.

Honestly pretty underwhelming overall on royal princess. Good luck getting an elevator, they take forever and are generally packed when they do arrive to your floor. I don’t think they were planned out very well, plan on walking a lot of stairs. While there are some nice staff, the majority of service/wait/bar staff are quite off putting and come off a bit rude.

Went on a 7-day cruise from Seattle to Alaska (my first cruise ever). Overall, Princess seemed like a good cruise company. Here's what I thought Princess did well: - Beautiful ship and facilities. Imagine the most luxurious, massive hotel ever floating along the sea. - Pleasant and abundant staff. There's something like 1 staff member per every 2 guests or something. People are helpful and friendly and always around. I even got to meet the ship's navigator on an excursion (she was awesome and super friendly). - Decent food. Lots of buffet and restaurant options, including much seafood. There were always options for vegetarians/pescatarians like me as well. Nice variety of desserts. - Good itinerary. We stopped in Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. Also Glacier Bay. Timing in each place was about right. - Excursion options. We did several excursions along the trip that were fantastic. From biking to canoeing to ziplining, I really enjoyed getting off the ship to do these activities. - Naturalist lectures. The ship's naturalist (Rob Raincock) is both knowledgeable and fun to listen to. I went to every one of his lectures (about salmon, bears, whales, rainforest, etc.) and enjoyed them immensely. - Medallions. The wearable tech on the form of a medallion works extremely well. It lets you on and off the ship, in and out of your cabin, facilitates security, onboarding, dining, and more. The tech was seamless and reassuring (someone knows where I am and can find me if necessary, etc). We even got internet via the Princess app, and it worked well. - Choice of restaurants. You can choose different restaurants to eat at, though the menus are mostly the same at all of them. The restaurant variety was fun to explore; you could also just go to the buffet on the Lido deck. - Staterooms and balcony. The balcony view was beautiful and I loved seeing the ocean and hearing the breeze. The cabin rooms were spacious and comfortable. Bathrooms were clean. Here's what I disliked: - Casino. I hated smelling smoke near the casino. I'm not sure why there's a casino here. Aren't people into seeing the beautiful outdoors of Alaska? I avoided the areas by the casino due to the smell of smoke. (A few times, I also smelled smoke on my balcony due to a guest who was smoking in an unallowed area.) - Jewelry stores, both on and off ship. There's nothing worse that disembarking from the ship in Juneau only to see jewelry store after jewelry store selling diamonds. I don't quite get why there are so many diamond stores, but I didn't need this. - Ship activities. I'm wasn't interested in bingo or raffles or other afternoon cruise ship activities. Apart from the naturalist lectures, most of the activities on the ship didn't interest me. (They're more geared towards retirement-aged demographics, which was probably appropriate.) I even tried to play basketball, but it was nearly impossible due to the wind, rain, and the lack of other bballers on the ship. I did attend a music night, which had an amazing soprano opera singer. I enjoyed that. I heard the impersonator was also good. But most activities, I skipped. Overall, I would prefer to travel on my own in a more self-directed way (rather than via a cruise) but I also appreciated traveling with friends on the ship. Our group included 3 couples, so we had many enjoyable dinners and excursions together. Even so, I never got used to the feeling of being one of thousands of tourists when our massive ship pulled into port and we descended upon the city. I longed to go off-path where there weren't throngs of people and where locals wouldn't see me as just another cruise tourist. I could easily sense that locals disliked the cruise ships but relied on the economic boons of it. I learned that it's pretty cheap to fly to Alaska, so if I do another vacation, I might just fly and do my own traveling. But a cruise is a great option if you want a more guided/handheld experience through Alaska, especially if you're traveling in a group.