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Cruise Ship Reviews : Princess Cruises Reviews

Sapphire Princess reviews


Sapphire Princess reviews

Average customer rating:
4.38 / 5

Average Rating based on 5 Reviews:
Value For Money
Cabin Design
Entertainment
Fitness Center
Food Quality
Ship Maintenance
Spa
Specialty Restaurant
Staff and Service
Value For Money = 4.40
Cabin Design = 4.60
Entertainment = 4.20
Fitness Center = 4.00
Food Quality = 4.40
Ship Maintenance = 4.80
Spa = 3.67
Specialty Restaurant = 4.00
Staff and Service = 4.60
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cscc1 saw things this way:

Value For Money
Cabin Design
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Value For Money = 5
Cabin Design = 4
Entertainment = 5
Fitness Center = 4
Food Quality = 5
Ship Maintenance = 5
Spa = 4
Specialty Restaurant = 3
Staff and Service = 5
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Wonderful experience, had great time on this ship., January 23, 2014
Reviewer: cscc1

Pros: Love the pool at the back of ship. Entertainment was great.

Cons: Nothing that bad.

Departure port: Los Angeles

Region visited: Hawaii

Cabin category: Inside

Good for children: No

Good for teenagers: No

We had a great time.


george6529 saw things this way:

Value For Money
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Value For Money = 2
Cabin Design = 5
Entertainment = 4
Food Quality = 2
Ship Maintenance = 4
Spa = 4
Staff and Service = 4
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Average, December 1, 2011
Reviewer: george6529

Pros: Good activities

Cons: Lack of employee knowledge, lack of employee common sense

Date of cruise: November 19, 2011

Departure port: Los Angeles

Region visited: Mexico

Cabin category: Balcony

Cabin number: C734

Very poor embarkation and terrible disembarkation. No knowledge of ports of call except paid princess tours. Constant sales pitches. Very poor breakfast service the day of departure. No accommodation for passengers with early plane times - it seemed everyone left early on self service disembarkation regardless of the reason or number and size of bags. Don't go Princess if you have to disembark early! If you are one minute late for formal breakfast, even if you are handicapped, expect to be turned away. Don't expect the dining room to have the doors opened on time particularly if there are a lot of people queued up. Food was good but only on formal nights. Alcohol prices were too high. Evening dining room and cabin service were excellent. Dining room lunch food was very poor. Except for our evening dining room attendant, all employees spoke poor English.


larrytex saw things this way:

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Value For Money = 5
Cabin Design = 5
Entertainment = 4
Food Quality = 5
Ship Maintenance = 5
Staff and Service = 5
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Excellent in every way, July 29, 2011
Reviewer: larrytex

Pros: Great dining in the Any Time restaurants

Cons: n/a

Date of cruise: July 17, 2011

Departure port: Seattle

Region visited: Alaska

Cabin category: Balcony

Cabin number: c235

This is my third Princess cruise. I have never been disappointed. I was on the Sapphire for the Alaska Inside Passage. I did this same cruise five years ago with another cruise company. I had an interior cabin. This cruise I had a balcony cabin. It made the trip wonderful. I also had breakfast brought to my cabin for the morning that we cruised Tracy Arm. It was cold on the balcony, so I would go back inside to warm up with my coffee.


drtombellows saw things this way:

Value For Money
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Value For Money = 5
Cabin Design = 4
Entertainment = 4
Food Quality = 5
Ship Maintenance = 5
Staff and Service = 4
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Overall the rating is excellent., April 14, 2011
Reviewer: drtombellows

Pros: The cabin steward and Santa Fe dining room staff were outstanding.

Cons: The service in the International dning room for breakfast was poor.

Date of cruise: March 26, 2011

Departure port: Los Angeles

Region visited: Hawaii

Cabin category: Balcony

Cabin number: A333

Good for children: No

Good for teenagers: No

The layout of the ship is very complicated and difficult to navigate. They have rooms that you can only get to from the back of another room and down a set of stairs. The walkways are only on one side of the ship and crowded. The International dining room can only be gotten to by elevator or stairway at the stern of the ship. For passengers with wheelchairs or those who can not navigate the stairs, it is very difficult to get to the International dining room. The cabin passageways are not wide enough for a wheelchair and the steward's carts that are left in the passageway so the carts have to be moved to get past them. Otherwise, the cruise was great, with lots of enjoyable moments. We are looking forward to the next cruise on Princess. It is an understandable shame that passengers who cannot walk between the loading platform and the tender boat cannot ride the tender. We missed seeing our son because of that rule change.


toontune saw things this way:

Value For Money
Cabin Design
Entertainment
Fitness Center
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Ship Maintenance
Spa
Specialty Restaurant
Staff and Service
Value For Money = 5
Cabin Design = 5
Entertainment = 4
Fitness Center = 4
Food Quality = 5
Ship Maintenance = 5
Spa = 3
Specialty Restaurant = 5
Staff and Service = 5
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First-time cruisers and will definitely repeat, August 6, 2010
Reviewer: toontune

Pros: Food, service and spectacular views...and the travelling hotel concept

Cons: Too-short stops at some destinations

Date of cruise: July 25, 2010

Departure port: Seattle

Region visited: Alaska

Cabin category: Jr. Suite

Cabin number: D307

Although this was our first cruise with nothing to compare to, with a five-star rating it appeared quite high end. The food was spectacular, and the extra portions of lobster kept coming. The staff was always operating at 120 per cent, eager to please and succeeding. The age range was young to old, and we quickly learned that signing up for assigned dining was a mistake, as you are likely to be stuck with the wrong age group and bound to a certain dinner time. We switched to Anytime Dining, and got our freedom back. Alaska is spectacular and the destinations were great, Tracy Arm passage being the highlight. We just wish that some of the stops gave us more time. You do waste quite a bit of time at sea on the way up and back and we were wondering if they couldn't pick up the pace to give us more time....then again, many destination arrivals were early morning, and anything sooner might not have been useful. Best excursion was at Juneau for whale-watching where we saw the rare bubble net feeding ritual. Wonderous! Entertainment was very "cruise shippy" cliche and we avoided it following the first night's intro show. Overall, a wonderful experience which we hope to repeat with another destination We would go on the Sapphire Princess again, and we would highly recommend it to others. Good job Princess!

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