Your thoughts on Princess?
Oct 7, 2004 | 10:08 pm
#16
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: SAT
Programs: AA lifetime gold, amex cent
Posts: 20
First time cruiser now shaking
You folks have me scared now. We are planning a med cruise next summer on grand princess and what I see I am not sure it will be fun. Our issue is we have 3 kids with us so seaborn, silversea, raddison are out of the question from what I read on the web sites. Is the service/food better in the med as the mexican cruises? Or has carnival destroyed this line which from the brochure looks great for kids. 
Oct 8, 2004 | 12:19 am
#17
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 3,784
We took an Alaskan cruise years ago on Princess on one of the original love boats. This was way before Carnival bought Princess. We have taken a number of cruises, and this was one of the worst, in terms of food quality and service. Some may disagree with me... Carnival provides a better value today than Princess. At least you go into it with fairly low expectations, so are usually pleased with what you get for what you paid.
Oct 15, 2004 | 12:42 pm
#18
Join Date: Aug 2004
Programs: Amtrak, Starwood, AAdvantage
Posts: 51
Originally Posted by N674UW
We were on the Diamond as well...our biggest gripe actually was the food...a major step below RCCL...the portions small, not enough variety in the menu, waiters didn't know how to handle special requests (which havent been a problem on RCCL)...
N674UW
N674UW
Were you eating in the anytime dining rooms or in traditional? On another board, I've read tons of complaints about the anytime dining room menus being way too limited. In traditional, I thought the menu was OK, plus we occassionally got menus from the anytime dining rooms too, which added to the choices. It's not like going to a restaurant, though, where you'd get 10 or 15 different entree choices. Do other lines have more choices?