Diamond Princess Reviews
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
I have just returned from a cruise to Hawaii out of Los Angeles on the Diamond Princess. Princess is my favourite line and this was my fourth ship of the line, the largest and sad to say although I enjoyed the cruise, it did not light my fire like the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We cant decide if this cruise was the best ever - if not, it is certainly up there. The 4 days at sea from LA to Hawaii was so relaxing although there were plenty of activities to keep you busy if you wanted it. My husband enjoyed going to ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Mediterranean
Generally speaking we had a good cruise although we have had better ! We thought the standards in food and entertainments was not up t o the usual Princess standards. Whilst there is nothing that would be noticed by a First-time cruiser. it was below the norm! No specifics in the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
My husband and I together with our 19 year old daughter and 17 year old son have just returned from the Diamond Princess Christmas and New Year cruise to Hawaii. We are all seasoned cruise travellers and have travelled several times with Princess, so had certain expectations. We booked in ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Diamond Princess 17 December '07 15 days Overall, an excellent and enjoyable cruise to the Hawaiian Islands over Christmas and the New Year. Boarding at LA was quick and efficient and we quickly found our cabin, deck 12 (A433) balcony with two comfortable frame type chairs and a small table. It was quite small ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We have just returned from a 17 day Christmas & New Year cruise around Hawaii aboard the Diamond Princess. The ship is large and was also full, but it absorbed people with comfort.No waiting in long lines. Keeping to their brochure promise -"We are here to please you" Princess certainly did ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Our cruise along the coast of Alaska was preceded by a coach tour through the Canadian Rockies from Calgary to Vancouver. The tour was excellent and accompanied by a really lovely Tour Guide who made the whole tour very intersting and who had a fantastic knowledge of the places we ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We looked forward with great excitement to our Hawaii cruise on Diamond Princess. We were welcomed aboard and found our cabin to be spotlessly clean and adequate for two. We dashed all over the ship and found the beautiful atrium and glass lifts and spa, all giving it a luxury ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Overall, an excellent and enjoyable cruise to the Hawaiian Islands over Christmas and the New Year. Boarding at LA was quick and efficient and we quickly found our cabin, deck 12 (A433) balcony with two comfortable frame type chairs and a small table. It was quite small by previous balcony cabin ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We travelled on Diamond Princess to Hawaii in November and must say had an excellent time. This is only the second time we have cruised with Princess Cruises having mainly cruised with Celebrity and must say that on this occasion almost everything lived up to our expectations. We had an ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We have just returned from the 16 night cruise from Los Angelos to Hawaiim on Diamond Princess. I would recommend this cruise for people who are used to cruising as there are a lot of sea days 8 days in total. The whole trip was excellent as per usual ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Looking forward to our trip on the Diamond Princess, we embarked on our transatlantic flight with Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow. The flight was very good, with plenty of leg room and complimentary drinks. We arrived in Los Angeles airport late evening, I am standing at the carousel to retrieve the luggage, ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Looking forward to our trip on the Diamond Princess, we embarked on our transatlantic flight with Virgin Atlantic from Heathrow. The flight was very good, with plenty of leg room and complimentary drinks. We arrived in Los Angeles airport late evening, I am standing at the carousel to retrieve the luggage, ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Things got off to a bad start as we were not seated together on the aircraft and when we complained Princess Cruises blamed American Air lines and visa versa. On arrival at LA there was no transport provided by Princess Cruises to our overnight hotel we had to struggle with our ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Whilst we have cruised before (including with Princess) we had not cruised on such a large ship, and were a little apprehensive as to whether we would like it. I have to say that we had a really great time, the cabin was lovely and the the service we received ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We joined the Diamond Princess on 2nd January in Los Angeles to sail around the Hawaiian Islands and back. We had an axcellent cabin with balcony on Baja deck, and a very attentive steward, who managed to clean and tidy the cabin apparently without moving anything! There was ample space for ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
We decided to take an Alaskan 7 night cruise preceded by a 6 night Land Tour in the Canadian Rockies to celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary. The Land Tour was wonderful with beautiful hotels and scenery, wonderful food and a very knowledgeable guide. The weather was beautiful so that certainly made ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
After many cruises we wanted to visit Alaska, we travelled with Princess Cruises on the Diamond Princess, we had one week on land then we joined the ship we had the most exciing trip ever. While going through the National Park a Park Ranger came on board ship to share there ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
A long flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles with an overnight stay in hotel on 16 night holiday. Next morning we joined up with another couple to take a 3 hour taxi ride incorporating tour of Sunset Strip, Beverley Hills and Hollywood. Back to hotel for coach to join Diamond Princess for ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
we loved the Diamond Princess crusie ship it had everything we needed for a fantastic holiday. This ship provided the best service we have ever experienced on this type of holiday and the dining room staff were exceptional. We look forward to our next cruisr with Princess ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
In 2006 my wife and I cruised to the Arctic on the Sea Princess and whilst aboard we were mesmerised by the promotion video for their Alaska Cruises. However, as most trips seemed to be for seven or ten days, it seemed a long way to fly to the embarkation point ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We have cruised several times and were again looking forward to our departure.After a stay overnight in Los Angeles at the Hilton Airport hotel, very good for quick transfer from the airport and very good standard.The next morning on the 17 jan we transferred to the ship.Arriving at 1.00pm we were ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Pacific
We have sailed with Princess before and this was just as good as all the others. Diamond Princess is a beautiful ship - very elegant. It was a flawless booking in and we were soon settled in our Cabin which was very spacious and had a balcony. The ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
A long flight from Heathrow with an overnight stay in a hotel in Los Angleses forming part of the 16 night holiday. Next morning we joined another couple to take a 3 hour taxi sightseeing tour incorporating Sunset Strip, Beverley HIlls na dHollywood. A walk around Hollywood was very interesting ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
This 15 night cruise, with a total of 10 days at sea was all we expected it to be, apart from the weather. We have previously sailed with P&O and Celebrity and any criticism should be taken from the start point that all were excellent. I think Diamond Princess is a bit ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
As we had been to Hawaii previously , this cruise from Los Angeles to Hawaii and back looked attractive. Unfortunately things started badly with a 6 hour delay at Manchester airport on the Continental airline flight to New York where we were scheduled to change flights to Los Angeles. We had ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
15th Feb to 2nd March 2008-03-15 From Los Angeles it’s a 4 days at sea trek when the weather is not great this can seen a little too long. Hilo was the first stop and if you have not booked a tour or gone out early the public transport is few and far ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Went with Cruise Club UK, well organised, good trip. Virgin good airline, films and entertainment very good. Best bits - LA overnight stay prior to cruise and LA tour on day of return, all arranged by CC. Cruising 3 / 4 days to get there plus same coming back. Hawaii weather is ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Australasia
We boarded the Diamond Princess in Singapore - having booked a cruise for 30 days ending in Auckland. We had a cabin with a balcony - great position all was wonderful - except I took ill on board - and spent numerous days in hospital on Board during the first ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Now at the age of 60 I am planning our next cruise. I have got time on my hands at last so what better way to see the world. My husband and I joined the Diamond Princess on 1st April, and we cruised the Hawaiin Islands. It was a most memorable ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Pacific
having just completed a cruise to Hawaii we found the ship up to Princess's usual standards, shiny but not glitzy. Large ship but does not feel crowded even when fully occupied. We had a balcony cabin which was supposedly able to accomodate 3 adults but in real terms only suitable for ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We sailed on the Diamond Princess to Hawaii on 1 April 2008. If you've never been to Hawaii before, this is a really good way of seeing all the islands have to offer instead of the usual Honolulu trip most people make for around the same amount of money. The ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Last christmas we decided to take a cruise at Christmas and chose the Diamond Princess cruise around Hawaii. After a long flight to LA we had an over night at the LAX Hilton which was really festive. Then we joined the ship, which was huge. As the cruise progressed through ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
This was our first cruise, and we went with some trepidation - the cabin, the weather, the food etc. However the ship, the crew, the cabin exceeded our expectations by a long way. The service was excellent, the ship absolutely spotless, the food wonderful - although there was too many opportunities ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We sailed on the Diamond Princess to Hawaii. The crise started in Los Angeles where we spent two nights before being taken to the ship. As you would expect from a cruise line like Princess everything was extremely slick, the embarkation was fast and trouble free luggage arived without delay the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Our 8th cruise with Princess. Usual very high standards of cleanliness and attention to detail and hygeine in public areas along with exceptional attention to stateroom presentation throught the cruise. Service in the International dining room (second sitting conventional dining) was slow. This probably contributed to lukewarm and overcooked food being presented, ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Our 4th cruise with Princess , gave us the breathtaking experience of Alaska.(The week before we had done the travelling through Canada + The Rockies. ) Embarkation in Vancouver is somewhat lengthy + tiring for the folks who had done the pre-cruise tour. Once on board , everything was what ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Pacific
Arrival after 11 hour flight - chaos! no transfer - waited nearly 2 hours for coach to hotel! Arrival at hotel (the queueing begins) Now have to stand in line to complete more paperwork. Am at the hotel -oh joy -join another queue to have paperwork checked. Off to the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
We took The Diamond Princess from Vancouver to China (Beijing) passing through many ports of call on the way. We are not seasoned cruisers by any stretch of the imagination but we are seasoned travellers. This review is split into two parts - on board and ashore. The itinerary was superb ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
On the whole I enjoyed the cruise. The destinations were interesting, especially the Great Wall of China, and we were very lucky with the weather. I was however, bitterly disappointed with my cabin. I had accepted a booking of a cabin with 'partially obstructed view' on the understanding ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Myself and husband have just returned from a cruise from Whittier to Bangkok, we had a fantastic time. Enjoyed all the ports of call, it was fascinating seeing all the different cultures. We have sailed on the Diamond Princess before and like the ship very much. Our table waiters were great ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We were so impressed with the Diamond Princess which we booked for our Silver Wedding Anniversary. The cruise to the Hawaiian Islands was the best we had ever taken. With a few more days at sea than we were used to we had not expected that the ship would ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Chose this cruise because of Nagasaki & Beijing (the Great Wall). With tickets arrived a letter stating Nagasaki had been removed from the ports of call. Problem with Novo Virus during the second week as such Medical department under extreme pressure and stateroom service reduced in an attempt to deal with ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
We sailed on the Diamond Princess form L.A to Hawaii, thinking this would be a cruise of a liftime, how wrong we were.The first 2 days were cold and when we arrived in Hawaii it was just like any other US city, on board I would say the average age of ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Alaska is rightly very high on many travellers wish list. Combine this with a repositioning cruise to the Far East visiting Japan, South Korea, Russia and China and you have a fantastic variety of cultures, food and scenery to experience. We achieved this on our cruise from Vancouver to Beijing on ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
hi, just returned from southeast asia cruise on the diamond princess, the food was out of this world , such a lot of different dishes to choose from. the service was also very good. we had a disable cabin, that was huge. plenty of entertainment , bingo, cabaret ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
We went on a wonderful cruise, this year October 2008. We spent 3 days in Beijing, seeing lots of wonderful sites, and then cruised for 16 nights on the Princess ship Diamond Princess the cruise was South East Asia and China. We left Beijing, then sailed to Okinawa, ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Having just returned from Diamond Princess's cruise to the Far East I must say the cruise was not without its problems. Departure from Beijing was delayed due to the Captain and many passengers suffering from Novovirus. The Chinese authorities insisted on the ship being sanitised and prohibited the serving of raw ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
The crusie from LA to Hawaii was great, so different from the cruises we have done in the Caribbean. The 4 sea days each were I thought might get monotonous but it was nice to utilise the ships facilities more than we have in the past. The weather going across the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Having just returned from the far East cruise on board Diamond Princess I must say that the cruise fell below our expectations. We began with a 5 day pre cruiser to Beijing and Xian which was excellent and very well organised. we visited places like the Great Wall and Terracotta Army ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Grand Princess from Beijing to Bangkok. On arrival at port we found the ship had been fumigated because of Norovirus, and 2,500+ people were waiting to board at the same time! Absolute chaos - Chinese authorities were holding things up, but Princess could have organised access to the embarkation suite better. ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
My wife and I, along with two friends, went on the Far East cruise on Diamond Princess in November 2008. The pre-cruise experience in Beijing and Xian was great. The embarkation was a fiasco as the Norovirus had broken out on the ship during the previous trip (not their fault) but ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
For Princess this was an unusually poor start to our Diamond Princess cruise from Whittier to Beijing, but it did not spoil another good Princess Cruise. We had an overnight stop at the Doubltree Hotel in Seattle, this was fine, but we had a 05:00 start the following morning and the Princess ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Princess Cruises/Diamond Princess/Vancouver to Beijing,by Williams of Morecambe. Daytime flight from Manchester to Vancouver with Thomas Cook Airline was very good with plenty of legroom[I am 6ft tall] Western Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver was excellent,we were on 19th floor overlooking the harbour and saw Diamond Princess arriving at 0630hrs Problems at Vancouver Cruise ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Australasia
We have just returned from our honeymoon cruise to the far east and Australia and despite the falling pound we enjoyed our best ever cruise. Vietnam and Borneo were a little disapointing but our trips ashore in Singapore and Australia were wonderful.We did several trips ashore doing our own thing as ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
WE enjoyed a wonderful cruise on the diamond princess, we fancied a change from the caribbean and hawaii did not dissapoint. the islands are gorgeous, we enjoyed whale watching in maui, ziplining in kauaii, the sunset at waikiki and stunning scenery on the big island. we had 2 nights ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
We left the UK on 4 November for what was intended to be a special trip to celebrate our Ruby wedding anniversary, postponed from 2007 as we could not get a suitable booking in that year. It was by far the most expensive holiday we have ever taken so our disappointment ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
My wife and I, started our cruise with 3 days in Bangkok and ended with 3 days in Beijing. The cruise itinerary was, Bangkok, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Japan, (Island of Okinawa) Nagasaki, China.(Shanghai) and China (Beijing). We have done 17 cruises with different cruise lines and would give this ship average+. Unfortunately ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Hawaii
Husband and I are 50-ish. This was our 4th cruise; 2nd with Princess. We are now strictly Princess cruisers. We drove to LA, stayed at the DoubleTree San Pedro - great hotel, large suite, full breakfast, parking, shuttle to and from pier. Embarkation - - easy, and quick; about 10 minutes ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Alaska what an adventure! We booked a Princess Land Tour and Cruise on the Diamond Princess September 2008! Flight from LHW to Seattle was very good World Traveler plus with BA, in this trip all accomodation had been included. The Princess pick up at sEATTLE was very good,Princess tours looked after ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Early in 2008 my wife and I decided to book a cruise to Canada and Alaska,as I always love the sunny weather and good beaches,I was a little reluctant to try Alaska,and Snow,after a long decussion we then decided to book a cruise, We decided to on Princess Cruises, the ship ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Australasia
We've just completed back to back cruises on Diamond Princess - 32 nights total. We joined the ship in Auckland and sailed around New Zealand to Sydney and then stayed on for the next cruise around Australia, Singapore, Vietnam,Cambodia and left the ship in Bangkok. The ship itself is magnificent, an excellent ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
J.Simpson 18th April 2009 myself & my husband have just returnd from a fantastic cruise from Bangkok to Beijing the 3 nights in Bangkok before the cruise we enjoyed including the orginised trips we stayed at the "Pathumwan Princess it was excelant. Very well orginised on going on board ship had not ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Never been to the Far East before - this cruise seemed to be the ideal way to visit lots of exotic, mysterious places in one go - and it was a fantastic experience. We decided that as we were travelling so far it would be good to spend some extra ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
The Diamond Princess is a lovely ship, there were many features of the ship that we really liked. Our cabin was smaller than we have experienced on other cruise lines but was comfortable, well furnished and was kept spotlessly clean by Jose our steward. The public areas of the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Having read the rewiews of others on this particular itinery it was with some trepidation that my wife and set off on Monday 13th April. Others had suffered from disruption post cruise in Bangkok and here we were setting off with the BBC showing city riots and the foreign office suggesting ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
I did the cruise in March from Bangkok to Beijing - if I had read some of the previous comments I would have been quite nervous - I am so glad I hadn't read them. From the minute we left Heathrow Airport I found the whole experience excellent - we ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
We sailed as aparty of four from Bangcock to Xingang(for Beijing).The original itinerary included nagasaki but this was withdrawn due to previous long custom clearance problems on other cruises---considering we still docked at okinawa i find this a bit odd...we were very upset at this port cancellation---could it be due to ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Diamond Princess Laem Chabang (For Bangkok) sailing 15th April 2009 When booking our cruise we forgot two things the Thai New Year Songkran we arrived at the start to the festivities and on Mayday, we dock in Beijing that day! We decided not to stay in Bangkok, a good decision due to the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Australasia
This was to be our 2nd Princess cruise and our first time to Australia or New Zealand. We combined the cruise with a Princess land tour beforehand. The land tour was fantastic and took in sights included Ayres Rock and the Great Barrier Reef. Both of which ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
I have been cruising for 20 years and my last on the Diamond Princess from China to Alaska was one of the best. All the crew were attentive and always wanted to engage you in conversation. I like my exercise and with three sessions a day and every day ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
norway is fantastik it is the 4 time we are there,so we dont have the time wondering about the food cabin and te shows ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Alaska
Diamond Princess - Cruise to Alaska 2009 We have just returned from our first Princess cruise - to Alaska in June. It was an amazing adventure. Embarkation was a little lengthy in Vancouver, but once on-board everything was fine. A couple of days into the cruise people were reporting ...More
Princess Cruises,
Diamond Princess,
Far East
Overall we were happy with the itinerary but did notice there has been an economy drive in the quality of the food and service. The part which stood out was the disembarkation shambles where no staff members were available first to direct people to the correct coach for the rest of ...More