Golden Princess Reviews
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Western Europe
From - Robert Morrison and family (7 total) - Dep date - 31/7/06. Good cruise with unusual but good choices of port. Food very good with plenty of choice, although we were surpised at the lack of 'healthy' choice ie Gluten-free etc Entertainment good but a bit automated as far as the cast was ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Northern Europe
We have recently cruised on the Golden Princess with an interesting itinery of Southampton, Dublin, Greenock, Bergen, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge, Leharve. We were impressed with Dublin and did a city bus tour. From Greenock we took in Loch Lomond. At Leharve a must is a trip to Honflour a lovley small ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Caribbean
One of our stops on a Caribbean Cruise in June 2004 was St Thomas where we took a trip to Coral World to investigate sea trekking. We watched people descend and re-emerged from the deep before we signed up! After our mandatory de-briefing we put on rubber gloves and slippers. I was nervous. ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
South America
My wife and I have recently returned from a 3 week cruise to South America: visiting Rio de Janeiro, Puerto Madryn, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and the reason we took the cruise â four days of cruising the Antarctic Peninsula and the adjacent South Shetland ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Caribbean
Golden Princess.For a very large ship very friendly. Food was excellent, and the shows were of high standard. The one downside was that a bridge playing group would sometimes take over the gamesroom and shut it to everyone else. This had not been mentioned in any of our paperwork. Also there ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Mexico
it was a christmas 7day cruise from LA to mexico riviera and back.ship was excellent weather great. food excellent. inside cabin excellent. boarding and disembarking smooth.Alot of children on board but they mainly were occupied and caused no problems.christmas atmosphere well planned.ports of call boring. no real places to tour which ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Mexico
We took the oportunity to spent Christmas with our son who works in California and booked a cruise from LA to the Mexican Riviera. Warm weather and sunshine was the main atraction hence we did not book any excursions but just took the odd taxi ride into town. Most of our ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
South America
THE 5 DAY LAND TOUR PRIOR TO THE CRUISE WAS EXCELLENT. RIO, THEN INLAND TO THE IGUACU FALLS AND THEN TO BUENOS ARIES. THE ORGANISATION AND QUALITY OF THIS TOUR WAS EXCEPTIONAL AND THE STANDARDSET IS A BENCHMARK FOR OTHER CRUISE LINES. SUGGEST IF YOU ARE CRUISING S.AMERICA LANDTOURS GIVE THE ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
British Isles
Sailing on the Grand Princess was a great experience. She is a big ship with a small intimate feel.This ship offers several formal dining rooms in the cruise tradition, with Traditional Dining at the same times for each meal, with attentive service provided by your own waiter throughout the cruise. The ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Antarctica
January 2007, it was time to start preparing for our forth coming dream holiday,29 days aroud South America & Antarctica. Our fly awar dat Jan18th soon cameabout, including high winds,which made for an exciting flight and an interesting approach(which seemed to go on for ever)then landing in Paris.After changing aircraft, we ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Mexico
We booked the least expensive balcony cabin, (Emerald Deck E204), which was a mistake. It was right over the main theater and the noise was dreadful until about 11:15. If you are a late night person, it shouldn't be a problem. Also, there was a public walkway about ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Canada
Last August we travelled through Princess Cruises travelling on a landtour for the first seven nights through Canada, seeing Bannf, Lake Louise, Jasper etc and then travelled on the Rocky Mountaineer train to Kamloops. Our tour guide Patrick was so helpful and very knowledgeable. Soon after we boarded our cruise ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
Alaska has been a dream for many years. Then I saw a cheap cruise advertised for May 2008. The Holiday was all the I could have wished for. I always thought it would be very cold there, but this holiday had mild weather. Jueno the capital of Alaska was very nice. ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Northern Europe
A GOLDEN PRINCESS crew member,trying to assist us among the huge,confused,tired and bothered would-be passangers queing to board,whispered that "Cunard does it much better!"How true ,as i also sailed on QE2 form the same port.But was i bov'ered? Once onboard things were first rate from the service in the cabin ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
We have just returned from a tour of the Canadian Rockies including the Rocky Mountaineer Train and cruise to Alaska. The whole experience was fantastic, beautiful scenery, brilliant organisation and wonderful tour manager. We would highly recommend this holiday to anyone. Lin & Roy Moore, Bournemouth ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
The Princess crew were mostly really helpfull with the exception of a few I will mention later. The Golden Princess was a very large and beautiful ship and the pools were very beautiful too. We only had an inside Cabin, but it was perfect for what we wanted, but after visiting the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
Our fifth cruise but our first with the Princess line. The first week was spent travelling through the Canadian Rockies where the scenery was unbelievably beautiful and we were lucky enough to see lots of wildlife. The organisation was superb throughout, made all the better by a very knowledgeable guide. Hotels ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
We went on GOlden priness to Alaska and enjoyed every moment. Scenery was beautiful. Food was great on the ship. Medenhall Glacier was the hightlight. The icebergs were blue in the sea at Tracy Arm. It was fantastic! ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
I came back from a cruise on The Golden Princess to Alaska about 4 weeks ago. I have to say it was everything one could wish for. The frist night was spent in Seattle in an airport hotel which was very comfortable althought it was quite far out of ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Mediterranean
We were absolutely thrilled with our first Princess Cruise, I really don't think there is anything bad I can say about this cruise line or the ship! We flew into Venice on a charter flight which set the standard for the holiday as we were spoilt rotten - papers, drinks, games, TV/film ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
I have just been on Golden Princess to Hawaii..and thoroughly enjoyed it. Idid find the first day out of San Pedro a bit rough but the rest of the time - brilliant. I'm a single traveller so yes it was expensive, but in view of the comfort, food, TLC from the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
We booked a Princess Cruise and Land Tour to celebrate our Pearl Wedding Anniversay in July 2008. We had been advised to take the land tour first so that we could relax on the cruise, this was good advice due to the fact there there were many days we had ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
We did the Hawaiian Heydays cruise from Los Angeles to the Hawiian island on Golden Princess. Getting through immigration in Los Angeles, our cruise departure point, is always an adventure in itself. On this occasion however - no problem. We had one night at an airport hotel before departure which is useful ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
We have just returned from one of the dozen or so fortnightly cruises that the Golden Princess runs to the Hawaiian Islands. The cruise started off wonderfully well as we were given the choice of a pre cruise overnight stay in Los Angeles at either the LAX Hilton or for the same ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Pacific
The Goldern Princess was all we accepted from the Princess line. We booked a balcony room on the B DECK (deck 11)it was very spacious & clean.The room care was excellent and room service good.There was a full range of day time activities but many were not to our taste,lectures,art auctions and ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
This cruise was the best holiday I have ever had, the room was very comfortable, very efficiently servised. The food was of a higher quality than many 5* hotels I have stayed in the servise was the highest standard throught the ship. I will definitely be using this line again. ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
Do you need esta travel authorisation for the golden princess from los angeles to hawaai after 12/01/09. ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
On the down side. On boarding we where let down straight away. Instead of being offered a glass of Champagne as we did on NCL, we were confronted with staff abruptly telling us which way to our stateroom, and others at the same time trying to sell us unlimited soft drinks passes ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
My name is Trevor Ingleby,14,Ranger's Walk,Rugeley,WS15 2NA Last year my wife and i went on a criuse to Hawaii,in october/november. We flew from Heathrow non stop,to Los Angeles,where we boarded the Golden Princess. We had asked for first sitting for dinner,and the largest table,which was ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
This was our first cruise with Princess and due to the length of the flight we decided to add a 3 day break in Las Vegas on our return from the cruise. This proved to be a good move as our flights were changed to American Airlines and a direct flight ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
Embarkation at Los Angeles was as efficient as it could be for 2600 passengers. The ship never seemed overcrowded and there were ample sunbeds available at all times. The furniture and public lounges etc were decidedly well used and worn but I understand she is going in for a ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
I made independant arrang ements,just booking cruise only.We stayed the night before the cruise at the Doubletree Hotel at San Pedro near the cruise terminal at Los Angeles.It was low rise by a lovely quiet marina.The bo arding on the ship was Quick getting priority as a past passenger.Our cabin was ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
With great anticipation of having a wonderful holiday, we boarded the Golden Princess and went off to Hawaii. Fortunately we were with friends who had a Platinum Pass so check-in was quick and not stressful, in fact from leaving the taxi to getting to the cabin to getting to the ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
We set off from a very cold Heathrow Airport in mid January, bound for Los Angeles. The 11 hour flight passed very quickly, as did our overnight stay in the Los Angeles Airport Hilton hotel. After a very pleasant 30 minute journey, we arrived at our ship Golden Princess. Being Elite ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
We have been back just over 1 week from a very enjoyable cruise aboard the Golden Princess. We flew the day after all the snow, so we had long delays before our BA flight finally left Heathrow. We had an overnight room in the Hilton LAX. The next day we were ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
Had a bad start because of the snow! Heathrow still clearing backlog. 4 hour delay. Flight [british airways] was ok, till we hit major turbulance over greenland, that was a lot hairy!! Landed ad LA - bused to the Hilton for overnight stay - well organised. Hilton ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
The cruise was fine. We had a bit of concern at the 4 days at sea each way - but this was not a problem. Hawaii itself was very interesting. The stateroom was comfortable with plenty of storage space. Food was excellent as you would expect. Transfer arrangements at Los Angeles ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
It started badly when we found at embarkation in Los Angeles that we had been sent the wrong baggage labels, which meant that our three items would be sent to an onboard ‘limbo’ whilst someone applied the correct deck reference to the labels. As it happens there must have been ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
We set off on our exciting journey early Tuesday morning. I had dreamed of going to Hawaii all my life and at last my dream had come true. The flight and the immigration process went smoothly and after a very long day we were settled for a nights sleep ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
Our second trip to Hawaii and very sad to say '' not very good''. Weather was cold and overcast most days, swimming pools closed due to weather, top decks also closed. And it felt like a 2 weeks roller coster ride due to the ship rocking and rolling all the way ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
We have just returned from a two week cruise on The Golden Princess to Hawaii. Little did we know we would be sailing on a construction site. As full fare paying passengers we should have been informed that extensive work was being carried out whilst sailing as the boat was going ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
Just returned from hawaii cruise. People aboard ship kind and courteous. Last four days of cruise was construction, hammering, saws cutting, objects falling, water dripping from ceilings onto dining room tables while people are eating including my wife and I. They were switching the casino and one of the restaurants. ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
For all those taking one of Golden Princess's Alaska cruises this summer I write this to help you make informed decisions about what to take and what to expect both onboard and ashore. The ship had a mini-refit in April and entered service again in early May. Regrettably ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Alaska
Last weekend we returned from a cruise to Alaska on the Grand Princess , having had rave reviews about Alaska from everybody we know that has cruised many times before. Perhaps our expectations were too high because, although we did have a lovely time, it was probably our most disappointing cruise ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
The cruise was relaxing though the first day at sea was very rough!(not the cruise line's fault)Everything was to a high standard and because it was Christmas and New Year all the extra detail was given i.e. Crackers and hats at the tables. All of the crew were English speaking and ...More
Princess Cruises,
Golden Princess,
Hawaii
I had a fantastic holiday once I got used to the movement of the ship (caused by long swell waves) coming out of San Diego; I was a bit under the weather for the first day then I was up and about. Yes it was cool for the days near the ...More