Well done video. However, I wish you stated how bad the internet speed is as this would have been a factor for me to cancel the cruise altogether. I took this cruise on December 19, 2017. I did find out that this ship had ALWAYS had a VERY slow internet speed. I had measured the speed several times throughout the trip and the average speed was about 0.5 Mbps. That’s shocking considering that I have been on other ships that had well above 5 Mbps or better speed. Note that the wifi coverage was good throughout the ship. Unfortunately, with a slow internet, the wifi coverage is also useless 🙁 I wanted to work on sea days and that was impossible as syncing files or sending and receiving any attachments was ridiculously time-consuming. $400 (2x $200 internet Pkg) down the drain… Please note that otherwise, the rest of the cruise including the food, shows, and other activities were fantastic. Additionally, the staff on the ship (all of them) were absolutely GREAT!!

Great information. I have been on 6 cruises with my family and this upcoming August we will be on princess for the first time. Looking forward to it. Nice video very well put together and very informative

How much does the average excursion cost? approx

My husband and I took our first ever cruise on the Ruby Princess in April of 2017 to celebrate our 40th anniversary. Can’t say it was enjoyable. Our friends gifted us with a $100 gift certificate to a restaurant on board and Princess never told us about it. They also refused to give them a refund when we returned and found out about it. Meals at the buffet were like cattle calls. We would get our food and then had to walk around forever trying to find a seat. When we did find a table, people would come and sit with us without even asking if we minded if they sat down. It was very uncomfortable eating with strangers. There were long lines for everything. We went to tea one afternoon and even though we got there 30 minutes early, there was still a line way down the hall. The one excursion we got to take was poorly organized and we spent more time waiting for cars than actually doing anything. But the best bit was when I woke up sick on the third morning. By afternoon I was taken to the infirmary where I got to spend the night. They decided I was too ill and would need to be disembarked the next morning. They charged us $3000 for one night in the infirmary, which we had to pay prior to them letting me off the ship, so they stripped our checking account clean. This left us with about $150 cash and had to figure out how to get home on our own. Yes, they would have helped us if we paid them too. But since they already took all of our money, that wasn’t an option. Once they decided to take me off the ship, they gave my husband about 10 minutes to go pack up all our stuff and meet us back down where the tenders were loading. There were long lines of people waiting and I got pushed to the front in a wheel chair and people were not happy that I got priority. Nice. I made it into Santa Barbara and the waiting ambulance. My poor husband had to schlep all of our luggage himself onto the ambulance. We were taken to Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara where the ER doctor ran some tests and informed me I had Shigella! I had never heard of this before but it comes from a contaminated person going to the bathroom and not washing their hands and then touching the food. I remained in the hospital for 3 days and on the second day there suffered a heart problem due to the extreme dehydration I had suffered from this infection. Princess cruise lines did call to say they hope I am ok, but that is about all they did. Thankfully, the people at the hospital were a wonderful lot. My daughter and her husband had to drive up from Temecula to Santa Barbara to pick up my husband and then drive him down to LA where our vehicle was parked. He then had to drive back up to Santa Barbara. We had no money left for him to rent a hotel room as we needed our cash for gas to get home, so the hospital let him sleep in the chair in my room. I will never cruise again and I am very disappointed in the treatment we received from Princess Cruises. Beware if you decide to sail with them. If you get sick, you will be sorry.

Fantastic video… My husband and I have always been big fans of the Princess Lines, we only cruise with them. My very first cruise was with Regal Princess the 1st in 1996 I think the year was or there about, she was a beautiful ship, been on several other Princess’s since. Cheers.

Thank you for this video! We are scheduled to go on our first Princess cruise in Spring 2019 so this is quite helpful.

Last time I went of the diamond princess in 2016 this year I’m going on the regal princess!

Very helpful video!

Excellent presentation.

¿Does he have british accent?

That’s very informative, are the gym and yoga classes free? Is there limits to how often one can use the gyms?

I leave on a Princess Cruise in 5 days… but I was looking forward to the fluffy robes and branded toilet supplies. That’s all my friends talk about when they come back from their cruises, the animal shaped towels

Dr graybill

Always travelled Celebrity- tried Princess to Russia – very disappointed- rude crew, poor food, ship poorly kept. Only thing better than Celebrity was the theatre – superb – otherwise VERY disappointing & NOT using Princess ever again !!!!
Great vid btw 🙂

Going on the Golden day after tomorrow and when we come off, we’re Elite !!! Whoopee.

I am very pleased with princess cruises. Have been on three cruises now, and had a great time.