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Give me the original Grand Princess from the 90s. Still 30 years later, it is my favorite ship. Pincess need to build some ships with Solariums.

We did swap for Perrier with no problem.

We were on the Sun for 2 weeks in May - our first Princess cruise in over 15 years. We enjoyed the cruise overall . Several things we didn’t care for, food in MDR was just ok, entertainment was good, service was good. Go and enjoy.

We used to be Princess cruisers, but after P&O sold them, we switch to Celebrity and were very happy sailing with them. Past 3 years, we found Celebrity is not what they used to be and tried NCL Haven ( loved it) and latest cruise was on new Sun Princess. We found food is similar to Celebrity, Entertainment was better on Princess, service is about the same. Cabin we had on the Sun was better that regular balcony on X. Coffee on Princess is not as good as on X.

You should have reported violations of the rule to the person in charge of the pool area or Guest Relations. If nobody mentions them, they would not be corrected.

We like deck6 mid ship. Always try to get cabin on the "hump," not very obstructed, close to elevators. And some of those cabins have larger balconies. They are very popular.

Our friends just came back from Alaska cruise and liked IV for extention to the room, but said would not sail in one in the Caribbean. Also commented on food not be as good as on Royal. Personally we stopped sail with Royal - too big and too many kids. Looking forward to YC and then AQ in the spring.

We will be trying Ascent next year in Sunset veranda ( IV is not for us) - will see how that will work out. For a different experience, we tried NCL Haven - absolutely loved it. Food and service were superb. Didn't care for the rest of the ship - felt too crowded, but we enjoyed exclusvity and benefits of Haven. This December will try MSC YC. Next spring we will be coming back to AQ - hopefully food is improved in Blu. Last cruise in AQ was in 2019 - food was just OK. Still cruising, and if something we don't like - we find another cruise line to try.

I will say that any food opinions will be subjective, where good or bad service will be most objective. Being Elite + ( many Celebrity cruises experiences) in MHO - overall food taste and quality in the past few years are not what we experienced on right after pendemic cruises. Service still was very good. We tried Princess this year for 2 weeks in Europe on new ship - Food in MDR was similar to Celebrity quality and choices. We found in Eatery ( buffet) there were more choices, even it was somewhat repetetive. Coffee is much better on Celebrity. No matter how good or not some issues are, some people get used to it, others moved on to other forms of vacation. And, absolutely, there is always something to complain about.

Princess still does. Maybe it is part of Elite benefit. During our 14 days cruise on Sun Princess, being Elite, we got stocked up twice.

Anything that you consume from minifridge, you will be charged for regardless if you have a package or not. We usually ask room attendant to remove all out of the fridge, so we can store whatever we want..

I think if Celebrity would not make any changes to their packages, they might loose some customers to complete more atractive all inclusive price point. Thank you all for your input.

Princess Cruises are rolling out New Princess Premium package for $90.00/pp/day. Highlights are unlimited drinks upto $20.00/ea, unlimited specialty restaurants, all gratuities, enchanced WiFi plus a whole list of other stuff. Just wonder if Celebrity will enchance their packages. What do you think?

When is your cruise?

We are also booked on TA while on board of the Sun in May. We are booked in one of the mid ship on the hump deck 10. Living in FL, we like to take TA back home. And we love to spend a few days in Barcelona.