Chrisbha

We sailed the Caribbean on Britannia on her maiden season and the towels on sunbeds at dawn and the squabbling about sunbeds was really not very good at all, since then we have have stuck to the Azura where we find it a lot better (still a bit of an issue if you are not an early riser though) Anyway my question is has it improved at all as I am thinking of the TA back to Southampton with James M on board.

Just returned from Xmas cruise on Brittania, my only complaint was about sunbeds. First item on Horizon sheet was no reserving sunbeds but by 8 oclock on a sea day most had towels on them with no people in sight. I did put on questionare why are they waisting printing space if they are not going to implement rules. Apart from that cruise was fantastic.

That was probably the cruise we were on. The same group of people did seem to win most of the time. We always had a team of 4 and we finally won one on the second to last day. the prizes were probably the best we have ever won on Princess they were drinking bottles. We were surprised how many people congratulated us on winning.

i have just returned from the coral princess on the last 5 days of the repositioning to Vancouver and I have never been so disappointed . We are elite and have been princess all the way but I didn't even buy a FCC this time

I realize they were under Noro prevention the first 3 days but that did not excuse the poor quality of dining room and buffet food and our duvet cover also had a hole in it

Maybe you had the cabin we vacated in LA B301

My views were only an observation not a complaint. I was basing my views on previous cruises. we didn't complain about bedding because we are clean people. It was just we thought that generally the standards on Princess had started to fall. In answer to the comment about pay a premium Princess are more expensive than a lot of other cruise lines so you would expect the standards to be higher or why bother paying extra.

Just returned from Fantastic 15 days on Coral Princess but have to say we have some issues that may make us look at other cruise lines.

Firstly the whole cruise seems to have become one long sales pitch. I do not want my waiter trying to sell me something every night at dinner from wine tasting to a cookery book(who buys one of these on holiday) I accept its not their fault they are obviously being pushed by their bosses.

Secondly the food, the standard has definately dropped. It was not up to previous standards, the meat was not cooked as requested, the lobsters have definately got smaller and the puddings were a complete let down. The head waiter was pushing "flambayed peaches" which turned out to be tinned peaches with the top burnt.

Thirdly the excursions seem to be getting more and more expensive.

We booked a trip on a yaght in Cab San Lucus for $129 before we left home but if you booked it on the boat it was $159 which for a 3hrs trip with a drink and a bit of food was expensive and no wonder the trip wasn't full.

Fourthly our bedding was not changed for entire cruise our Duvet cover was very worn & had a hole in it.

We love using Princess because they are usually of such a high standard for which you pay a premium but those standards are definately starting to slip. There are lots of other options out there and if they are not careful other people like ourselves will start to look elsewhere.