25 lessons after 6 recent Princess cruises

Thank you to several viewers who corrected or clarified some key points. The drink packages limit drinks with alcohol to 15 but all other drinks like coffees and soft drinks are unlimited. Gratuities aren't included in the Plus and Premier packages for Australia itineraries.There are four Princess ships (in addition to Majestic) that feature an indoor pool: Grand, Coral, Island and Diamond. Princess has released a new app with a refreshed interface that is not featured in this video because I haven't been able to login properly (even though my credentials work on the older app and on the Princess website).

Come on 75% of the casino?! In this day and age there should be no smoking in interior spaces anywhere on the ship! Or at minimum they need to drastically increase the ventilation in the casino to remove the smoke!

Just came back from 13 day New Zealand/Australia cruise. It was HORRIBLE. -Princess changed our 2 balcony rooms to the other side of the ship and put a cabin between us 2 weeks before our departure date. (They said SORRY YOU DIDNT CATCH THIS EARLIER SO WE COULD FIX IT. I reminded them WE did nothing wrong.) Gave us $25 on board credit and a bottle of wine. Refused to do more. It changed the whole dynamic of our trip. We chose that side of the ship so we could see the New Zealand coastline instead of open water and we couldn’t open the balcony divider and have a large balcony to share. UGH… -Daughter’s NEW room smelt like poop (came twice to fix her toilet), sink stopper stuck and couldn’t use the sink, shower dripped, poor seal around balcony door that let in smoke stack smoke into her room, balcony divider outside banged open in the middle of the night and needed to be fixed. -My room…blood/lipstick on blanket at end of my bed when I first went into the room and the fridge was broken. I wonder how the two families in our original rooms faired. -Room attendant got Covid mid trip and had to isolate. We got sick soon after and my daughter had to go on antibiotics. -Ship ran out of Diet Coke cans and bottled water. -Food was sub par. We lost weight cuz food so bad. -Shows on board equivalent to high school performances. We actually got up and left one show. -One ply toilet paper. They gave my daughter flowers after her toilet exploded on her and into her shower and gave us $50 towards a spa treatment which was an empty gesture. You could only use it when we were in port (we went on excursions then) and you still had to make up the difference of a treatment which was at least $150. So the $50 gift would cost us $100 to use. Thank you? So bad. Princess only cruise line that has EVER changed our rooms randomly. We booked these rooms a year in advance. NEVER again with Princess.

The smoking in casino is a bummer!

We sailed on the Regal Princess in February. My husband ate at the international Cafe so many times that he was on a first name basis with two workers by the second day!!!

Love the medallions!

Nice info regarding Enchanted Princess, which is the next one I'll be trying. Thanks.

I enjoy your videos as you are informative and easy to listen to. You get to the point with no drama and click bait. Keep it up. We will be going on our second Princess transatlantic this week. So much has changed since last year. I hope I love it as much as I did the last one.

Hello, it's Michelle from just down the road in Kingston. I'm so excited that my husband and I are having our first holiday in 11 year, taking the Sun Princess 7 day Mediterranean cruise in Sept. I'm watching so many videos for feedback. This was great advice.

Very informative video. And some great tips on the changes that were unknown since our last cruise with Princess.

Going on my first Princess cruise out of Southampton in May, side by side with Norway Fjords cruise on Royal. Thanks for a super helpful video! 😎

I love princess and this is probably the most comprehensive and accurate breakdown!!!!!

Love this content, subscribed!

Thanks for the video, as a Canadian, I appreciate the advice from another Canadian’s perspective 👏

We haven't been on Princess since 2018 but are Platinum, so we did quite a few before! These tips are useful, thanks.

You got it right on most things. Now everything is about money. But unfortunately you do have many people who still smoke, myself included, but you’re right about Enchanted Ship casino and fog of smoke lingering to the non smoking areas. It’s gets very smoky in there. My suggestion would be keep small area / section with proper smoke filtering system.

An excellent list. I just returned from Caribbean Princess and had a fantastic time. The casino experience was excellent. Luckily the craps table is on the nonsmoking side. I wish they would but slot machines in Churchill’s and make the main casino non smoking

Just booked our first cruise! Itll be for early this summer aboard the Discovery Princess. We got the Princess Plus Package. Your video was very enlightening, thank you!!

We've been on the Regal and are returning to it next month and doing a repositioning cruise on the Majestic. Your observations are quite helpful.

Great informative video