Golden Princess Review

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Poorest cruise ever on Princess

Review for Asia Cruise on Golden Princess
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jeck
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2018
Cabin: Mini-Suite with Balcony

I preface my comments by noting that we are in the top tier of princess’s loyalty program, so we have cruised a lot with them.

We got on the Golden Princess just two weeks after getting off the Diamond Princess. Apart from a few minor glitches, the Diamond Princess was the best cruise we have ever been on. In contrast, the Golden Princess was the poorest experiences we have had on a cruise ship.

We were on the Golden about 4 months ago. At that time it was in desperate need of a dry dock/ overhaul. We had high expectations when boarding in Tokyo because the ship had undertaken a dry dock only a few weeks earlier. There were some signs that work had been done. For example, there was a new Sabatini’s, carpets had been replaced, and a new (but NOT on demand) TV system had been installed. However, the ship was still the worse for wear. There was still rust evident in the upper deck areas and in one place an electrical box mount had rusted loose and the electrical box were dangling against the wall. Our balcony had visible rust and when we first boarded was covered in paint chips and rust flecks, presumably from upper decks. There were also buckets in the corridors catching water leaks. Some of these water leaks were from light fixtures.

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Mini-Suite with Balcony

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Ok but not very clean after recent refit, especially the balcony area, which had rust flakes and paint chips on it

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