Princess Cruises Questions & Answers

I do not know for sure as I only have a few beers a cruise at the bar and don't pay much attention to where people are drinking but I don't see why you cant walk around the ship with a beer as there are bars located at various points around the ship. On Captains nights you see people everywhere with champagne glasses. The stateroom is probably the last place you would drink beer as the beer makes us more relaxed and talkative.

Onboard was the simplest, cheapest and most convenient way. Even if you don't get off you still need them as you are in the countries water.

Thankyou for that, very helpful. K

last time I sailed on Princess they would not let me have my duty free till we landed and were getting off the ship.. You can buy it but you can't be trusted with it LOL.. Must buy their alcohol while on the ship..

Hi oscar- yes i have 100% faith in princess cruise ships as my wife and i have done 9 cruises with them and i can honestly vouch that they have incredible ships and give incredible service.

Some people have obviously been lucky. My time with Princess cruise ships has been anything but 'incredibly' good. Service was terrible, drinks costs were exorbitant (and slow for service); passenger service people were exceedingly rude; food in the 'mess hall' would not even have been acceptable in a mining camp; powerful sewage smells floated throughout the ship at all hours; toilet leaked; dinind arrangements were difficult to make; booking services operated on hours that staff wanted to do some work; entertainment was conducted by very (obviously) bored staff; music was great for the first 5 days and then started on the re-run mode etc etc.

I'll NEVER cruise with princess again!

What is the question?

Hi dawn/ In order to get a deposit refund back all you need to do is contact princess cruises and explain your situation but as long as you dont sail a-away in the next 30 days.

Usually you can stay on board but it would depend on if it was on overseas short cruise or not. Good luck anyway - just be prepared for exorbitant prices on board, mining camp style food in the Buffet sections and bored entertainment directors/players.

price of drinks onboard sea princess

Exorbitant

All drinks on Princess cruises are at the top end of the "extortionate" scale - but even so, you will most likely have to wait for an average of 8-10 minutes before being served. In some bars e.g. the sunset bar on Sun Princess, the staff are exceptionally surly.

Hi Oscar, haven't cruised yet, we won't be until November, this year.
We enjoy cruising but found that they don't keep their word, as far as the "Landmark Sale" is concerned.

No! The food on Sun Princess was barely edible in the Horizon lounge; fantastic in the Regency - if you could get a table. The entertainment was very mediocre and mostly conducted by very bored personnel; the music sessions were o.k for the first 5 days and then they started to repeat; all musicians were totally expressionaless i.e. totally bored with what they were doing. I was glad to get off the ship and will never sail with Princess line again.

Thanks. Diamond Princess food is IMO good in Horizon Lounge; don't bother with other restaurants. Take cashed-up credit card for art auctions, pro photographer, sales of gimcrack jewellery and watches etc.
Note: as far as I can make out, and despite dire warnings, your bags can't be searched for shore-bought booze.

can't help you sorry, haven't been on board yet. Maybe someone else can answer your question.

Not as stupidly expensive as on northern hemisphere Princess cruises. We recently came back from a Baltic Princess cruise. The cheapest bottles were $USD30 approx plus 19% service, which equates to about $AUD50. Bottle prices went up from there. Two glasses of halfway good white wine in the wine bar on board cost us $AUD37. Ludicrous.

We are going on two cruises Fiji And N.Z, in October and Nov. Have you any idea of the price of bottled white wine on Majestic Princess

exorbitant! Ranging from $40 to $300 and per glass prices starting at $15 per 150ml.

Hope you make Kangeroo Island they cancelled our visit due to badw eather forecast ??? and had to stay in Adelaide for two nights

We have always done drink packages on previous cruises however have decided never again. Recently did Alaska cruise and my husband bought package and I didn’t to test it out. Long story wasn’t worth the nearly aud$100a day we paid so depends I guess where you are from. Anyway most days we spend on land. We are going on another Princess cruise in December and this time will pay as we go. I have found though Princess really expensive. In comparison we did Celebrity cruises to NZ a few years ago and they win hands down so far as fav cruise and often offer free beverage package I’ve noticed.

Thanks very much for your reply

Lowest glass, $11. Lowest bottle $43. No 15% on Oz cruises.

Thx Barbara ... what about mid cost for a glass of wine and a bottle of wine? ... thx, worky47