H.G & A Rees
on 10 Jun 09
Grand Princess
Princess Cruises
Mediterranean
01 Apr 09
N/A
Beautiful ship; food, service, entertainment excellent but no matter who one spoke to, there was great dis-satisfaction with prices onboard. As one passenger said "the ship should be named HMS Rip off". The expectation that $10.50 per person per day would be acceptable for gratuities was definately a 'no no' and so very many people cancelled this from day one. We agreed to half, but we still gave to our two waiters and cabin steward.
Also whereas on past cruises we have had courtesy buses at ports to take us into the town - these were charging $5 per person each way - so that was another $20 a couple and in Malaga it was for a very short distance, also Barcelona. Also drinks were very highly priced as were the excursions.