Cruise to Alaska

[micbooth]

I have a chance to take a Princess cruise to Alaska but have never sailed except Carnival or RCCL. For those of you who have sailed Princess what are the major differences between the two? If I love Carnival will I like Princess? I love the Spirit class ships and was looking forward to the Spirit.

Thanks for your help!

Mick

[hogwildcruzers]

We were on the Sapphire Princess this past Oct. and loved that ship.....larger than the Spirit class Carnival ships and more elegant.....have sailed Alaska 3 times and loved each cruise...and each was on a different cruise line.....either ship you choose, you will love Alaska.

[dclark]

Food: Princess has better, more seafood seafood items on the menu. If you like seafood, you'll prefer princess to CCL. They also have more, better desserts, like souffles.

 

Service: about the same

 

Activities: they have a lot, but are a lot different, like martini demo, champagne waterfall, cooking demo, etc.

 

Room: CCL has superior bedding and towels. The CCL supplied robe makes the Princess one look like an old rag!

 

Entertainment: SHows are not as lavish, less performers, but are still good. Unlike CCL, ship seems to go to sleep at 11:00pm

 

The biggest difference between the two for me is after a CCL cruise, I am exhausted, after a Princess cruise, I am refreshed. My dream trip would be to do CCL and Princess b2b. I think you'll like it. Princess is also great for people who are getting tired of CCL.:)

[cruisekwazee]

I was on the Princess Sun to Alaska and it was my first cruise. Was great I thought until I sailed on Carnival and we all liked Carnival's food better. But in all actuality I don't really think cruise food is all that good anyways. Too foofoo for me!! I got back to Texas and first thing I did was go to Whataburger and have a good ole burger, hahaha.