13-Day Southeast Asia Cruise Aboard the DIAMOND PRINCESS

Just experienced my cruise on the Diamond Princess—complete disaster.

Taiwan was cut to 1 day, and Ishigaki & Naha were totally bypassed. The cruise line saves on costs, but all losses are pushed onto passengers.

For millennials like us, it feels like a "low-quality floating nursing home." Activities are geared toward the elderly and poorly managed. The app is a joke with raw code tags like `[service.xos:event.name]`, while important notices come on paper. Cabin utilities were broken and repairs took a whole day. To top it all off, the disembarkation operation was a total failure: given the flu outbreak going around in Japan, we were forced to queue in tight, crowded spaces for over an hour surrounded by people coughing, and my wife caught the flu. They could easily have staggered the times—this is clearly terrible management.

It feels like they haven't learned anything from COVID.

Never stepping foot on this ship again. Sharing so others avoid the same mistake.

Customer service everywhere was good. The food was quite good as well. I just didn't expect better...But I wish they run breakfast a bit longer. I had to wait for pizza when was late.

My big disappointment was with not having enough of good entertainment in the evening. I was on my own & don't go to bed early. So, really was relying on much BETTER shows. I only liked 1 - Americans. The rest was rubbish. The guy in a bar on a piano was also good, but how often u want to sit in same bar, listen to same... They should really improve the shows in the Theater. Because my evenings were too boring, I booked now a trip on Norvegian, as their entertainment have very good reviews. Unfortunately, I had to go to my cabin too often to watch TV. It really spoiled my trip.

Still was a decent trip. Thank u, Princess.

All the crew gave 100% .

Bought the package before boarding ,not worth it as most of the time the Wi-fi would not connect due to Satalite positions around Japan, Carnival PLC (The owners) know this but are still prepared to charge full price.

The drinks package is not worth purchasing, you cannot get anothing other than coffee on disembarcation as they want you off by 8.00 a.m.

Excursions are over priced compared with on shore pricing.

Big cut backs on entertainment since I last sailed on this ship.

Small food portions in Restaurants.

The ship is begining to look tired and in need of a face lift ,some sound systems not working properly carpet seams coming apart in main foot traffic areas, little attention paid too safety in Atrium allowing passengers to block staircases to watch events.

Overall a good cruise if you avoid purchasing on board.

Could not fault any of the crew who work hard to protect the brand