10-Day Cruise to the East Coast of Australia and the Great Barrier Reef Aboard the GRAND PRINCESS

I have been on the grand a few times before in the past when she was a young ship and you know they’ve kept it up pretty good being 21 years old or so I expected more wear and tear, but I brought a first time cruiser with me this time and she enjoyed it tremendously never been on a cruise and I thoroughly enjoyed the cruise being satisfied with the condition of the ship, she is still a good ship to sail up the inland passage. We were on there for two weeks though back to back out of Vancouver. The food was fairly good not like it used to be. Seems like they’ve cut back in some areas, but I was satisfied being older, eating less than I used to the meals work seem like less choices in each each part of the meal desserts were just so so but still a good value overall entertainment was a couple nights that were good other nights they could just get rid of those shows and nobody ever miss him. I think when the ship is older, it seems like they don’t put their best productions on just kind of filler type stuff not what I’m used to having cruised almost 50 times I’m various ships.

This will be the last time I sail on Princess. This cruise was just a mess all around and this ship (Grand) needs to be scrapped. First, don't bother with the premier package - this ship cannot accommodate it. They limit the number of drinks you can purchase and there are no suite amenities like a lounge. Ship is understaffed. Good mediocre. Crew seemed unhappy.

The cabins were not ready until around 2pm on embarkation day so the common areas were crowded with bags and people. The casino staff were rude. The activities on board were minimal. They had beer pong - yay - and a presentation on where to eat at the next port. Given the price of this cruise they just simply did not deliver. I've had much better experiences on other cruise lines so we will not be booking with Princess again. Please read the other reviews this seems to be a common sentiment.

Find a different cruise line.

We did one way from Whittier, AK to Vancouver, Canada. Traveling with 2 kids (12 and 6).

The roof of the main buffet (Hoirzon Court) is leaking, you can enjoy some dirty water droplets on your food plate as well. All over the place were buckets catching dripping water.

Corridors are all leaking and constanly industrial fans are running to keep them dry.

The entire place smells with strong paint and chemical ordor.

Pools are disgusting and over 101F degrees hot. Overfilled, where 3ft 9in min height is actually over 6ft deep.

Food is absolutely subpar. Buffet has only a few options and you would need to add salt and pepper by yourself to get the taste. Only the breakfast was good.

Kids have nothing to do. They were bored the whole time. Their are 3 childcare places based on age, but all of them were pretty small with nothing of interest to kids.

Everything is charged extra, so you end up paying the same as any other high end cruise lines, but get a subpar experience.

The only reason we picked this was this is one of the cruises to go into Glacier Bay. But if you want a better cruise experience, avoid this at all cost. Take a separate glacier boat tour like Kenai Fjords, which gets you the same wild life and glacier experience.