My Honest Opinion of Princess Cruises after 200 Days on 6 Princess Ships 🛳️ 

Due to your recommendation Im taking my first Princess cruise in May transatlantic solo. I did solo on Holland America last year and they didn’t have any solo programs either. I’m coming back from Europe in June on the Queen Mary in 6 days from England to NYC. It will be interesting to compare the 3 cruise lines. I can’t sleep on a plane so I hate those long flights to and from Europe. I survived cancer and a spinal fusion last year so this is my year to travel while I feel good. I’ve been to 40 countries. Rarely can I find anyone to go with me but I enjoy making new friends on the journey. but Im used to living alone so it’s ok either way. Thanks for all your interesting videos Kevin!!❤

Great job of explaining the best part of Princess Cruise Line…still my favorite. I have to agree the Medallion works beautifully.

I love the huge writing desk in Princess inside cabins. Some other lines provide the tiniest tray table even in their suites! 📝🧑🏻‍💻

I agree. I’ve sailed with 7 different cruise lines and always come back to Princess. In fact, I’ll be on Ruby Princess in a couple of days.

Great video! We’ll be on Enchanted Princess in a few weeks & have an early 2025 cruise booked on the new Sun Princess. 😊

Great video! Thanks for the valuable information.

I enjoy your channel, thank you. You and Bram Seas the Day inspired me to try a cruise. I did my first in NCL 11 day transatlantic. My next two are on Prince Ruby 7 days to Alaska and then again the Ruby 16 days to Hawaii. Snuck a look at your previous land based travels and it was entertaining. Thank you for sharing your journey with us and your experience and insights.

Kevin, a plane went in one ear and came out the other. 🤣🤣

….what I love about princess is the walnut banana bread. Sooo good with coffee.

I’ve never been on a cruise but here I am watching every video you have about them. Great information for if and when I do take my first cruise!!

We’ve just disembarked from the Ruby this morning. Saw you a couple of times and really wanted to say ‘hi’ but didn’t want to intrude since it was usually during the morning when you were getting your steps in. Thank you for making cruising on the Ruby simpler for this first timer and her wee family, and hope you keep enjoying the next part of the adventure!

We have 800 plus days on HAL and in my opinion they have a much wider selection of diverse itineraries. We 've recently been sailing more on Princess to experience another cruise line. Two things I've not cared for on Princess are: 1. Self serve buffet and 2. Lack of a forward facing interior public area on all of their ships like HAL's Crow's Nest.

Great video, do you see yourself experiencing the new class ships of Princess? From watching your videos seems like you enjoy the older ships more.

Congrats on hitting 200 days!

Great information! Thank you so much!!

344 on NCL ( next week going to do a 7 day Caribbean ) , 760 on RCCL and I am trying Princess B2B for 32 days in July solo. The ❤boat!! ❤ it!

I just booked my first Princess cruise for 2025. Very excited.

First time watcher. I am in the same boat as you. I loved Saturday nights at my grandmother’s house watching loveboat. She never got to go on a cruise but I’m sure she would have been thrilled to see me enjoying the cruise line we used to watch. ❤

I used to watch love boat and that's what got me yearning to do a cruise. I didn't end up doing my first cruise until 2022 but love them now :) we have now been on 3 cruises and have 1 booked for today and 3 more booked between now and 2026 :)

Cool information! As a solo cruiser I've always ignored Princess because they don't have solo staterooms and never seem to offer solo deals. But I did a ten-day solo cruise a couple of years ago, and I didn't realize until this video that I got credit for 2 cruises! Cool!

So many great tips here. I’m a solo cruiser going on my first Princess cruise later this year. I don’t know about the sailing days and cruise credits for solos. Thank you so much for sharing all the information about solo cruising on Princess! ❤❤❤

That medallion seems like a game changer! Way better than a card.

Thanks Kevin for the info....Getting on Regal Princess Sunday for 12 days out of Galveston...had to cancel my Hawaii trip on Crown because of illness very disappointed....hopefully I can feel better for this cruise....Thanks for the fun Bruh

Wow, look at the color of the water, wow! And you still answer all of the comments 😊

Virgin voyage is my all time favorite cruise line. I’m heading on a transatlantic on virgin next month. They use a wristband with a chip that is similar to princess.

I love your honesty when talking about Princess...hopefully they will listen and take your suggestions to heart!! Really cool tracking system and door opening medallion...love it! Cruise on my friend!!

My grandparents were avid cruisers, I don’t even know how many. I got to go on my first cruise on the Regal Princess with my Grandma in 1993 after my Grandpa passed & she still wanted to go. I was hooked! I’ve also been on Celebrity, Carnival & Holland America, but always drawn back to Princess. Now I think I understand why😉, thanks for the great video.

Great advice. Thanks

Good morning from Florida ! 😊 haven’t started cruising yet on any ship yet will do so as soon as i am able

Great video & great points - Couldn’t agree more In FACT - we took the same Princess Panama Canal cruise in February’24 Amazing

Great video Kevin! I agree with your comments about the lack of a coffee card. I always used to get that. The drink packages don’t make sense for us either. Connie doesn’t drink at all and at most I would have 2 drinks a day (and not every day). The best thing about being Elite (we made that last year) is the free laundry! They do a great job.

I hope to see and meet you on the Ruby in the next few days. We embark tomorrow.

🎉 congrats on the first 200 days!!! Thanks for sharing your memories at your grandparent's home! Did you notice a plane landed at and departed from your ear?

One thing which is probably totally irrelavant to you but might not be for others is - some other brands owned by Carnival which don't have a loyalty program (ie P&O Australia for sure and I think the UK brand as well ) they count as days on Princess towards your number of days.

Hey Kevin, great video. I want to say I was surprised to find out that on the Princess Cruise/Land Tour you only get sea days for the cruise. I thought we would get sea days for the land days too. It was still Princess, we stayed at the Princess lodges. And, on the land tour there is no food provided for you…it’s all on you. FYI I too, love the technology on Princess ships.

Thanks for another great video. Question: Are you planning to publish your westbound transatlantic cruise video on Enchanted princess? We have not done a transatlantic cruise so far and are debating which direction we should hop on. We enjoyed your eastbound video, but looking forward to the westbound one .

Sold! Princess it is. Congratulations on your milestones.

Love the casino but hate that smoking is allowed there. Used to spend a lot of money there but sadly no more.

Sounds great!! 👍🏾

One cruise on Royal Caribbean, two cruises on Holland America. This coming fall we will do a trans pacific on Crown Princess, San Francisco to Auckland, followed by two princess cruises in Australia. We are really looking forward to experiencing Princess, especially the Medallion and the comfy beds.

Hi Kevin, love your videos, I am glad you are doing all this cruising so young ... my sisters and I have Platinum level with Princess Cruises, when we cruised 28 days with MSC last year (one of the best cruises I have ever done, staff fantastic, food great) MSC recognised our Princess level of Platinum and made us Gold. Sadly Princess Cruises does not recognise MSC to add to our cruising points ....do not understand this as being an Australian we believe in a fair go .... if one cruise line can acknowledge the points and the benefits that go along with it, why does another not. Anyway, not a whinger, just don't understand. Make the most of your cruising life while you can. Warmest regards, Beth

Good morning. Thank you!

We have a 2 night cruise booked for 2026 on the crown Princess ❤ it'll be our first Princess Cruise. :) im really excited for that cruise as we have purchased the princess premier package, we have never got anything like this before, so im very excited for it ❤❤

Hi Kevin thanks for sharing

I'll be in Aruba for my 1st time late April on RC from Colón to FLL. Can't wait

Great Video

So agree about the coffee card.

👍🤩💝Fantastic info. Thank you.

Nostalgia!! I hear ya -- I think I must have been 9 or 11 at the time, and had the hotts for Vicki Stubbing, Lol. Enough that I remember it still today. You make some great points, including a few I hadn't realized, like the diverse combinations of routes and destinations as well as solo prices. I think they eliminated coffee passes so that people will spend more on alcohol, maybe --- betting it's just more profitable for them if folks do that instead. Cheers!...from North Vancouver

Great video. Heading out on Emerald Princess the last week of April for 10 days. Tried a few Celebrity cruises and was less than impressed.

I have 10 cruises with Princess, with 2 more booked on the Ruby for April 2025. I've also been on NCL, HAL and Crystal. Princess is my favorite.

I love your show. I am new to it but am a member. I will soon be a solo traveler, keep up the great work. Have you been to Latvia?

I’m so happy to see that Princess is getting their kudos. I’m a solo traveler and I have 4 booked for 2024. I made elite very quickly

Heading back on Princess next!☺️

We just got back from our first Princess Cruise. Was NOT impressed. It was a Sunday to Sunday, out of ft Lauderdale. Pros, closet space, and the medallion and with drink package we both got internet. I have to point out this was an older ship. Cons: There is only one outlet to plug in electronics. We had to unplug the TV to plug in our other device. Lack of communication, they totally ignored us. Staff never said hello or was friendly. We thought it was just a couple of staff, nope, it was the entire staff the entire week. I noticed no life jackets for the little kids at the pool. Parents brought their own. No life guards for the kids. (We did not have kids) it was my observation. We like to sit down at the group table and get to know other passengers. Again, staff showed up, took our orders, dropped it off, and left. We had to hunt them down to get coffee. Staff stood there chit, chatting with each other. No staff at the pool asking if you would like a drink. So we had to get up and get our own. And was totally ignored by the bartender. We had to get their attention. We were standing there. I can go on and on. I was not impressed with the food either. I was standing at the bar trying to get a drink and was talking to another passenger. She said this was the worse princess cruise she ever took and not to judge this cruise with other princess ships. That gave me hope!

Looking at Princess to continue feeding my newly acquired cruise addiction esp after MSC totally destroyed my previous loyalty to them. Nice to know about the solo double credit thing! Thanks

Love the Love Boat!

Hi Kevin, It looks like you may be on the Ruby to Hawaii April 14th that my friend and I will be on. If, so, I will watch for you...Lynn

I was only on one carnival cruise and disliked it. You are making me rethink this. thanks!

The loyalty on Princess is certainly wonky. I’m elite but seems it took me forever to get there. I was on the 2023 WC and should have turned elite ½ way thru but because I didn’t book segments I booked the entire world cruise I didn’t get credited until the cruise was over. So no perks for more than ½ the cruise where I think i should have. The laundry benefits would have been good. I always travel Solo and always cruise with princess.

I like Princess cruises. Sky Princess was my favorite. I don't cruise often enough to worry about loyalty levels. Princess cruises remind me of the old transatlantic ocean liners. I love that cross between modern cruise ships and the grace of the classic ocean liner.

Agree about the coffee card.

Alaskan Cruise line didn't really like having a Disabled person on it. 2013, I spent most of the week trapped in the cabin. Not allowed out. Rest of family enjoy it. That was my first time on a cruise.

Thank you, I just did my 2nd cruise with casino (from Las Vegas)with free interior cabin, Princess Casino has been sending the same offer, I think I’ll do my 3rd and subsequent cruises with Princess Casino offers.

They used to have a coffee card about a year or so ago! I am surprised they didn’t bring them back!

Princess used to have great deals on drinks during happy hour. Also you could order a six pack of beer or half bottles of booze to your room for very reasonable cost. I wonder if those things still exist.

221 days on Carnival since 1995, 21 on RCCL and 7 on NCL. All 6-, 7- or 8-day cruises in the Caribbean except 12 days in the Med. It is by far our favorite way to take a vacation.

Princesss is my favourite cruise line after over 50 cruises on various cruise lines. 👍👍

Ì have 214 days on Royal Caribbean. Currently have 3 cruises booked on Princess and can't wait to try them out!

I agree with you on adding levels- but as I finally made platinum hope they don’t take perks for platinum and move it up to elite etc. I have been on 12 lines for 35 cruises growing to love Princess

I have 248 days on Princess. See you in 17 days! I loved seeing Greg on the video! Have you seen him since?

Agree about the love boat we went on our first cruise in 1979 because of the love boat

It is worth mentioning in a future video if you discuss Cruise Plum again - that site is only relevant if you are from the United States or Canada. If you are from anywhere else you won't be able to find any cruises at all because it requires you to select either the US or Canada first as your country of citizenship.

204 days is almost equivalent to 1 Navy sea deployment. Easy money for you Kev. Thanks for another great video.

I did two Princess cruises on Discovery last year that were 80s themed - so much fun! They don’t seem to be doing that any more which is unfortunate. I agree that they have untapped solo potential!

Great video, Kevin - thanks! I know your casino video and how you got your "free" bookings. Do you ever go back in the casino now to show them you are still putting money into the machines? Or are your gambling days done, thus the end of that 'hack' coming to an end as you suggested in this video?

Love that Princess reminds you of your Grandparents!

Suite pax get 3 credits as solo

Love you are on Ruby for so long as we cruise on her for first time in April 2025 on pacific coastal cruise round trip from San Francisco stopping at Astoria, Seattle and Vancouver

all hover-arounds to the dance floor, stretcher crew to the casino !!!

One of my favorite cruise in Princess, asides of Cunard and Royal Caribbean, I did about 26 cruises

You are doing exactly what I would like to do... but I have had trouble figuring out how to plan a bunch of back to back cruises so that I can not be stuck in a region during peak season... but also how far in advance do you book cruises? I'm concerned about the tension between getting the best price and booking ahead--- because who knows when something will mess with your plans? If I have to fly back to the states for a funeral and I have 14 cruises booked up, it could get messed up.

Good morning Kevinnnn

Sorry Kevin, just another quick point I noted, the benefits of Princess Cruises loyalty program is less than it was previously. Talking about the love boat, my sister and I were departing a port in New Zealand, there was another Princess boat in port, and our ship played the Love Boat theme, what a pity the younger ones on the cruise did not appreciate it.

We cruise consistently between Royal, Princess and Carnival so we dont grow our cruise loyalty points very quickly. Interesting re: casino - never ever think of Princess in terms of casino - will have to go look at your other video! :)

One thing you didn't mention but really bugged me is those Royal-class ships have the whole front of the ship off limits and the promenade deck is limited. Few years back when those ships first came out I went to a talk on board with one of the engineers that worked at Princess and he talked about how they had made a tradeoff in the design for that.

Their coffee pass was $30 for I think 10 coffees and you could carry the card over to your next cruise. I still have one in my dresser. Yes, they should bring this back!

Question about coffee card: Wouldn't the Plus package with wifi and tips cover enough coffees to make it as good or better a deal than you got with the card?

My favorite cruise line is Celebrity. Princess has really gone down in many ways, food quality, taking benefits away, increasing prices for many things. I have 558 days with Princess but decided no more for me.

Can you upgrade your free cruise to balcony or inside. Enjoy your content

Can't you use your onboard credit for your coffee cards? How are you doing your laundry?

Like you, i was lucky enough to get some free cruises from the casino and will be taking several over the next 12 months. Did they still credit you for 2 cruises as a solo, even on "comped" cruises?

Princess is currently my favorite, but I do want to try Virgin Voyages. I currently have 28 cruises for 113 days on Princess, 7 cruises for 36 days on Carnival, 1 cruise for 6 days on Royal Caribbean, and 1 cruise for 1 day on Holland America.

Actually a world cruise would be multiple cruises in some because there broken down in segments!

I am looking forward to my first Princess Cruise in Sep 2024.

Favorite cruise line is princess

I have a question about getting to elite as a solo cruiser. If only do 3 day cruises, would I still be granted double credits? I could book back to back 3 day cruises and establish the elite level quickly.

I think this might be the thing I was looking for. I’m looking to sell my condo. I work online. I’m kind of an empty nester these days. And I love to travel.

Just got off the Coral doing a circumnavigation of Australia. Hubby and I love to play blackjack but unfortunately the casino was dead. There never seemed to be anyone playing when we walked through. Apparently Australians aren’t big gamblers and the ship was predominantly Australians and also super seniors. Needless to say we hardly played in our 26 days and our hope of scoring a casino discount probably won’t happen. Fortunately the times we did play we walked away winners!!

Do you meet many other passengers with as much cruise time as you?