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I have been cruising for over thirty…
I have been cruising for over thirty years, and have noticed that the cruise companies are using accountants to make decisions for them. CUT CUT CUT. Christmas new year's cruises are normally one of the most expensive times of the year to go. I have done this many times In different parts of the world. This is the first time I have ever written a review. Here it goes. Boarding the ship was fine. Finding the cabin ok but our bags arrived forty eight hours after we set sail. Not a good start , but for a two week , fourteen day cruise , we can live with it. But then we began to notice a lot less staff and a lot less cleaning on the ship. After the fourth day and with requests the sheets of my beds were changed. It seems that a lot has turned into requesting what you want rather than the staff anticipating what you might need. When we went to the buffet we noticed the food quality had deteriorated. The dining room whilst better had deteriorated also. The entertainment was by far the most disappointing. The sail away parties were non existent the first four days, most notable when there was a ship next to us sailing away and they were having a huge party on the top deck. The theater shows were boring and one was so bad that the passenger started booing. Not a good sign. I took the drinks package and every time I asked for a drink it took twenty to thirty minutes and became an issue after day three. I could continue but I will stop here. Now to the most worrying part of the cruise. People started to begin to fall ill. 1 or 2 cabins that I know of were quarantined. Then my problems started, along with my family and co travellers started when we had health issues. We begin to have severe throat pains, headaches etc. We took covid tests which were negative. Subsequently we were all diagnosed with a bacterial infection. We took antibiotics, but they did not work as this particular bacteria was ammune to penicillin. This is where we became worried about our situation. This continued all the way to the end of the cruise. FYI. Our group has ages from 12 years old to 60 years old. We have been off to ship now for 7 or 8 weeks and we are still taking antibiotics to try and shift this bacteria we picked up on the ship. WOW. The moral of this story is quite simple..... be very careful when you take ANY cruise, pick your cruise line with care and attention. I am an experienced cruiser and got caught by very bad service, cleaning, honesty etc. I have written to Princess directly about this issue and have received no response to date. Shame on you Princess cruises....