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We generally cruise on Holland America. The Pinnacle ships have the Movies at night at the Center pool. On our Norway cruise this past September 2023, we both came down with Covid and were quarantined in our stateroom (thankfully we had a balcony). The crew and medical staff took great care of us. We were able to get Paxlovid via the medical center. We were assigned staff who had additional training in handling quarantined individuals. We were able to get our meals from any restaurant on the ship (not just the in room dining menu). The crew check on us every day and really made us feel cared for. Even brought us fresh fruit as we started to feel better. Holland America gave us Future Cruise Credit to use in the upcoming year equal to the number of days each of us were quarantined. We're using them in March to go to the Caribbean. So, getting sick on the ship wasn't great, we were well cared for.

Recent cruise on Princess was a study in contrasts for us. Plusses First: 1. Sapphire Princess was lovely and had all of the amenities you noted. 2.On-ship staff was super! Our cabin steward was really good and the staffs at the various restaurant were fun, proficient, and generally wonderful. 3. Premium restaurants were more than worth every penny... Meals at both Sabatini's and Sterling Steak House were among the best dining experiences we have ever had! 4. Dining room meals were definitely not as good as they were in pre-Covid days but were still great. The "old favorites" like the shrimp cocktail and the steaks have definitely slid downhill some, but on the other hand, we had the best fish & chips EVER in the dining room and there were other fun and very tasty non-traditional meals that were marvelous... And, of course, the service was superb. AND NOW, the not so good and just plain awful. 1. Embarkation was horrible. Given the demographics of the customers we saw on our cruise, I cannot understand why the embarkation at Vancouver required what seemed to be miles of walking back and forth along endless corridors to get to the various stations. This is not only stupid but is also painful for many of us. 2. Given the push in the advertising to "book early and avoid price increases" for the upgrade packages, it was seriously disappointing to be greeted at Alfredo's by the news that we would have to pony up another $110 apiece to get the benefits that were included in the package that we had originally paid for. This is deceptive, if not outright fraudulent business practice, in my opinion. 3. Our balcony was out of commission for effectively two days while they changed the furniture. That was two days of the best weather on the trip that we didn't have the use of an amenity that we had paid significantly extra fare for. 4. The "Dine My Way" software was effectively inoperable before embarkation and during the first two days of the cruise due to the number of people trying to use it and the overwhelmed staff trying to deal with the system. It was the third night of the cruise before we could have a sit-down dinner in one of the dining rooms. 5. We were charged $78 for a bottle of wine that we neither ordered nor received. The on-board Guest Services proved incapable of solving this before debarkation, so getting it resolved after the cruise wasted hours of my time and cause incredible levels of frustration, (and probably incredible levels of blood pressure also). The "Customer Service" ranges from totally incompetent to non-existent once Princess has your money. (The sequence of e-mails between us and the Princess "representative" about what was included in the "Plus" package was so ludicrous that it could make the basis of a stand-up comedy routine!) The upshot of all of this is that while the ships and the folks that work on them are generally great, the current state of Princess' business systems and management is such that I would never recommend them to anyone unless they get their act together.

I’m done with Celebrity. We booked a cruise in a suite early this year for our 25th wedding anniversary in 2024. A few months ago they canceled it because they were moving the Beyond from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean. We booked another cruise on the Ascent. A month later they canceled our cruise because they had a large group booking, so we got bumped. We had a short time to book something else to get their “benefit” and settled for a shorter cruise to ports we weren’t overly excited about several months after our anniversary. We canceled and they charged us a significant cancellation fee even though we canceled a year in advance. I’m done with Celebrity.

Thank you for the hard work your family puts in to great content! I’m handicapped and stuck at home, but I admire you greatly!

We love your posts, especially ones like todays. You bring incite of the differences to each ship your on and all the tips and tricks before and after sailing, which we always enjoy. We haven't missed a single post of yours since we started watching cruise vlogs back in 2017. Very refreshing, thank you. Happy sailing in the new year.

Thanks for the info. Very helpful. Never been on a cruise before, but looking into it. The solo option was the one thing I really liked to hear. I didn't know that existed.

Celebrity for short cruises near home. Holland America for long cruises. For our 173rd cruise we are going on Oceania for first time for their New Year cruise, the Vista!

Wow so much great information. Much appreciated ❤ ! In the past Princess has been my Favorite in almost all areas.

Thanks for posting over the holidays!

Our first two cruises ever (at age 70 & 75) were on HAL in 2023, and I discovered I LOVE cruising! We found both the Lido Buffet and the Dining Room to have excellent choices and very good quality. We are booked on our third cruise for HAL coming up in April 2024. We enjoyed the quieter spaces on the ship during the day and the entertainment on the World Stage in the evening. We have found greatly reduced fares each time, making it possible to keep on cruising! We have appreciated all your great informative videos over the past year.

Love your comments. You were on point with everything.

Thank you for this update. We are planning our first Princess cruise in February ‘24.

We just got back from a four night cruise on the Princess Discovery, upgraded to the Princess Premiere package. We did two specialty dinging nights with Sabatini's and Crown Grill. The meals were excellent. Only did the formal dining room once, the menu was great and the food excellent. Next time, we will not use the Premier package, the Plus is the best value for us. The ship was clean and well maintained and the staff very friendly and attentive. The entertainment was everything we could have hoped for with many options each day. As for the demographics, it was a mature group of cruisers, many of them frequent cruisers and we enjoyed their company. There were a few families with loud and rude kids that was irritating, but such is life.

Hi Ilana. Another great and informative comparison video. My wife and I have currently only been on NCL cruises, but have been considering other brands. Pre-Covid I was thinking of trying out Celebrity, but now Post-Covid I am looking more at Princess. Back in the early 2000's when I was working security at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, they floated in the Caribbean Princess ship for us to use as our accommodations, which was a heck of a lot cooler than staying in a hotel. Even though the ship never left the Port of Spain, it was still very awesome to be given my first exposure to being on a cruise ship. Thank you for all your work on putting out your wonderful videos. Cheers from just down the highway in Kingston, Ontario. David

Excellent format, thank you.

I have been enjoying your advice for weeks now. Our first cruise leaves Galveston on January 14th and I am really looking forward, and very excited for our Caribbean Princes cruise. I will get back to you afterwards. Thank you for your honest info on cruising.

We sailed on Enchanted Princess in late August of 2023. From the moment we stepped aboard we were treated like royalty. The Mediterranean ports were absolutely so fun. We loved Crete and Mykonos the most. The food was delicious and I thought the presentation perfect. We will be booking again this year and plan on trying the Caribbean this time. Love your videos and thanks for all the wonderful packing advice. Sincerely, Vicki Wilson-Smith

From November 2022 thru June 2023, we cruised on all three lines. Had a great experience on all of them. Some of the more recent changes had not been implemented at that time, and we booked way ahead, so we got a really good value. We are booked on the Sun Princess near the end of 2024 just to experience the new ship. Itinerary is usually a deciding factor in choosing the line, but when just wanting a new ship we do the Caribbean as we don't have to fly to the port of embarkation. Our assessment of the three lines, based on those 3 cruises was pretty much the same as yours.

Great info! Good to know if we ever take another cruise in the near future. We just got back from a Holland America cruise and we had a vista suite and the Have it All package. I thought the package was well worth the price, as it made everything less stress. I like a low key environment and thought the enrichment programs and the music walk was perfect for me. We even did the art classes and really enjoyed that. The main dining was nice, but we do wholeheartedly recommend Tamarind specialty dining, at least once during the cruise. I loved the grand Dutch Cafe coffee and pastries and one of my favorite places on the Nieuw Statendam was the library. The service was amazing and the crew were all fabulous. We felt very well pampered and would go back to Holland America! Thanks for all these videos Ilana, we watched so many of them before we went on this cruise and you helped us so much to feel well prepared for it!

Very nice review Ilana! Very informative. And I believe the tone in which you do fact based comparisons can lead companies to listen and improve their offer where they lack from others. We'll be able to see if Celebrity has started to change things, since we're sailing with them in a week. Thanks again.

Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m hoping to go on a cruise next fall, and you helped me decide on the cruise line - Holland America! I’m a single, 65 yr old woman, and not really interested in all the bells and whistles on the newer ships. I’m more into the cultural side of the trip and look forward to learning new things. 😁

My 70 year old mom and I will go on Celebrity Equinox to ABC island in Feb 2024, and your videos are so informative and helpful to prepare our special mom and daughter cruise. Thank you

Prior to this year, had someone asked me what was my favorite line, I would have said HAL hands down. I love their ships, the food, and the more traditional cruise experience (not an amusement park at sea). But late in 2022 I booked a cruise with them where they sold me an itinerary with a port stop in Nicaragua. This was a port stopped I really wanted to do. The problem is, unbeknownst to me, Nicaragua had a cruise ship ban in place and HAL KNEW this. So they sold me a cruise they KNEW they couldn't do. I know that itineraries can change for various reasons, but they KNEW BEFORE THEY SOLD ME THE CRUISE they couldn't go there. When you sell something you can't provide, that's call fraud. And they made no attempt to make it right. I will never sail with them again after 22+ years of sailing with them and I tell everyone I can about the experience. So that they don't get defrauded.

A couple of things I would add is the Blu dining room for the Aqua class rooms. This dining room is outstanding. Also the buffet from our experience is top notch. A lot of the pasta, pork chops and grilled steaks are made fresh in front of you. I think your comparisons are spot on. Thanks

My idea of a perfect cruise, is a ship that does not look like a shopping mall, or glass and chrome white walls and ceilings. I like a wrap around lower deck, decent food.I do not care about song and dance shows, but I love trivia, game shows, things that I can participate in. HAL ships are perfect, but Princess has more activities that I enjoy. Depending on where I go, determines which of the two I choose. I love both for different reasons.

I agree with your assessment as far as value. We would really like to try both Holland America and Celebrity! However they don’t seem to offer the same value as Princess. Celebrity is far more expensive for a similar stateroom and itinerary. Holland America counts water bottles in the max count for their beverage package which is not honored on their private island. For these reasons, as well as many others, we continue to choose Princess. Enjoyed your review very much.

Excellent video....thank you... I enjoy hearing your input to what you prefer as well… thank you🚢

My adult daughter and I are taking our first Celebrity cruise in May - Edge. We have cruised RC many times, but I was ready to try something else. First Alaskan cruise too! Thanks for all your cruise information - very informative.

Celebrity Edge-class ships are the best for me in terms of design, vibe, food, entertainment, and services.

Interesting comparison. My interests surround the destinations, with an elevated food experience and comfortable place so sleep at the end of a long day, so Holland America has always made sense for me. Doing an Adriatic cruise with them next year… can’t wait! 😊

Thanks for your very informative videos. We're seniors who have never cruised & I'm realizing we have a LOT to learn before booking our 1st cruise. Your channel is providing me with so much good info!

Great review, we really are spoilt for choice… as a solo cruiser, I’m yet to book a solo cabin. The rare time they have been available, I’ve been able to book a regular stateroom for a better price… I’m not complaining, I just find it interesting and wonder what the future holds for the solo cabin concept

Jill, that was an outstanding comment and summary of your cruise. We feel the same way about most of your points. We also booked the Plus Package before the Changes were made and feel we should be grandfathered in. I hear Alfredo’s has been pretty quiet as most people don’t want to pay for it. Enjoy your cruise on Celebrity and I recommend you try Holland America as well.

We are on the Ascent currently and loving it! It’s our first cruise and definitely will consider celebrity again. We booked a year ago and saved some $ by doing so. We love your content and used it as our guide to select celebrity ty

We have only cruised on Viking in the past, but now have 2 cruises booked on Holland America. Your video verifies what we thought about Holland America, i.e. great food, great service and itineraries focused on destinations and enrichment activities. That is what we prefer, and we think we will really enjoy our cruises with this line. Thank you for a great overview of these 3 cruise lines!

We just came back from an Alaskan cruise in September on Celebrity Eclipse. This was our first cruise since the shut down. Before covid we sailed on Princess, Royal, Norwegian and Disney. We are not ones to complain and abide by the rule, "any day on a cruise ship, is a good day!' But we sure did notice a difference in food quality and presentation. We also noticed a difference in activities, quality and lack there of. We couldn't decide if this was a post pandemic thing or just the Celebrity line, seeing as it was our first time sailing with Celebrity. We are planning a Canada New England cruise in the fall on Holland, so we shall see. Thanks for this comparison Ilana! from Northern Ontario

I really enjoyed this video! Thank you.

I love Holland! I agree with your assesments!

Thank you for these videos and your planner. My first cruise is in May 2024 on the Celebrity Beyond. I’m taking my parents to the ABC islands. We are looking forward to taking our first cruise and your videos have made me less nervous about going.

I definitely want to go on Princess now that I saw this! I may book for the summer on it. I have a close friend who recently got back from a Celebrity cruise and she loved it. Thank you!

We are planning to cruise on Holland America Line in mid-September 2024 to Alaska. Your comparison is encouraging to me in that I think we will like it.

You did not mention Aqua class on Celebrity. The included dining is far above the MDR and the room amenities are excellent, all for a lot less than you would pay for a Suite on the other lines which is where you would have that more upscale experience.

My girlfriend and I will be on the Caribbean Princess 21 Jan. We got the premier packages since it's her first ever cruise and my first as an adult without my family. We are really looking forward to making the most of the entertainment on board and enjoying the ship!

I’ve sailed on all three and agree they are all excellent. My two upcoming cruises are on Princess, I find the Princess Plus package to fit my needs. I am doing Alaska on Coral Princess and Panama Canal on Island to go through the historic locks.

We loved the food and service on our recent Celebrity Reflection cruise, and can’t wait to try the Ascent in December! 🎉

Really enjoyed your presentation on the 3 brands and thought you were pretty spot on. We just got off the Rotterdam which was our first HAL cruise. We enjoyed this cruise, the food, the service, our aft Vista balcony stateroom and would sail HAL again. However, it seemed there wasn’t that much activity around the ship and even couldn’t understand why there wasn’t a movie or sporting event on the pool big screen except for 2-3 times during our 9 day cruise. I also felt the variety on the buffet was lacking (food was excellent) but after 9 days we were ready to move on. While we have cruised Celebrity about 45 days , we have not sailed them for about 8 years. I have always enjoyed their ships and we will be taking a 10 and a 7 night cruise with then in April to try them again. The reason we haven’t sail with them for a while is just as you mentioned in your video, VALUE. Princess has had the best value by far and thus has gotten our business. We are using casino deals to try Celebrity again, but even their beverage packages seem way over priced compared to Princess or even HAL. We drink very little alcohol, but lots of Diet Coke. The soda package on Celebrity is almost twice that of Princess. I feel like they are trying to fleece me. We have crushed Princess 145 days and have two 7 day trips on the Regal the first of January and two 10 day trips on the new Sun in February. We feel Princess has more to offer in terms of variety of entertainment, variety of food choices, and a better value for the money. Right now it is hard to NOT sail them. Again, I thought your analysis was spot on and enjoyed comparing all 3 brands side by side.

My wife and I did the Southern Caribbean and Panama Canal (partial passage) on HAL Rotterday in early December. Our favorite cruise yet, by far. We have not purchased the "have it all" package ever before, but we did pre-book on HAL a 17 night San Diego roundtrip to Hawaii and a 27 night Amazon River cruise with the have it all package so we will know more then.

Cruising Sun Princess first time on Princess June 2024 and Celebrity March 2024 first time on Celebrity and can’t wait!! Cruised Holland America as a teen and loved the food but I was by far youngest person there lol - great video comparing these cruise lines!! Very helpful

I have 2024 sailings on Princess (Regal, and Grand) and Celebrity (Beyond). Looking forward to all of them. Thanks for this video. I watch all of your videos and this one really pertains to my interests.

I really appreciate your videos. We are booked on princess discovery summer of 2024 Alaska cruise. This will be our first cruise. We are really excited and hope it to be our first of many.

Ilana, you never cease to anaze me how thorough and detailed your content is. Thank you for bringing up which of the 3 cruise lines you mentioned, has cabins dedicated to single cruisers. It sounds like Celebrity has the most dedicated cabins, which is a big plus. It would be nice to have a significant other to cruise with right now, but I enjoy cruising, ususlly one a year, and knowing who has the most cabins available will make the decision easier. I would like to know, why costs for solo cruisers are sooo much higher than double occupancy? I've gone online and priced them, and all cruise lines are $300-$400 more. Also, my goodness, this video was close to 25 minutes and you went coast to coast with taking a breath, I think; and with such exuberance, as yiu always do. Many thanks!

In my opinion, the Edge Class of Celebrity is the best of all the ships. We've sailed on the beyond and are booked on the Ascent.

We will be on the celebrity reflection at Christmas. This is the only cruise line I’ve done (Alaska being the first one) I want to try princess as well. Very informative

Another very informative video Ilana. We have cruised a lot on Celebrity & some on Holland America. The Celebrity ships & especially the Edge class ships are really well appointed and the cabins are very comfortable & liveable. We have loved the service on Celebrity though you mentioned that Celebrity has cut back on their Butlers. We had one in November 2022. Guess we 9:11 will see on our February cruise on the Beyond. The Retreat staff has been very helpful but our butlers in the past were really very helpful and took amazingly great care of us. Happy cruising and a very Happy New Year Ilana!

We recently got back from a cruise with Celebrity Silhouette and the food was as good as I remembered it. A lot of blogs were complaining about the food and i was really worried that the quantity and menu variety would be lacking. Thankfully it was not the case. Only issue was getting a table (with reservations) the first couple of evenings - the hostess must of been new and often had us waiting for a table for 2 and we noticed that there were plenty of tables when we were seated. There was plenty of activities planned throughout the day but i’ve noticed a decline in activities where the crew was involved. All in all the cruise was great. This was our first cruise since the pandemic. Looking forward to book another cruise with Celebrity but a newer ship.

My husband and I are doing Enchanted Princess in April (6 Night Caribbean). We are pretty excited. Thanks for the info-it’s good to know Princess is still an amazing Cruisline. .

These are the only 3 cruise lines we cruise on. We love each one and cruise the one that has the itinerary we want.So..life is good. Enjoyed your presentation and we agreed with your assessment. But it is our assessment as well. Enjoy your program!

We are going on the Apex transatlantic on May 2nd and then the Princess Regal 12 night British isles! Enjoy your channel!

We are booked on our 1st Holland cruise in 2025 to Alaska - 14 day terrific itinerary. Thanks for the video!

Celebrity made some big menu changes this past year in it's main dining options. They took away some of our favorite dishes. The good news is that they listened to all of the complaints and feedback and added most of our favorite stuff back to the menu. You could tell from passenger's comments that they were test driving various ideas.

We have our first Princess cruise in February to Panama Canal. Thank you for your review. Extremely helpful. We also booked our first Celebrity cruise in 2025 to the Southern Caribbean. We are very excited to try this cruise line as well!

Going on Discovery Princess, June 1, 2024. Headed to Alaska on Inside Passage to Glacier. My husband, our 2 kids with their spouses and 2 granddaughters. We are so excited to go!!

We have been on Celebrity and Princess in the past year. Both exceeded my expectation. Did Princess to Alaska. Best vacation I have experienced. Going on Celebrity again in February.

Love Princess. My next Princess cruise is in 3 days!!! Can’t wait. Totally would recommend, great value

Gone on Celebrity 2 times this year. The ship are beautiful, rooms comfortable, dining room and buffet very good, also adult sections available. Trying Princess in a couple months. Thank you for your reviews.

The last Holland America cruise we took overall was good. The activities were a little bit lacking. Going to try Celebrity for the first time in May and Princess for the first time in November. We also have a cruise on the Norwegian Prima at the end of February.

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Happy New Year!🎉🎉 I'm not sure if this is a great thing or a bad thing, but I have almost everything on your favorites list for 2023. 😂

As always your videos are so informative! I did have to giggle, at the 10:55 mark I thought my son was stomping around upstairs (as he does) but then I realized it was on your video, lol. Not a complaint or criticism, just lol that we both have “stompers” in our house. 😂

We are headed to Alaska in May on the Westerdam. We are looking forward to relaxing and eating good food We've sailed to Alaska on Princess the last seven years and want a change. We sailed on Holland two times but to warmer locations. We're looking forward to comparing the two lines. Love your channel!

Really enjoyed your video. Long time cruiser, first cruise in the 70’s when RCL had three ships and their offices were in a trailer. 20 plus cruises with Celebrity 10 Princes. All cruises were pre pandemic, I agree with you on Celebrity, there dinning room was going downhill before the pandemic, we stop going there all together. Staff was cut, poor service. On our last time there we didn’t get our bread until half way thru dinner. We loved their formal night and dressed to the max. Very disappointing to hear not much has changed. Keep up the great videos.

I love celebrity cruises! I’m going on eclipse in may and very excited 🎉 I’ve never tried any of the other two so I can’t really speak on them, but celebrity has my❤

Dec 2023 cruise with Beyond. Service was awesome first two days. (12 day cruise) could not find a waiter after that. Last two days, awesome service again. Long lines at all bars waiting for drinks. Long waits for food in restaurants. The housekeeping was fantastic entire trip. Pool was hard to find chairs. Floating nursing home with wheelchairs, walkers, canes

We went on the Discovery Princess to Alaska in September. Best food of any Cruise Line in my opinion. I've been on 16 cruises

I’m about to go on my first ever cruise, and it’s with HAL. I’m even more excited now after all the positive things you had to say about their ships!

100% agree with the Tamarind

@BarryWallis 17 hours ago I'm a member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood (a private club for magicians and their friends) and I can't wait to cruise on the Sun Princess. The Magic Castle had a group cruise in October called the Magic Castle Conjurors' Cruise on the Discovery Princess. We brought our own magicians and had both public and private shows and lectures during the seven-day cruise up and down the Pacific coast (we even had our own excursion to a magic show in San Francisco). It was so much fun that most of us (there were 91 in our group) signed up for the next Conjurors' Cruise in November on the Sun Princess before we left the ship.

My favorite cruise lines so far are Royal and NCL. I will travel for the first time with Celebrity on the Apex next week. I am so excited.

I have cruised HAL on many occasions and love it. I go again in March.❤

We cruised over 100 nights this year including on Princess (21 nights on Enchanted), Holland (21 nights on Rotterdam), and Celebrity (2 different cruises). Our biggest take aways for these 3 lines; Princess ships seem cheap, entertainment is poor quality, and the food quality is really bad in many cases (preparation and taste are fine but they buy junk; especially the meat and fish)- Holland is elegant with very nice ships, entertainment is good but is generally for older folks (although Rolling Stones rocks), and the food was great- Celebrity has nice ships, food is very good, and the entertainment is much better than Princess or Holland. Service on all 3 lines was very good. My wife and I are 50 years old and like to have a lot of fun so that does affect our entertainment preferences.

My wife and I just sailed on RCI Harmony of the Seas (balcony cabin). Housekeeping service was only once daily. The cabin was clean and comfortable. The food was good (8/10), but you needed to go to a specialty restaurant to really get a terrific meal. When I booked the December 17 sailing from Galveston, Texas, back in April, I indicated we wanted to eat early (“my time dining”). When we got aboard the ship, we were told we didn’t “reserve” a dinner time; so we were defaulted into a 8:45 pm dinner time. Because of that, we never ate once in the MDR. For a week’s cruise, we enjoyed three specialty restaurant dinners with four trips to the buffet at the Windjammer. Aside from the MDR “reservation miscommunication” we thoroughly enjoyed the ship and our cabin steward was super nice. I added the additional gratuity I was expecting to give our MDR wait staff to the additional tip we planned on giving to our cabin steward. We are starting the process of planning our next cruises for August and December, and your reviews are most valuable and appreciated.

We've done Princess , Holland and Cunard lately and loved them all . Celebrity prices have always been higher when we wished to cruise . Much higher and we haven't seen the value so we last sailed with them six years ago.

Excellent comparison video. I would love for you to do the same with MSC, Norwegian, Carnival and RCCL ( if that were possible)!

Just finished a 12 day cruise on the HAL Rotterdam. What a wonderful, clean, traditional ship! No go karts, rock climbing or rowdy kids. Yes, there were a few children, but they were well behaved. The staff were professional yet friendly. Most were smiling and happy with their jobs. Yes, HAL caters to a more “mature” crowd, but that is what one would expect from a traditional cruise line. The use of space in the cabins is perfect and the design provides everything one would expect. Real flowers are found everywhere on the ship and the use of graphics at each elevator keeps passengers from getting lost. Look on the floor of the elevators and you will know what day it is. The Have It All package is a welcome addition to the options offered. We enjoy our time on the Pinnacle class ships and will be sailing on them soon.

I noticed your Princess reference point for the video was the Enchanted! We just did the Trans-Atlantic on her. I have to agree that the Catch by Rudi was Excellent, but we found our favorite specialty dining (excluding the 360) restaurant to be the Crown Grill!! Had the Surf & Turf in both and the lobster was much larger in the Crown and their cheese bread was so addicting! Thought the 360 experience was absolutely amazing and agree that it is well worth the money. Last but not least; I want to give a shout out about the Maitre D aboard the Enchanted!! Nicola was best I've ever experienced in my 55 years of cruising!!!!

We will be cruising to the Bahamas on Holland America in February. It will be our first time cruising with them and we are really looking forward to it!

Taking a Trans Atlantic cruise on the Regal Princess in October of 2024 from Southampton to Galveston 21 days with stops in Spain Portugal Antigua St. Thomas and Grand Cayman. Our cabin is a Reserve Collection mini suite

Cruising on Celebrity Reflection in January 2024. Love Celebrity, but haven't cruised with either Holland America or Princess before. Love your videos. Super informative.

We are going on Sun Princess at the end of March. Very excited about that one. Also Celebrity Equinox this week and Beyond in May. Hopefully the food will be good in those

1st time cruiser in March. After almost 2 years of watching videos and reading reviews, we selected Princess.

We did a mother-daughter cruise on Ruby Princess and had a wonderful time. Enjoyed the food, entertainment was stellar. We also did RCCL a year ago with a larger family group - best food if you exclude the buffet which was awful. Dinner at Sabatini’s was the highlight but mostly because of some great interaction with other guests, not something we usually do. We normally cruise Disney out of Galveston, so much it feels like home.

I just go of the equinox celebrity cruise line for Christmas. I’m 6 4 and the shower is small but doable. My wife and I noticed that the food was cold it got better as the cruise went on.The Christmas decor was a little lack luster. But it’s still a beautiful ship.the service and cleanliness was excellent.

We usually cruise RCCL. Just got back from a week on Regal Princess. This was our first time on a princess cruise and our first time cruising out of Galveston. I loved the regal princess. I especially loved the medallion program with the app as well as princess plus. I’m looking forward to trying holland America and Celerity for our next cruises.

Loved the Enchanted Princess.

I sailed with princess in July. The Caribbean princess had excellent food. The service was amazing and food excellent in the dining room. I found the buffet to be so-so but plenty of choices.

This has been a fantastic video - thank you! My cruising girlfriend and I are planning our bucket list Panama Canal cruise for 2025 and we have not cruised since 2017 so ALOT has changed, it seems! Celebrity has been „our“ line, but did our first on HA and loved it. After watching this I am leaning toward HA again, although we found the prices to be alot higher than Celebrity. We never considered Princess, as I just have never had any details on how good/bad things are there, however it sounds pretty good! Food is a big deal for us and it sounds like HA is good, including the included room service - it used to be incl in Celebrity and we used it often - we will need to rethink! Thanks again!

I'll be on the Celebrity Eclipse in October, so looking forward to it. Ill watch this video again as I get closer to.embark action day.

I have sailed on all e. I am going on HAL Rotterdam next month. And b2b Celebrity Apex and Sun Princess later in the year. I think your assessments are very accurate. I think the Beyond may be my favorite ship, but Royal class is great, as is HAL Pinnacle class. You nailed it on dining. I am not a real foodie, and I had a difficult time finding things I liked in Celebrity MDR (but IMO their French onion soup is the best I have ever had). Again, I agree with you on nearly everything you said.

Nice video. Great info. Thank you. I have not been on a cruise yet as I am having a hard time figuring out which cruise line and who is not going to nickel and dime me.