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Disembarking
The staff were quite helpful and doing the best they could they could with a horrible system. There is ONE elevator for thousands of disabled passengers. ONE! If it’s not working, then all those people are stuck. Far worse, though, is that they could not safely evacuate the disabled passengers in an emergency. Your only hope would be jumping in the water...
Read full complaintRefunds incorrect booking
I was not booked a wheelchair accessible room and therefore had to depart prior to departure. Getting a refund customer service was helpful the entire time the ship was departed stating that I had to request it when they came back. Joke on me! when I contacted them after the ship disembarked was told the $560 was non refundable. They have managers but customers are not aloud to talking to them.
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Unauthorized charges
Experienced cruiser, but first time with Princess, and had recurring unauthorized charges, my account was charged for bottled water that was not purchased, another charge was from a bar for a Long Island ice tea drink,we never set foot in this bar and again for bottled water ( 2 at this time) All charges supposedly were removed…. My husband and I had never...
Read full reviewI never got a refund from them.
It wasn't a lot of money, yet I was promised a refund of USA $44.95 as I switched from one shore excursion to another more expensive one. I took a Caribbean cruise in January 2025. Yet after several calls and emails to them. I can see that Princess does everything to not refund my money. I wouldn't go on another cruise with them. The room was great as wa...
Read full reviewDreadful
Recent cruise undertaken by myself and four friends. Ship great but dreadful experience in terms of their charging structures. If you purchase on board they process it through your credit card and also hold the equivalent funds or more on your credit card depriving you of those funds. Charges processed were way in excess of expenditure. After complaining...
Read full reviewRating Princess Cruise Lines Website ONLY
Rating Princess Cruise Lines Website ONLY. Their website is STUPID. It times you out about every 5 to 10 minutes while you are reading the descriptions of the Excursions. That is EXTREMELY MADDENING. Even if you go back to the Excursions page after reading a description or two, the IDIOTIC website will log you out. It's like they WANT to DRIVE CUSTOMERS AWAY
Recommendation: Princess Cruise Lines Website Sucks
337 Princess Cruise Lines Complaints
Misrepresentations
I am writing to formally warn others about my experience with Princess Cruise Line, which I believe involves misleading and unfair business practices. Many customers, including myself, are drawn in by promotions, package deals, and “free” cruise offers through casino programs. However, in my experience, these offers come with strict policies and significant...
Read full complaintCredit for medical charges on credit card.
My husband and I went on a 7 day carribean cruise March [protected]. The second day of the trip my husband and I were on an elevator when a crew member came on with a small cart. While exiting the elevator my husband tripped in the door way of the elevator injuring his arm. He went to medical and they bandaged his arm. He had to go several times to the...
Read full complaintNovember, 2025 cruise to the western Caribbean
for 5 consecutive nights we got very little sleep due to constant noise from the room next door. We contacted the on board Guest Services several times but got either no response or no effective response. We sent an email with a document detailing our experience tom Princess Cruise Customer Service when we got home on Dec 1 but have received no response.
This situation ruined our trip.
Desired outcome: we expect to be comp’d for the cruise cost
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Disembarkation
Our Booking # 6GWWXW 2ND CRUISE WITH PRINCESS One pending we may cancel due to this fiasco On November 18th in Los Angeles we encountered a 3 hour wait, with 3 Custom agents for 3000 passengers. No bathrooms, chairs,information etc. I have my 2 transfer tickets for the bus I want to send back to you. We had to take private transportation and just barely...
Read full complaintCasino and point system
I can tell you that my medallion controls to much! I can tell you my mom had spend more then 5 times what I have. She has 10000 points less than me. With that said she has a fraction of the point I have. Also you are running false advertisement on a slot machine. I hit a 7 triple and 7. Based on the machine it should be 300$ the problem is I wan 45$ on 3$ bet! you can not change the denomination. This will not be good for you!
Claimed loss: I have spent over 8000$
Desired outcome: False advertising is not good for you. I will show the evidence later. I have staff confirmed my win! And does not understand it as well. Came up with BS excuse. I am on regal princess
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Gross Negligence on a Princess Cruise Excursion in Inverness Scotland
Regal Princess departing 8/13 Southhampton. Negligence occurred at the Inverness Scotland port. The excursion we purchased from Princess Cruises included 4 stops (boat ride looking for Loch Ness, Castle, lunch, battlefield). We drove 2 hours to the dock. The tour guide screwed up the departure time (I have her admitting that on video) and left 10 of us on...
Read full complaintPlatinum Insurance 60 day waiver
Booked Cruise Aug 2024, purchased Platinum Insurance. Husband started having issues with BP in Dec after Dr changed meds in June. He had been stable with BP up until Dec. Cancelled, filed claim, denied, given cruise credits, unable to use as Dr states not safe to cruise. Would like $ refund. Princess not out anything as they rebooked our cancelled room.
Read full complaintOn board shopping
I purchased a pair of earrings on board. The receipt claimed I purchased two identical pairs and charged me double. I had no idea until received my account summary after the cruise was finished. I have pursued this through every channel given to me and still I’m told there was no error and I have to suck up the double charge. Instead of $40.80 I was charged $81.60. Why would I continue to chase $40.80 after spending thousands to sail (premier package guest) if I didn’t know I am right and the sales assistant made an error?
Claimed loss: $40.80
Desired outcome: Refund. And by now an apology too.
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Booking a cruise
I have had nothing but problems with booking a cruise and it has gone from bad to worse. I am on my third cruise personalizer who is no better than the others I had. Their promises to help you are just words and no action. Ocean ready couldn't even help me with getting into the ocean ready app and left me not knowing what to do. Add to that I decided to cancel the cruise which is in dec.,2025 and was told all I can get are onboard credits, no refund. This was a costly trip and will never use princess again. They are legal thieves.
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16 day Hawaii cruise leaving LA on March 23, 2025. Our reservation number is 6VMK5P.
Today, March 26, the captain told everyone that the Maui cruise port was canceled because not enough room for the ship to dock. Extremely upset. My wife and have just retired and we have limited money available to travel. Never been to Hawaii and the highlight of the trip was to do the road to Hana. We have had the trip booked for over a year and now you...
Read full complaintNon refund
On 18 Oct’2023 (effective date 20 Oct’2023) I booked 2 cruises 6R7R8W & 6R7RHX whilst onboard a Princess ship. $200 was paid via my Visa card (statement photos included). These cruises were cancelled in Sept’2024. For the past 5 months I have been told numerous times by Princess that I paid my deposits by ‘Future Credits’ & that they had expired. My...
Read full complaint and 2 commentsOn board credit
My promotion PE5SL00 offered me $400.00 onboard credit. Agent 1 booked the wrong cruise. Agent 2 booked the wrong offer code. Agent 3 GUARANTEED the $400.00, along with 100 in free play, was added. He told me I needed to pay now or lose my cabin choice...gave me his e-mail so I could contact him if any trouble. Of course, the money didn't appear and...
Read full complaintCharged for two rooms, and they changed the reservation to one room
Booking 7TCJ5M Purchase a cruise on November 11th. Had to pay in full because the sail date was December 23, 2024. I went through the online portal to book the cruise. I have adult witness that saw me book this cruise. I selected two rooms. I assigned the two occupants over the age of 21 for each room, and the 2 other guest per room, for a total of 4 persons in the party. I confirmed the two rooms booked, and processed the reservation. The reservation had the one room, and the adjoining room on the reservation. I believed everything was good at this time, being as I saw it calculate the expense for two rooms. It was on November 28th when I was reviewing what I needed for disembarking, that I noticed the mention of only 1 room. So I contacted Princess via chat and phone, and was told I was charged for two rooms, and they reserved me a stateroom with bunkbeds for my party of 4 persons and that would work, as the room would accommodate four people. Never mind what I paid for. I filed a dispute with my credit card on November 28th. It took Princess until January 6th to respond. I have never experienced a company blatantly ignoring issues instead of dealing with their mistake. I then learned Princess reserves the right to change reservations without notice. I then learned to cancel the reservation I would not be due any refund because I was not 90 days out from sailing. I never had 90 days prior to sailing, so Princess would never honor a refund from the day I purchased. I also learned that in order to try and move rooms I would be charged completely new fairs as if I had not already paid $4932.00, and I would be charged a additional $1800.00 because they had to change or cancel my booking as they call it. I have spoken to many Princess representatives, and they follow a script, don't listen, steer, and bully you on the phone. I was told not to call back and their was no need in it. What Princess did was switch and bait me, took my second room which I paid for and sold it for more profit, so they could max fill the boat. Their customer representatives use sales tactics, and do not listen. I was told the complaint department is the "back room" people and I can't speak to them. I am to make my complaint on their site. You can't make a complaint online as it will not let you state the grievance. Their tactic is to ignore you until you go away. I have five thousand reasons that I'm not going away.
Claimed loss: $4932.00 plus a ruined vacation.
Desired outcome: Complete refund immediately.
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Grand Princess Casino not following their own rules/regulations, lack checks, lack "fairness"
9/29/2024 Grand Princess (GP) round trip from Los Angeles to Hawaii. I have issue with the Grand Princess casino Assistant Manager (Ms. You) and Casino Manager. Princess casino rules and regulations (CRR) indicates "each ship have at the casino cage a current list of contact information for their home office or casino operator where the passenger can pursue their dispute". GP casino does not provide the info. I wrote to Hotel Manager (per CRR) and no response. Per Casino Manager, "issue was returned to him". Where is the "internal audit department" per CRR? Casino AM (Ms. You) kept on saying "it is the House Rule", I want a copy of the "House rule". Photo enclosed (10/4 and 10/9) showing no change in one box after other 3 boxes cleared.
Desired outcome: I want a copy of the house rule and "contact information" and have Tech check the machine "fairness"
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I enjoy cruising with Princess. I had one complaint against Grand Princess Casino Managers and that is not normal. Please separate Princess general services and casino.
Request a formal written response from Princess Cruise Lines, specifically asking for the "House Rule" documentation and details about the internal audit process mentioned in their casino regulations. Reiterate that you’ve followed their protocol by writing to the Hotel Manager and demand transparency in handling your dispute. If they fail to provide a satisfactory response, escalate the issue to the appropriate regulatory bodies or seek legal advice for further action. Keep all records and photos as evidence.
Thank you for the information. I contacted Hotel Manager (per Princess rules) to get information on the regulatory bodies. No response from Grand Princess. As far as I know, there is NO regulatory bodies to the Princess casino. Thank you.
Better Than Best Price Guarantee
My name is Paul Johnson.
My cruise fare is on the original booking is $2997 per guest. On 08/17/24 on Princess.com the fare for the same category (ME deck 11 cabin B217) was listed as $2749 per guest. When I called the first time and got a princess agent I was told this price was only for new bookings. It said nothing like that online, in fact it says "if you find a lower identical cruise fare on Princess.com prior to your final payment we'll match 120% of the difference in the form of an onboard credit". The difference is $248 per guest for a total of $496. Based on the 120% guarantee I should receive an onboard credit of $595.20. After talking to 3 different agents one of them gave me a credit of $100. That would be of course less the $100 credit I received from the agent.
Claimed loss: Should receive $495.20 onboard credit
Desired outcome: $495.20 onboard credit and an apology
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Flight for booked cruise
We were scheduled to go on a princess cruise April 7, 2024. Our flights were booked through Princess. We went to the airport when our flight was scheduled but told that we had no flight reservation. After many phone calls I learned that our flight was moved to April 6, flying out of Dallas…we live in Missouri, with multi stops. We did not get any notification that the flight was changed so we missed the cruise. American Airlines blames Princess and Princess blames American Airlines. This was supposed to be a family cruise so it has caused lots of tension with the family. This ordeal was a nightmare and I don’t want this to happen to anyone else
Claimed loss: A lot of time on phone calls. My husband and I had to take a week of vacation off work,
Desired outcome: Fix this issue so nobody else has to go what we went through
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What a mess, an absolute disaster. You planned a family cruise, and this happens? No way. Princess Cruise Lines and American Airlines, both pointing fingers at each other, it's unbelievable.
Here's what you need to do: don't take no for an answer. You deserve a full refund, and they need to make it right. Keep calling, keep emailing, make them uncomfortable. And make sure everyone knows what happened. They hate bad publicity more than anything.
You and your family were looking forward to this, and they let you down. Stand your ground and get what you deserve. They need to know you mean business.
Customer service
This is the worst and worst customer service I have had in my life.
I travelled with Princess Cruise more than 10 years ago, and because of their unprofessional customer service on that trip, I decided to change to another shipping cruise in recent years.
Recently, my friend pushed me to go back to Princess Cruise, so I decided to give a trial
We have a group of 8 people on this trip. My personal booking reference is 6HHL7N. Since, I am the head leader of the group, I must arrange the Shore excursion and Dining arrangement for the whole group. I tried to log into my personal account many times, but no success. (now the Shore excursion discount promotion is expired). Then I called customer service by online chat and voice call. Every time, a different agent gives me a different answer and solution, and every time I must wait for more than an hour or even 2 hours for an update answer. And sometimes 24 hours to check back the outcome.
At last, I have 3 or more Captain’s Circle No. which the final is [protected], [protected], and 761318033A. On August 3, 2024, I called in the customer service center again, I have to spend most of the time explaining the whole story. The agent takes another one hour to update all my information. His name is Jim, and he gave me his I/D JGO7269 and swear that he will call me the next day (August 4, 2024 @4:00p.m.) because the system needed 24 hours to update. Even though I am on the road, I hurry back home to wait for his call to finalize the problems. And I waited for the whole evening, no call, no response, no answer. Then I called the customer service center again, still circling round about my issues without any new outcome.
Now, my problems are:
My name is Yu Ting Paul Chung, I cannot log into my account to manage my upcoming sail booking
My last Captain Circle’s No.is 761318033A, (please confirm)
I cannot log in with my email address
My previous 15 days' sail is missing after several modifications by Princess different agents.
I cannot add new journey to the phone app, it always stated that it is “Internal Server Error”
Different agents keep on telling me that my profile information in the Princess system is not updated, then it results that I cannot log into my account. And they (more than 6 agents) keep on modifying my personal profile. I don’t know what the final end result is in the Princess Cruise system?
My contact email is [protected]@hotmail.com My cell phone is [protected]
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Change to unacceptable flight home
Booked and fully paid for an Alaskan Cruise. Recently, noticed our flight home had been changed to an all night flight with arrival home a day later. When I called Princess, they told me there were no flights that “met the ship’s criteria” that would avoid an overnite flight.
We do not want to fly home overnight OR arrive home a day later than planned!
Desired outcome: Original flight home reinstated !!
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Cruise is leaving early and Princess is keeping my money
We were scheduled to depart on a Red Sea cruise from Dubai on March 11, 2024 however due to the ongoing security situation in the Red Sea the itinerary has been changed with a new departure out of Cape Town. Now I must be clear that the issue does not surround the change in route due to the security issues, however does have to do with the departure date...
Read full complaintThe whole trip was awful!
The trip was awful. Will never cruise Princess again! I sent an email when we got home, also when we were onboard. We have never heard a thing from Princess. Very poor customer service! Breakfasts were terrible, pastries were dry and hard from day 1. Lunches were mediocre at best. Requested a queen bed, we got twins. then after the 3rd call they guy that...
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Princess Cruise Lines complaints: history and resolution overview
Out of all reported cases, 18 complaints (5%) have been marked as resolved, while 319 complaints (95%) remain unresolved. The most recent resolved complaint, cancelling a person who could not sail, provides additional insight into how customer issues have been handled.
Customer feedback spans multiple years and reflects a range of user experiences. A majority of complaints remain unresolved, which may be important to consider when evaluating the company.
Is Princess Cruise Lines Legit?
Princess Cruise Lines earns a trustworthiness rating of 91%
Highly recommended, but caution will not hurt.
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