Dawn Princess

Pros: Beautiful ship, convenience of cruising, great foods, charming ports of call
Cons: Hectic embarkation

My husband and I took the Dawn Princess out of San Diego December, 2007.  We're experienced cruisers and it is one of our favorite vacations - no matter what the destination.Departure port:  San Diego - we came in three days ...

Pros: Clean, stocked with amenities, excellent staff, great service
Cons: Not as "multi-generational" friendly as other ships, limited food choices late at night

By today's standards, the Dawn Princess is considered mid-sized relative to other cruise ships, but don't let its size fool you. When it launched in 1997, it was one of the largest at the time. It offers amenities that you'd find in a luxury hotel: pools ...

Pros: Food Nice ship lots to do
Cons: smell on our floor lack of people our age

We just got back from a 10 Day cruise to Alaska. We had a wonderful time. This was our 3rd cruise and out first time to Alaska. My husband and I are in our late 20's and traveled with his family and a group of other friends and their family for a ...

Pros: Nicely appointed smaller ship; very clean and awesome staff
Cons: Food quality below par, lack of activities, this is NOT an Inside Passage Cruise!

Dawn Princess Cruise Review July 10-20, 2007 Cruise Overview My husband and I cruised to Alaska aboard the Dawn Princess on July 10, 2007 – our second cruise to Alaska. Our ten-day voyage departed round trip from San Francisco and included ...

Pros: Alaska is beautiful and the scenery and wildlife was amazing.
Cons: Dawn Princess is an old ship - like an old Holiday Inn.

My girlfriend and I sailed on the Dawn Princess, round-trip from Seattle on an Alaskan cruise on May 13, 2006. We have cruised on other ships before and decided to give Princess a try for our Alaskan cruise. Here is a list of our issues: The ...

Pros: Nice staff.
Cons: Fraught with hawking; few quiet spots; run-down feel.

This is a review of the Dawn Princess from the point of view of a mother of a 2-year-old, first-time cruise passenger, and professor. This ship is really not recommended for parents of young children - or people with particular aesthetic expectations. ...

Pros: Scenery, service, & entertainment as well as food quality and presentation
Cons: Princess excursions are a bit pricey, but very enjoyable. The art auctions are annoying.

Sorry you had a bad experience aboard the Dawn Princess but we had the opposite opinion. We sailed Alaska's Inside Passage 7 years ago on the Dawn with our family of four. The children were age 10 and 11. We all had a wonderful time. This past summer ...

Pros: Great food,awesome excursions,very relaxing 5 star treatment!!
Cons: None, As long as you exercise self control on your spending.

This was our first vacation and my first cruise, We chose the Dawn Princess to go to Alaska, Northbound from Vancouver to Whittier, From Aug22nd through 28th, to escape from the AZ summer heat. We booked through a local travel agency, Cruise-N-Leisure ...

Pros: Great Shore excursions. Beautiful Alaskan Scenery.
Cons: Food. Entertainment. Service. Smell. The boat itself.

BUYER BEWARE! What a disaster! This was my family's first cruise, and we have all decided that maybe cruising isn't for us. We came to this decision because: a) the food was awful, b) the ride was horribly choppy and bumpy, c) the entertainment was ...

Pros: - Service - Entertainment - Value
Cons: - Pool Deck - Stateroom beds - Food

My wife and I sailed on the Dawn Princess February 18-28. This was our third Princess and eleventh cruise overall. Keep in mind when you read this--I think all cruises are great and they sure beat a day at the office. But sometimes it's good to have a ...

Pros: unbelievable scenery and wildlife, quaint towns, good food (salmon and reindeer!), comedians
Cons: dance/music shows, lack of young people

I recently came back from a land/sea (cruisetour, as described by Princess) cruise from Alaska with my parents, brother and fiancé. This was a 11 day trip with some fantastic scenery. We spent 3 days staying at Princess Lodges in the interior of Alaska, ...

Pros: Well organized. Great staff. Activities for every taste. Lots of things to see.
Cons: Long lines in Horizon court. Some dining room staff too obviously fishing for tips.

Trip booked through Travelocity - a lot cheaper than Princess direct. Had we known that we could have booked through United and gotten the miles we would have done that. We went on the Dawn Princess from Vancouver to Whittier (Anchorage) May 24th ...

Pros: Ship, crew, Alaska, cruise
Cons: Love Boat film crew on board

Since the Dawn Princess we have cruised several times. Nothing has matched trip, with the exception of the Love Boat film crew and stars, since. Blocked rest rooms, held elevators (??Stars will hold an elevator for 30 minutes}, constant radio chatter by...

Pros: Clean ship. Refrigerators in room that were not locked.
Cons: Cold food. Sparse activities. Condescending crew.

Cruised to Alaska on May 19, 2003.
Day one:
Buffet food was cold. Safety drill was conducted by female cruise director whom was condescending in speech and tone of voice.
Day two and three were at sea:
Lack of activities. In order...

Pros: Everything's right there
Cons: Can get expensive

I finally went somewhere - that's right, this summer my husband booked us a 7 Day Cruise through Alaska. We booked through Yahoo Travel, and selected the Princess Cruise Line. For the time period we wanted, the ship that was sailing was the Dawn...