PRINCESS or CELEBRITY? Comment Below! - If you want more of this conversation check out the full video podcast episode here: ruclips.net/video/6yYu5XZAVGY/видео.html
OMG Tony I just got off my first Princess cruise. I can't, can't, can't go back to carnival, royal caribbean, ncl. Princess was an absolute bomb. The food is over the top. The service is over the top. And the crew is actually happy.
YES! I wish more cruise lines still had them. Disney and Princess are two of the only ones left. Especially when you're on a 14 day or longer, that self serve laundry is pretty sweet.
Tony said “Princess is to Classical Music as Celebrity is to Jazz. You said “smooth jazz” which is considered by some as an insult. Jazz is an art form.
Smooth jazz is not jazz. Jazz is an energetic and often provocative music. I don't think Celebrity is "smooth jazz." And I didn't hear him say "smooth" jazz. Just jazz. I'm a fan of both Classical and jazz and there are different types of both. I think you'd hear not much of either on most typical Celebrity or Princess ships. Celebrity used to have traditional elements to their cruises but modern cruisers want anytime dining and less "regiments" so they've changed. They've relaxed the dress codes as well.
You should really enjoy Celebrity if you like Princess. I think the food is comparable between the two. Celebrity still has the absolute best bar at sea with the World Class Bar though I really did enjoy the Good Spirits Bar on Sky Princess. We've sailed Celebrity Equinox, Reflection and Solstice so far, our next one will be on the Edge Class. But yes, Princess is absolutely wonderful!
My first cruise is on Discovery princess in May. I'm sooooo excited. I wanted more of a relaxed atmosphere with a bit of upscale feel with less kids for sure. The foodie in me is excited for princess meals too.
Discovery Princess is awesome. We did an Alaska cruise in May of 22 and it was fantastic. Best time to do Alaska, the mountains are still snow covered and the scenery is beyond description.
Based on our Sky Princess cruise you should have an amazing time. Absolutely beautiful ships and that same excellent service we've come to know and love on Princess. You should definitely enjoy the food, it was a step up from the other MDRs we've had since the restart. I've started posting my Sky Princess food reviews on my channel, feel free to check those out. Thanks for watching!
@lalidoloca I'm a huge fan of Celebrity and admit I have never sailed on Princess...this conversation has me convinced I need to explore cruising with Princess.
When wifey and I started cruising without our kids (a lot of Carnival cruises), we jumped to Celebrity. I looked at Princess but was concerned that the age group would skew older (65+). We’ve been beyond happy with Celebrity and have two on the calendar now. A 10 day Med this summer and a 10 day Caribbean in Nov 2024. Maybe we’ll try Princess if the right deal comes up. Celebrity delivers extraordinary service and food without being over the top on pomp and circumstance. We’re both 54/53 and find Celebrity maps well to our age group.
I think you'll find the Royal Class ships especially match up well with Celebrity. I think the age group on both cruise lines is pretty similar. If you're enjoying Celebrity that much you really should give Virgin Voyages a try. For me, Celebrity and VV are a very similar vibe, except the pool is tiny on VV. But the food quality is over the top on VV. Thanks for watching!
@@WheresWalterTravel I’ll have to check VV out then. I was unsure if VV does 10 day cruises. We’ve come to the point of any vacation for us has to be at least 10-14 days total. It’s just too much work to fly from California to FL ports for a cruise less than 10 days.
@@muzaaaaak No 10 day cruises yet unless you put two cruises together. Valiant Lady does 8 day itineraries during the winter season and Scarlet Lady does regular 4 and 5 day itineraries. I hear you on the longer cruises, we did 7 days on Sky Princess and it just wasn't enough. And we live in Florida! :)
Having sailed on Princess MANY times I love sailing with crews that I have been served by in past cruises....like coming home. Looking forward to the new Sun Princess.
What an an amazing ship. We sailed her last month and the food was amazing. We had a letdown in Sabatini's but the dining captain really came through. I've just started posting our vlogs on our channel from the cruise. That was our first Royal Class ship and it certainly won't be our last. :)
Celebrity is our cruise line of choice. We have been on Carnival, Holland America, Princess and Celebrity. Princess was great too, but Celebrity has our ❤
Just booked on the Celebrity Accent! Met Captain Kate on the Edge as well! She is awesome! I tried glass blowing in Murano, Italy so I was ready we I sailed on Celebrity.
Ahhh, the paradox of choice. It often boils down to itinerary prefrrence for me. I could have a marvelous time on either line. Thanks for this discussion.😊
As I mentioned on the show, Princess really does have a lot of really unique itineraries. Holland America as well. But I have noticed in 2024, a lot of cruise lines are getting into very interesting itineraries. Especially Carnival expanding their Carnival Journeys. Interesting itineraries is one place where Virgin Voyages falls a little flat, they don't have the most interesting itineraries so that's more about the ship experience right now. Thanks for watching!
Given our senior age, and MUCH experience with Princess & Celebrity, we prefer Celebrity slightly over Princess. I think Celebrity is slightly more pricey. Princess is more fun-more family. Celebrity is a bit more classy.
1) Hilarious song break! 😂 2) Our first ever cruise is planned for 2024 and I was really torn between Princess or Celebrity… but we ended up booking the Celebrity Equinox. Can’t wait! So excited!
I love both Princess and Celebrity. Went on the Enchanted Princess in October and it was the most beautiful ship I had ever been on ( and I have done 30 cruises). Leaving tomorrow on Celebrity Beyond and am excited to see that one and meet Capt. Kate.
I am looking forward to Celebrity Beyond on 11/13/23 but am afraid Captain Kate may be on vacation then. I hope not! I don’t know what her contract / vacation cycle is.
I hope Captain Kate is still onboard, she's due for her 3 months off rotation anytime now. I'll be really curious what you think between Enchanted and Beyond. Sky Princess was absolutely stunning, but I don't know that much of anything can compare to Beyond. Have an amazing time!!
@@WheresWalterTravel The only Princess ships comparable to the Beyond is the Sun Princess. The Beyond is a different Celebrity experience than the Reflection or Silhouette. The Enchanted Princess is more like the Reflection as it is more traditional Princess, not going in another direction Princess like the Sun Princess (Sphere class) is.
We like Princess and Celebrity. We have also tried Royal C, Norwegian, Carnival and Holland America. Just returned last Saturday from the Rotterdam on ten day Southern Caribbean cruise. The Rotterdam Internet service was the best we have ever had. Food was excellent including the specialty restaurants. We had a Neptune suite which was huge . Also had concierge service in the Neptune Lounge which was like the United Airlines Red Carpet Lounge. So our top 3 cruise lines are Holland, Princess and Celebrity.
The Rotterdam was pulling out of Ft. Lauderdale right behind Sky Princess during our sailaway. She looks like a beautiful ship. How was the food in the MDR? That was our only knock on the Nieuw Amsterdam when we sailed her. The MDR was 'meh' but the buffet and specialty dining were awesome. Thanks for watching!
@@WheresWalterTravel We ate in the main dining room once for lunch on the first day and it was fine. I noticed on the Lido buffet they offered many of same entrees that MDR was offering each night
1000%. There are things we love about every cruise line and things that drive us batty on every cruise line. But that won't stop us from sailing any of them. :)
Hi Tony, for me it's Celebrity. I've only been on the Millennium Class ships (Summit, Millennium, Constellation) and am happy with those. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Hi from Bob in Connecticut
Do agree Princess has some better itineraries. Our one issue that makes us prefer Celebrity is the cabin. The Princess balcony does not have a good seating area while Celebrity does. When we are on a long cruise this makes a big difference to us
Our main decision maker is where can we drive to for most of our cruises. That's why we took the Princess South Pacific cruise back in 2020, it was round trip from LA. Didn't want cost to park my car that long so took a rental but still didn't have to deal with flying for either start or finish of the cruise.
I like them both...also HAL...each has its own ethos and specialities. HAL has some fabulous music venues and commitment to music...Princess has wonderful service...and Celebrity has Aqua Class and more, which provides private dining, private lounges, and pool areas
HAL is amazing too! I think the food is a more 'meh' in the main dining room than Celebrity or Princess. But the buffet has been awesome, the ships are gorgeous and the crew outstanding. And oh my, the Celebrity Aqua Class is one of our favorite classes of cabins. :)
Princess is my favorite. I am booked on my first Celebrity cruise in November, 6 nights on the Eclipse. I took your advice and decided to try a different line. The glass blowing sounds fun.
That was an interesting conversation, Tony. I'm going to go watch the podcast. Good idea to show a clip here! I've been thinking about trying a different line lately. Have a great day.
This should be a 3 way comparison Holland in my opinion is right there with this two all three are great . But the less you talk about Holland the better it could be my little secret 😅😂
Especially those Pinnacle Class ships, wow, so beautiful and those pools. Yes, Holland American can certainly enter this discussion. Or we can just keep it our little secret. :)
Hey Tony, it’s Car..rusing day for us today ! March 25 .. San Pedro, California back to back California coastal. 14 days total. first time on a celebrity cruise the Soltice we were doing a back to back just so that we can really check it out and see what’s happening on this cruise line. It will be the 41 number Cruises for us so far. We are Princess fans because of the military extra credit on board and also us being shareholders on (CCL). Not much credit for anything as a first time cruiser on Celebrity but I will let you know my personal review when we come back on Easter Saturday …..Bon voyage.🎉❤
We just had a client on that ship for his very first cruise and he loved it. That class of ship is so much fun and Solstice was our first introduction to Celebrity. Don't forget to try out the World Class Bar, for me it's the best bar at sea. Happy Cruising! Our next cruise starts on Easter Sunday. :)
Celebrity will be our next cruise line but that is partly from having reciprocity in status with Royal Caribbean and partly for their Iceland to Boston itinerary that has me intrigued.
Woooooo, that DOES have me intrigued too. I have to say, the cruise lines are starting to put out some really interesting itineraries of late. HAL has so many very interesting long-haul cruises that are amazing round trip from the U.S.
Were branching out from DCL (12 cruises) between HAL and Princess for our next land/sea Alaska cruise in 2024. Knowing Princess has a laundromat on board (just like Disney) puts a star in their column.
Oh wow, gotta say I'm a little jealous, we've only been on the Fantasy once as our only DCL cruise. What an amazing cruise line. Between HAL and Princess my first choice is always Princess and we recommend the Cruise Tour for all of our clients. They have 3 to 7 day land adventures that you can tack onto a 7 day cruise. When we went it was Fairbanks, Copper River and Denali for 7 days. We met the ship in Whittier for glacier scenic cruising, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Vancouver. You see so much more of Alaska if you add on the land portions. We've booked a bunch of clients both on the regular Cruise Tours and the connoisseur cruise tours that have a dedicated Tour Guide and all meals for the land portion. Alternatively if you don't really want to do the land portion, HAL has some longer cruise itineraries of 14 to 28 days that add in more ports than your typical 7 or 10 day itinerary from the others. We've booked clients on the 14 day itinerary who just didn't want to get off the ship. If we can help in any way feel free to reach out. But you really can't go wrong between Princess and HAL for Alaska. :)
@@WheresWalterTravel We LOVE Disney!!!!! Our next cruise is April 2024 on Gary Bembridge's members' cruise on HAL. How can I get more info on Princess land/sea cruise?
We've cruised with Princess 16 times, with more coming, and 3 Celebrity cruises with another to come next year. We love these smaller ships. We are seniors and don't need all the high activity type ships.
I just got off the beyond,this was my 21 Celebrity cruise it was the best food and service and entertainment of all of them. I like Celebrity they never give me a reason to leave.
I've only ever done Princess or Celebrity. I think it depends on how much you want to spend. If you want to go for a suite, even just a mini suite, go for Celebrity. The Luminae restaurant and retreat lounge make it SO worth it. Other than that, I think they're both pretty much the same though I generally like the food on Celebrity a little better.
I knew you were going to say Princess. We aren't gamblers and Celebrity has Starlink. Our next cruise is on the Celebrity Apex. I did listen to your specialty dining comments of the Apex and made reservations on the Rooftop Grill instead of the Fine Cut because you said there was noise from the Martini Bar.
Going on Celebrity Beyond tomorrow! Looking forward to it. Was on Ruby Princess a few months back, and food was way sub par, and the WiFi was slowest ever found at sea. Now Ruby is an older ship, and had a brand new inexperienced crew but was shocking. Ps. as a travel agent i'm trying to experiment with them all.
You should have an amazing time! It's a great time to be a travel agent, isn't it? We are so blessed to be so busy and it's been especially fun booking so many first timers. River cruising is where we're expanding next, Christmas Marketplace is on my bucket list. :)
I like the comment about the crew on a particular ship. I've been on many NCL ships and i must say the crew on NCL Escape is awesome. The crew on other NCL ships is medicore
We sailed on Celebrity Edge for their first sailing after the Covid outbreak. We absolutely loved it! Only 4 kids were on that cruise...We're in our 60's so we didn't need all the slides and water things. It was the most relaxing cruise we have ever had. Staff was amazing and so was the food. That said, we would love to try a Princess cruise sometime.
I was on the Sky princess in February and I agree, the main dinning room was really good! Alfredo's gave the main dinning room big competition too!! The buffet was good too but I only ate there at breakfast. The Lido deck restaurants (Slice and... salty dog???) were very so-so. Not bad but definatelly a big step down from everything else. No reason to eat there with the buffet open all day. I was also disapointed with the ice cream offer, only one flavor at a time, no soft serve... could be a lot better.
Love Celebrity, their loyalty program is the best! Besides the great service everyone gets in all room categories we have been in some suites. There you get incredible butler service, a special suite restaurant and special lounge.
We only started to cruise a little before the virus. Our first 7 or 8 trips were with Carnival. We have now also done 2 Princess cruises with just the wife and myself. We think Carnival is best for our family trips and Princess is just mom and dad. Next we are thinking to Try Holland America. 🤔❓
HAL is a great cruise line as well, especially the newer ships. We found the MDR 'meh' on the Nieuw Amsterdam when we sailed her pre-pandemic but the buffet was one of the best we've ever seen and the specialty dining was great. We've heard some reports that they have improved the MDR. I really want to sail on the Rotterdam sooner than later.
@@WheresWalterTravel free HA 12 day cruises from Venetian in Vegas. We have gotten the 10 day Princess trips a few times. Only pay tax and port fee. 👍🚢🏖🦆
Currently Princess is our favorite, but we just booked a cruise with friends on the Celebrity Eclipse (but not til 2025!). Holland America is another line worth checking out - great food; and they've upped their game in with the Music Walk.
We've not sailed HAL since they added all those music venues. They look amazing. We really enjoyed the Nieuw Amsterstam and really want to sail on the Rotterdam. That Pinnacle class looks stunning.
@@WheresWalterTravel They had the Ocean Bar, Piano Bar, Explorer's lounge where they'd play music. The venues are bigger and are now Billboard's and BB King affiliated. They used to be affiliated with Lincoln Center as well.
We have been Platinum on Carnival, Gold on NCL, the unsupervised children, drunks, and occasional fights is pushing us away from Carnival. We just did our first cruise on the Celebrity Equinox a few weeks ago. We thoroughly enjoyed the ship, and our Balcony room on Deck 7 and the FOOD and Entertainment was GREAT. The only issue we had on the Equinox was that service in the main dinning room was dysfunctional every night buy one. Unusual for us, on our 10 day Exotic Southern Caribbean cruise we ate in the Buffett up on deck 14 on 4 nights and had very good relaxing dinners and enjoyed interacting with the staff up stairs. On each late dinning in the main dinning room we would show up among the first in line, and for some reason we would be among the last to receive our main courses and one evening they even failed to bring our desserts. Would we cruise Celebrity again, most definitely. We are presently planning on a Princess Cruise to give that line a try and then determine which direction we will go for future cruises but Princess has some fantastic itineraries that is pulling us that direction.
Well, I started my love of cruising on the Matson Lines S.S. Lurline, RCCL, Sitmar, Princess. In those days the food and service were top notch. Yes I still love it but with the hugh ships its sometimes a bit of a cattle call thing, but the second the ship starts up and starts moving, it's magical! The food, if you want the best you do need to pay more otherwise the meals are hit and miss.👍
100% safe as it's all electric. According to the folks who used to do the glass blowing shows, it's one of the only set of electric kilns for glass blowing in the world on the three Celebrity ships. It's located right behind the funnels on the top deck so all that heat goes straight up the funnel and out. :)
I used to prefer Princess, but cruised Princess last May and their food feel down in quality. Cruised celebrity two times since January and food was the best. So Celebrity is now my favorite. I Want to try the Beyond next.
@@trickstothetrades1801 Food on Sky Princess was amazeballs. We were so impressed. 5th time on Princess and definitely the best food experience so far.
Been cruising with Norwegian and Royal for over 10 years. Have one Norwegian and one Royal cruise coming up this year. With all the not so favorable changes with both of them, we just booked our first Celebrity for 2024.
A lot of people don't seem to mind. I wish more did. I don't like the Edge class ships. Bad direction for Celebrity. They made another class with the Retreat. They went ahistorical with the decor/feel/ambiance and went for greige "contemporary," they removed the library and Sky Lounge and those small little areas the Solstice has and they've only kept the art approach to distinguish the brand. They're for newer is better and louder and more active is better which I didn't associate with the Celebrity brand. They need new management that realizes why the Solstice were designed how they were and how to pull in new and younger people but without changing the brand.
I've been on the Celebrity Solstice & Equinox, they were great! Going on the Caribbean Princess this Fall. Hoping for a great experience too. Love both Cruise Lines!
Caribbean Princess was our very first ship for that 14-day itinerary I talk about in the full podcast. She was a fun ship. I don't know how she's going to compare to the Solstice/Equinox as both of those are beautiful resort style ships. Caribbean will probably feel a bit more like a 'traditional' cruise ship, but you should still have an amazing time.!
This was useful, thank you. My husband and I have cruised both Celebrity and Princess. Of late , we mostly have cruised Royal Caribbean but I’m thinking we should give the other two another cruise.
Been on both lines. Heard so much about Celebrity before our first cruise with them. We were disappointed. We had a good cruise on our Celebrity cruises but we think Princes is hands down better. Our last 3 Princess cruises had the best snd most professional entertainment ever on a cruise ship. One caveat! No cruise on any of the popular cruise lies is bad!
Props to NCL for changing their decision. It shouldn’t have ever gone to this but it did. 😖 Sure hope they “fix” the policy though, for others going forward. Thanks to u, n the other creators, for bringing this all to light n probably helping the resolution. Be blessed!!!!!
Celebrity Edge. We booked a back to back while on board last year based on the Abba sing along, the DJ mixing course, the Silent Disco, the food in the Blue restaurant, the friends we made, and the cruise director. We did Princess to Panama; not noteworthy Higher class - Star Clippers and Paul Gauguin
My favourite is Holland America. Mind you I have not cruised since the late nineties when ships were smaller and did not contain whole cities of people.
Late 90s ships started to get big. Grand Princess at 101,000 tons and Voyager of the Seas at 136,000. I think the big difference was there was no class system, not a lot of specialty restaurants and less nickle and diming though there was some. The for-pay charges for food are a bad development IMO.
That's the way I cruised. 1 Carnival, then moved to NCL with 1 Royal in the middle, then stepped up to Princess and finally landed on Celebrity and there we stay.
Fabulous ship. Absolutely book a glass blowing class. THE most unique thing you can do on a cruise ship anywhere. Our favorite spot is the Solarium indoor pool, that's where you'll find us all week and then you'll find me at the World Class Bar at night. Best cocktails at sea. Have an amazing time!
My husband and I were about to pay our deposit on Celebrity Edge and our travel agent offered a Princess cruise but while the Princess is less, it has add ons that we would need to be comparable to the Edge. I decided to research a bit and this video was helpful. It’s gonna be hubby’s 75th and we are smooth jazz over classical. We will stay with our Celebrity Edge decision. We might try Princess in the future. I will review the experience in 2025 when we return. Thanks.
Both lines are very comparable but since we have been on the Apex and Beyond we have just been drawn to Celebrity more lately. We have also done the Princess Regal and Royal and love them very much but the Edge Class on Celebrity has really scored big in lots of areas with those ships. I’ve yet to cruise on the newer Royal Class such as the Sky,Discovery or Enchanted. We are book this September on the enchanted so that might change our perspective again as those newer Royal class ships with new additions to them seem to be a crowd pleaser as well. As for the crew on the Beyond for us when we went they seemed to be a bit lost and under staff making them not as friendly because of the situation the line had put them in. It might of been just a little setback or a change of crew and Captain but we preferred by lots the crew on the Apex. Thanks all Sea ya Eric
I'm super interested to see what the Sun Princess is going to be like. We loved the Sky Princess and the royal class so that should be interesting. We've yet to do Edge class, just the Solstice class on celebrity which we loved.
PRINCESS or CELEBRITY? Comment Below! - If you want more of this conversation check out the full video podcast episode here: ruclips.net/video/6yYu5XZAVGY/видео.html
OMG Tony I just got off my first Princess cruise. I can't, can't, can't go back to carnival, royal caribbean, ncl. Princess was an absolute bomb. The food is over the top. The service is over the top. And the crew is actually happy.
Glad you had a great time!
Princess ships have self-serve laundromats, which we greatly appreciate as we don't have to pack as many outfits.
I agree. Especially when I did a transatlantic cruise!
YES! I wish more cruise lines still had them. Disney and Princess are two of the only ones left. Especially when you're on a 14 day or longer, that self serve laundry is pretty sweet.
Tony said “Princess is to Classical Music as Celebrity is to Jazz. You said “smooth jazz” which is considered by some as an insult. Jazz is an art form.
I’ve been on 7 Princess cruises and my 1 Celebrity cruise tops them all. The sameness of the Princess fleet is not appealing.
Facts. Self serve laundry is severely under rated
Princess is to classical music as Celebrity is to smooth jazz. Perfect analogy.
Says it all, I've got jazz in my soul so it would be Celebrity for me.
Ooo this is helpful!! I think I'm classical
Discovery Princess has the Take Five lounge, though. I’m really looking forward to that next month.
Smooth jazz is not jazz. Jazz is an energetic and often provocative music. I don't think Celebrity is "smooth jazz." And I didn't hear him say "smooth" jazz. Just jazz. I'm a fan of both Classical and jazz and there are different types of both. I think you'd hear not much of either on most typical Celebrity or Princess ships. Celebrity used to have traditional elements to their cruises but modern cruisers want anytime dining and less "regiments" so they've changed. They've relaxed the dress codes as well.
Just cruised the Beyond, fantastic ship and crew!
I always choose Princess! Itineraries, food, and crew are great! Elite benefits are appreciated too!
We love Princess! And we want to try Celebrity. Since we haven’t tried Celebrity yet, I can’t compare. But I can attest that Princess is wonderful!
You should really enjoy Celebrity if you like Princess. I think the food is comparable between the two. Celebrity still has the absolute best bar at sea with the World Class Bar though I really did enjoy the Good Spirits Bar on Sky Princess. We've sailed Celebrity Equinox, Reflection and Solstice so far, our next one will be on the Edge Class. But yes, Princess is absolutely wonderful!
Celebrity hands down is the best❤
We only do Princess or Celebrity! The determining factor is the destination we want and whos dates fit better with our schedule
My first cruise is on Discovery princess in May. I'm sooooo excited. I wanted more of a relaxed atmosphere with a bit of upscale feel with less kids for sure. The foodie in me is excited for princess meals too.
Discovery Princess is awesome. We did an Alaska cruise in May of 22 and it was fantastic. Best time to do Alaska, the mountains are still snow covered and the scenery is beyond description.
Based on our Sky Princess cruise you should have an amazing time. Absolutely beautiful ships and that same excellent service we've come to know and love on Princess. You should definitely enjoy the food, it was a step up from the other MDRs we've had since the restart. I've started posting my Sky Princess food reviews on my channel, feel free to check those out. Thanks for watching!
@Bob Sellman wanted to get early in the season. It is beautiful. I went to Ancorage as a teen. I'm so excited to see more and just enjoy cruise life.
@lalidoloca I'm a huge fan of Celebrity and admit I have never sailed on Princess...this conversation has me convinced I need to explore cruising with Princess.
If you're a big fan of Celebrity, I recommend starting with the Princess Royal Class ships. You'll find they compare very nicely. Happy cruising!
When wifey and I started cruising without our kids (a lot of Carnival cruises), we jumped to Celebrity. I looked at Princess but was concerned that the age group would skew older (65+). We’ve been beyond happy with Celebrity and have two on the calendar now. A 10 day Med this summer and a 10 day Caribbean in Nov 2024. Maybe we’ll try Princess if the right deal comes up. Celebrity delivers extraordinary service and food without being over the top on pomp and circumstance. We’re both 54/53 and find Celebrity maps well to our age group.
I think you'll find the Royal Class ships especially match up well with Celebrity. I think the age group on both cruise lines is pretty similar. If you're enjoying Celebrity that much you really should give Virgin Voyages a try. For me, Celebrity and VV are a very similar vibe, except the pool is tiny on VV. But the food quality is over the top on VV. Thanks for watching!
@@WheresWalterTravel I’ll have to check VV out then. I was unsure if VV does 10 day cruises. We’ve come to the point of any vacation for us has to be at least 10-14 days total. It’s just too much work to fly from California to FL ports for a cruise less than 10 days.
@@muzaaaaak No 10 day cruises yet unless you put two cruises together. Valiant Lady does 8 day itineraries during the winter season and Scarlet Lady does regular 4 and 5 day itineraries. I hear you on the longer cruises, we did 7 days on Sky Princess and it just wasn't enough. And we live in Florida! :)
Having sailed on Princess MANY times I love sailing with crews that I have been served by in past cruises....like coming home. Looking forward to the new Sun Princess.
Oh my, Sun Princess... Just Oh My, what a stunning looking ship. Even in the shipyard right now she looks stunning. Cannot wait to meet her! :)
1:41 been on carnival, Rccl, princess, Holland America. Norwegian. RCCL 13 times. Everything else is just ok. Norwegian at the bottom
I love Sky Princess! Love the ship, staff, food, and above all else the ports of call!
What an an amazing ship. We sailed her last month and the food was amazing. We had a letdown in Sabatini's but the dining captain really came through. I've just started posting our vlogs on our channel from the cruise. That was our first Royal Class ship and it certainly won't be our last. :)
Celebrity is our cruise line of choice. We have been on Carnival, Holland America, Princess and Celebrity. Princess was great too, but Celebrity has our ❤
Celebrity is our favorite....we've tried Carnival, NCL, Princess,Cunard, Royal and Celebrity still comes out on top!!
@@maryannmcgavock411 NCL had the cavern, Beatles live music . There shows were extensive , big production shows ..princess had music everywhere...
We love celebrity and were just talking about princess or virgin. Great show to help us decide
❤ Celebrity ... especially The Summit! 😊
I've only been on one cruise - Princess. It was fabulous.
Love both! I decide by itinerary and ship
Agree...well said !!!
Great info. Food for thought
Thanks for watching!
Just booked on the Celebrity Accent! Met Captain Kate on the Edge as well! She is awesome! I tried glass blowing in Murano, Italy so I was ready we I sailed on Celebrity.
Prefer celebrity over princess, but both are great. Loved watching the glass blowing.
Hi from the Discovery Princess! We’re sailing away on our long-awaited coastal California cruise. 🚢🚢🚢
Ahhh, the paradox of choice. It often boils down to itinerary prefrrence for me. I could have a marvelous time on either line. Thanks for this discussion.😊
As I mentioned on the show, Princess really does have a lot of really unique itineraries. Holland America as well. But I have noticed in 2024, a lot of cruise lines are getting into very interesting itineraries. Especially Carnival expanding their Carnival Journeys. Interesting itineraries is one place where Virgin Voyages falls a little flat, they don't have the most interesting itineraries so that's more about the ship experience right now. Thanks for watching!
Given our senior age, and MUCH experience with Princess & Celebrity, we prefer Celebrity slightly over Princess. I think Celebrity is slightly more pricey. Princess is more fun-more family. Celebrity is a bit more classy.
1) Hilarious song break! 😂
2) Our first ever cruise is planned for 2024 and I was really torn between Princess or Celebrity… but we ended up booking the Celebrity Equinox. Can’t wait! So excited!
Thanks Tony for this vid…. this was exactly the info we have been looking for.
Thanks so much for watching!
@@WheresWalterTravel very glad we have found your channel… getting back to cruising now.
Great show Tony! I'm on Princess Carribean in June, can't wait!!! Take care...
I love both Princess and Celebrity. Went on the Enchanted Princess in October and it was the most beautiful ship I had ever been on ( and I have done 30 cruises). Leaving tomorrow on Celebrity Beyond and am excited to see that one and meet Capt. Kate.
I am looking forward to Celebrity Beyond on 11/13/23 but am afraid Captain Kate may be on vacation then. I hope not! I don’t know what her contract / vacation cycle is.
I hope Captain Kate is still onboard, she's due for her 3 months off rotation anytime now. I'll be really curious what you think between Enchanted and Beyond. Sky Princess was absolutely stunning, but I don't know that much of anything can compare to Beyond. Have an amazing time!!
@@WheresWalterTravel The only Princess ships comparable to the Beyond is the Sun Princess. The Beyond is a different Celebrity experience than the Reflection or Silhouette. The Enchanted Princess is more like the Reflection as it is more traditional Princess, not going in another direction Princess like the Sun Princess (Sphere class) is.
Great video! Right up my alley. 😊
Thanks for watching!
We like Princess and Celebrity. We have also tried Royal C, Norwegian, Carnival and Holland America. Just returned last Saturday from the Rotterdam on ten day Southern Caribbean cruise. The Rotterdam Internet service was the best we have ever had. Food was excellent including the specialty restaurants. We had a Neptune suite which was huge . Also had concierge service in the Neptune Lounge which was like the United Airlines Red Carpet Lounge. So our top 3 cruise lines are Holland, Princess and Celebrity.
The Rotterdam was pulling out of Ft. Lauderdale right behind Sky Princess during our sailaway. She looks like a beautiful ship. How was the food in the MDR? That was our only knock on the Nieuw Amsterdam when we sailed her. The MDR was 'meh' but the buffet and specialty dining were awesome. Thanks for watching!
@@WheresWalterTravel We ate in the main dining room once for lunch on the first day and it was fine. I noticed on the Lido buffet they offered many of same entrees that MDR was offering each night
LOL...love your sense of humor...torn between 2 lovers...plus now Holland and Virgin also Premium...
We love Celebrity!❤
Great video today Tony !! We have only ever sailed Princess, but next year, we will try Celebrity Apex.
I love them both, some things better on Princess some things better on Celebrity
1000%. There are things we love about every cruise line and things that drive us batty on every cruise line. But that won't stop us from sailing any of them. :)
Tony, your music analogy is PERFECT!
Hi Tony, for me it's Celebrity. I've only been on the Millennium Class ships (Summit, Millennium, Constellation) and am happy with those. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Hi from Bob in Connecticut
Very interesting discussion, thank you !
Thank you for watching!
First time cruiser, going on Virgin this year. I chose it for being adult only, increased luxury and dining. Hope it’ll be a good trip!
Do agree Princess has some better itineraries. Our one issue that makes us prefer Celebrity is the cabin. The Princess balcony does not have a good seating area while Celebrity does. When we are on a long cruise this makes a big difference to us
Great video ❤❤❤❤
Our main decision maker is where can we drive to for most of our cruises. That's why we took the Princess South Pacific cruise back in 2020, it was round trip from LA. Didn't want cost to park my car that long so took a rental but still didn't have to deal with flying for either start or finish of the cruise.
I like them both...also HAL...each has its own ethos and specialities. HAL has some fabulous music venues and commitment to music...Princess has wonderful service...and Celebrity has Aqua Class and more, which provides private dining, private lounges, and pool areas
HAL is amazing too! I think the food is a more 'meh' in the main dining room than Celebrity or Princess. But the buffet has been awesome, the ships are gorgeous and the crew outstanding. And oh my, the Celebrity Aqua Class is one of our favorite classes of cabins. :)
This is a great video . I have not tried either yet but just got off virgin and definitely want to try princess and celebrity .
Thanks so much for watching. They're both great cruise lines with amazing ships and crews!
Either Celebrity or Princess are my preferences, so destination would be the next deciding factor!
Princess is my favorite. I am booked on my first Celebrity cruise in November, 6 nights on the Eclipse. I took your advice and decided to try a different line. The glass blowing sounds fun.
You should really enjoy the Eclipse. The glass blowing is the most unique thing you'll ever do on a cruise ship. :)
That was an interesting conversation, Tony. I'm going to go watch the podcast. Good idea to show a clip here! I've been thinking about trying a different line lately. Have a great day.
Thanks so much for watching! I had a great time with the discussion!
This should be a 3 way comparison Holland in my opinion is right there with this two all three are great . But the less you talk about Holland the better it could be my little secret 😅😂
Especially those Pinnacle Class ships, wow, so beautiful and those pools. Yes, Holland American can certainly enter this discussion. Or we can just keep it our little secret. :)
Hey Tony, it’s Car..rusing day for us today ! March 25 .. San Pedro, California back to back California coastal. 14 days total. first time on a celebrity cruise the Soltice we were doing a back to back just so that we can really check it out and see what’s happening on this cruise line. It will be the 41 number Cruises for us so far. We are Princess fans because of the military extra credit on board and also us being shareholders on (CCL). Not much credit for anything as a first time cruiser on Celebrity but I will let you know my personal review when we come back on Easter Saturday …..Bon voyage.🎉❤
We just had a client on that ship for his very first cruise and he loved it. That class of ship is so much fun and Solstice was our first introduction to Celebrity. Don't forget to try out the World Class Bar, for me it's the best bar at sea. Happy Cruising! Our next cruise starts on Easter Sunday. :)
Celebrity will be our next cruise line but that is partly from having reciprocity in status with Royal Caribbean and partly for their Iceland to Boston itinerary that has me intrigued.
Woooooo, that DOES have me intrigued too. I have to say, the cruise lines are starting to put out some really interesting itineraries of late. HAL has so many very interesting long-haul cruises that are amazing round trip from the U.S.
We’ve been cruising over 20 years and have been on a lot of different cruise lines and Royal Caribbean will always be #1 for us!!⚓️
On my way to watch the podcast now!!! Great short show, from the big show.. Lol
Hi Tony 😊 great interview !! A lot of good information , thank you!!
Thank YOU for watching. :)
Tony, don't forget you've also been on the Island Princess for the full transit Panama Canal last April !
Were branching out from DCL (12 cruises) between HAL and Princess for our next land/sea Alaska cruise in 2024. Knowing Princess has a laundromat on board (just like Disney) puts a star in their column.
Oh wow, gotta say I'm a little jealous, we've only been on the Fantasy once as our only DCL cruise. What an amazing cruise line. Between HAL and Princess my first choice is always Princess and we recommend the Cruise Tour for all of our clients. They have 3 to 7 day land adventures that you can tack onto a 7 day cruise. When we went it was Fairbanks, Copper River and Denali for 7 days. We met the ship in Whittier for glacier scenic cruising, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan and Vancouver. You see so much more of Alaska if you add on the land portions. We've booked a bunch of clients both on the regular Cruise Tours and the connoisseur cruise tours that have a dedicated Tour Guide and all meals for the land portion.
Alternatively if you don't really want to do the land portion, HAL has some longer cruise itineraries of 14 to 28 days that add in more ports than your typical 7 or 10 day itinerary from the others. We've booked clients on the 14 day itinerary who just didn't want to get off the ship.
If we can help in any way feel free to reach out. But you really can't go wrong between Princess and HAL for Alaska. :)
@@WheresWalterTravel We LOVE Disney!!!!! Our next cruise is April 2024 on Gary Bembridge's members' cruise on HAL. How can I get more info on Princess land/sea cruise?
@@CruisingEngineer Reach out to me or Jenny, happy to help with planning a cruise tour. They're amazing!
We've cruised with Princess 16 times, with more coming, and 3 Celebrity cruises with another to come next year. We love these smaller ships. We are seniors and don't need all the high activity type ships.
I just got off the beyond,this was my 21 Celebrity cruise it was the best food and service and entertainment of all of them. I like Celebrity they never give me a reason to leave.
Thank-u for posting.
I have only sailed Celebrity. I want to try Princess on my next cruise. Thank you for sharing Tony & Walter👍
Celebrity number 1 for me. Hands down! Have yet to try Virgin.
I've only ever done Princess or Celebrity. I think it depends on how much you want to spend. If you want to go for a suite, even just a mini suite, go for Celebrity. The Luminae restaurant and retreat lounge make it SO worth it. Other than that, I think they're both pretty much the same though I generally like the food on Celebrity a little better.
I knew you were going to say Princess. We aren't gamblers and Celebrity has Starlink. Our next cruise is on the Celebrity Apex. I did listen to your specialty dining comments of the Apex and made reservations on the Rooftop Grill instead of the Fine Cut because you said there was noise from the Martini Bar.
Have an AMAZING time! She looks like an amazing ship.
Going on Celebrity Beyond tomorrow! Looking forward to it. Was on Ruby Princess a few months back, and food was way sub par, and the WiFi was slowest ever found at sea. Now Ruby is an older ship, and had a brand new inexperienced crew but was shocking.
Ps. as a travel agent i'm trying to experiment with them all.
you'll love the Beyond.......one fabulous ship!!!!!
You should have an amazing time! It's a great time to be a travel agent, isn't it? We are so blessed to be so busy and it's been especially fun booking so many first timers. River cruising is where we're expanding next, Christmas Marketplace is on my bucket list. :)
I like the comment about the crew on a particular ship.
I've been on many NCL ships and i must say the crew on NCL Escape is awesome. The crew on other NCL ships is medicore
Crews rotate from ship to ship. Few stay on one ship.
We sailed on Celebrity Edge for their first sailing after the Covid outbreak. We absolutely loved it! Only 4 kids were on that cruise...We're in our 60's so we didn't need all the slides and water things. It was the most relaxing cruise we have ever had. Staff was amazing and so was the food. That said, we would love to try a Princess cruise sometime.
Love your videos keeps me in the cruuuissing mood
Our first cruise was on the Ruby Princess, glad we started high on the list.
I was on the Sky princess in February and I agree, the main dinning room was really good! Alfredo's gave the main dinning room big competition too!! The buffet was good too but I only ate there at breakfast. The Lido deck restaurants (Slice and... salty dog???) were very so-so. Not bad but definatelly a big step down from everything else. No reason to eat there with the buffet open all day. I was also disapointed with the ice cream offer, only one flavor at a time, no soft serve... could be a lot better.
Love Celebrity, their loyalty program is the best! Besides the great service everyone gets in all room categories we have been in some suites. There you get incredible butler service, a special suite restaurant and special lounge.
We only started to cruise a little before the virus. Our first 7 or 8 trips were with Carnival. We have now also done 2 Princess cruises with just the wife and myself. We think Carnival is best for our family trips and Princess is just mom and dad. Next we are thinking to Try Holland America. 🤔❓
HAL is a great cruise line as well, especially the newer ships. We found the MDR 'meh' on the Nieuw Amsterdam when we sailed her pre-pandemic but the buffet was one of the best we've ever seen and the specialty dining was great. We've heard some reports that they have improved the MDR. I really want to sail on the Rotterdam sooner than later.
@@WheresWalterTravel free HA 12 day cruises from Venetian in Vegas. We have gotten the 10 day Princess trips a few times. Only pay tax and port fee. 👍🚢🏖🦆
My first cruise was on Princess. My second was on a now defunct cruise line. I enjoyed both cruises
Currently Princess is our favorite, but we just booked a cruise with friends on the Celebrity Eclipse (but not til 2025!). Holland America is another line worth checking out - great food; and they've upped their game in with the Music Walk.
We've not sailed HAL since they added all those music venues. They look amazing. We really enjoyed the Nieuw Amsterstam and really want to sail on the Rotterdam. That Pinnacle class looks stunning.
@@WheresWalterTravel We sailed on the Nieuw Statendam in November and it was amazing.
@@WheresWalterTravel They had the Ocean Bar, Piano Bar, Explorer's lounge where they'd play music. The venues are bigger and are now Billboard's and BB King affiliated. They used to be affiliated with Lincoln Center as well.
Thanks Tony, this discussion really helped. 👍🏾 🎯💯
Glad the discussion was helpful! :)
We have been Platinum on Carnival, Gold on NCL, the unsupervised children, drunks, and occasional fights is pushing us away from Carnival. We just did our first cruise on the Celebrity Equinox a few weeks ago. We thoroughly enjoyed the ship, and our Balcony room on Deck 7 and the FOOD and Entertainment was GREAT. The only issue we had on the Equinox was that service in the main dinning room was dysfunctional every night buy one. Unusual for us, on our 10 day Exotic Southern Caribbean cruise we ate in the Buffett up on deck 14 on 4 nights and had very good relaxing dinners and enjoyed interacting with the staff up stairs. On each late dinning in the main dinning room we would show up among the first in line, and for some reason we would be among the last to receive our main courses and one evening they even failed to bring our desserts. Would we cruise Celebrity again, most definitely. We are presently planning on a Princess Cruise to give that line a try and then determine which direction we will go for future cruises but Princess has some fantastic itineraries that is pulling us that direction.
Love Princess!!! Will be on the Regal in 2 weeks!!
I like Royal Caribbean
Well, I started my love of cruising on the Matson Lines S.S. Lurline, RCCL, Sitmar, Princess. In those days the food and service were top notch. Yes I still love it but with the hugh ships its sometimes a bit of a cattle call thing, but the second the ship starts up and starts moving, it's magical! The food, if you want the best you do need to pay more otherwise the meals are hit and miss.👍
I've had my 3 carnival cruises and each had it's trouble with flooded rooms and stench, maybe it's time to change
Question??? Glass blowing??? Is that safe on ships? Is that involve with fire to heat glass to put in shape you wanted to do?
100% safe as it's all electric. According to the folks who used to do the glass blowing shows, it's one of the only set of electric kilns for glass blowing in the world on the three Celebrity ships. It's located right behind the funnels on the top deck so all that heat goes straight up the funnel and out. :)
I am Elite on Princess & platinum on NCL but have never cruised Celebrity, but I am ready to try it!
I used to prefer Princess, but cruised Princess last May and their food feel down in quality. Cruised celebrity two times since January and food was the best. So Celebrity is now my favorite. I Want to try the Beyond next.
Also had same experience however recent cruise on royal princess to Hawaii the food was awesome. They redeemed themselves!!!! And unbeatable crew!!
@@trickstothetrades1801 Food on Sky Princess was amazeballs. We were so impressed. 5th time on Princess and definitely the best food experience so far.
I love Walter (Where's Walter) Thank you for this!
Been cruising with Norwegian and Royal for over 10 years. Have one Norwegian and one Royal cruise coming up this year. With all the not so favorable changes with both of them, we just booked our first Celebrity for 2024.
Have an amazing time!
I was on the Edge last April, I was disappointed that on the Edge class non Suite Class was not able to go the Bow area to look out.
A lot of people don't seem to mind. I wish more did. I don't like the Edge class ships. Bad direction for Celebrity. They made another class with the Retreat. They went ahistorical with the decor/feel/ambiance and went for greige "contemporary," they removed the library and Sky Lounge and those small little areas the Solstice has and they've only kept the art approach to distinguish the brand. They're for newer is better and louder and more active is better which I didn't associate with the Celebrity brand. They need new management that realizes why the Solstice were designed how they were and how to pull in new and younger people but without changing the brand.
I've been on holland, ncl, royal Caribbean and princess. Not sure which I would put at the top...I go mostly based off ports though for the price.
I've been on the Celebrity Solstice & Equinox, they were great! Going on the Caribbean Princess this Fall. Hoping for a great experience too. Love both Cruise Lines!
Caribbean Princess was our very first ship for that 14-day itinerary I talk about in the full podcast. She was a fun ship. I don't know how she's going to compare to the Solstice/Equinox as both of those are beautiful resort style ships. Caribbean will probably feel a bit more like a 'traditional' cruise ship, but you should still have an amazing time.!
This was useful, thank you. My husband and I have cruised both Celebrity and Princess. Of late , we mostly have cruised Royal Caribbean but I’m thinking we should give the other two another cruise.
Variety is the spice of life! 8 cruise lines so far for us, hoping to make it 10 before the year is out. :)
Been on both lines. Heard so much about Celebrity before our first cruise with them. We were disappointed. We had a good cruise on our Celebrity cruises but we think Princes is hands down better. Our last 3 Princess cruises had the best snd most professional entertainment ever on a cruise ship. One caveat! No cruise on any of the popular cruise lies is bad!
Props to NCL for changing their decision. It shouldn’t have ever gone to this but it did. 😖 Sure hope they “fix” the policy though, for others going forward. Thanks to u, n the other creators, for bringing this all to light n probably helping the resolution. Be blessed!!!!!
Celebrity Edge. We booked a back to back while on board last year based on the Abba sing along, the DJ mixing course, the Silent Disco, the food in the Blue restaurant, the friends we made, and the cruise director.
We did Princess to Panama; not noteworthy
Higher class - Star Clippers and Paul Gauguin
Captain Kate is awesome! 1st time on the Beyond and it was amazeballs!
Princess I agree the casino is my turning point on Princess if you like to play they bring it
My favourite is Holland America. Mind you I have not cruised since the late nineties when ships were smaller and did not contain whole cities of people.
Late 90s ships started to get big. Grand Princess at 101,000 tons and Voyager of the Seas at 136,000. I think the big difference was there was no class system, not a lot of specialty restaurants and less nickle and diming though there was some. The for-pay charges for food are a bad development IMO.
That's the way I cruised. 1 Carnival, then moved to NCL with 1 Royal in the middle, then stepped up to Princess and finally landed on Celebrity and there we stay.
I'm booked on the Equinox in May, can't wait to experience this ship 🚢 Great show Tony!
Fabulous ship. Absolutely book a glass blowing class. THE most unique thing you can do on a cruise ship anywhere. Our favorite spot is the Solarium indoor pool, that's where you'll find us all week and then you'll find me at the World Class Bar at night. Best cocktails at sea. Have an amazing time!
@@WheresWalterTravel I've already booked the blowing glass class. I did that on the Eclipse last year and I loved it!
My husband and I were about to pay our deposit on Celebrity Edge and our travel agent offered a Princess cruise but while the Princess is less, it has add ons that we would need to be comparable to the Edge. I decided to research a bit and this video was helpful. It’s gonna be hubby’s 75th and we are smooth jazz over classical. We will stay with our Celebrity Edge decision. We might try Princess in the future. I will review the experience in 2025 when we return. Thanks.
definitely celebrity for us. 6 booked over the next 2 years.
Both lines are very comparable but since we have been on the Apex and Beyond we have just been drawn to Celebrity more lately. We have also done the Princess Regal and Royal and love them very much but the Edge Class on Celebrity has really scored big in lots of areas with those ships. I’ve yet to cruise on the newer Royal Class such as the Sky,Discovery or Enchanted. We are book this September on the enchanted so that might change our perspective again as those newer Royal class ships with new additions to them seem to be a crowd pleaser as well.
As for the crew on the Beyond for us when we went they seemed to be a bit lost and under staff making them not as friendly because of the situation the line had put them in. It might of been just a little setback or a change of crew and Captain but we preferred by lots the crew on the Apex.
Thanks all
Sea ya
Eric
I'm super interested to see what the Sun Princess is going to be like. We loved the Sky Princess and the royal class so that should be interesting. We've yet to do Edge class, just the Solstice class on celebrity which we loved.