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My husband and I are in our late 20s. We found Princess to be a little "stuffy" and the entertainment was very dry and somewhat boring. The entertainment on the Voyager was OUTSTANDING. Much, much better than on the Princess. (We were on the Dawn Princess, though, not the Grand.) Personally, I just didn't care much for the Princess line in general. (Don't get me wrong - we didn't have a bad time...we just have had much better cruises on other lines. We just had to make our own fun on Princess.)
I strongly recommend the Voyager. It truly is an amazing ship and a really great time. We also liked our cruise director A LOT more on the Voyager - Ken Rush. Very funny and very entertaining. Our cruise director on the Dawn was the worst cruise director we've ever had - very boring and not entertaining at all. I think that the cruise director has a lot to do with the "tone" of the ship.
The rooms were very nice - quite big, actually! I especially liked the fact that the ship doesn't rock as much as the other smaller ships, so those prone to motion sickness don't have much of a problem on this ship. (I guess the Grand is big enough also that I bet there's not much movement on her either...but I don't know.)
Any questions, please ask! I would go on Voyager again in a heartbeat.
My two main problems with the Grand Princess were:
1) Loud creaking in the cabin 2) Terrible food.
If you like I could make a wav file for you (I taped it). The creaking was so bad that they sent a team of engineers to fix it. They were unable to do anything about it. After three days of no sleep and hounding the pursers desk, they finally moved us to another room. The new room also had a slight creak but it was bearable. I've heard an occasional sound on other ships but nothing like this one. Maybe it was because the ship was rocking so badly. The seas were not even that bad so I think it was just poor engineering. To make matters worse, the staff was not very nice about it either. I had to hound them to get anything done and after they moved me it would have been nice for someone to follow up to see if I was content. They just didn't go the extra mile.
The Voyager does have many children but they have their own areas and they didn't cause any trouble on our cruise. I could definitely see how a few bad apples can make a big difference, but that could happen on any ship. Overall, I found the entertainment on the Voyager to be very good. The food was not as good as I had on Grandeur of Enchantment but was better than Grand Princess. I also liked the layout of the Voyager alot better. The Royal Promenade makes it very easy to get around the ship and get your bearings. If you are active, this ship is your choice, hands down. The rollerblade rink is a little small to get any real workout in but there is a full court basketball/volleyball, ice skating, and the rock climbing is very cool!
Like I said, I think the Grand Princess appeals to a slightly older clientel. I think you will like the Voyager better. Others on our cruise on Princess advised us that we should not use Grand Princess to judge Princess and I believe them. Grand Princess (by their own description) is a huge ship with a small ship feel. If you want a small ship feel, I think you would do better to book a smaller ship where you will get better food and a more intimate feel. If you want a big ship with all the toys, Voyager is the way to go. We have already booked Explorer (sister ship) for Christmas.
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