We just did an 18 day land sea trip in May 2024 with Princess Cruises. We spent 2 days at each Princess lodge. We spent 2 days at the Mt McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge and enjoyed everything except the dining. We did not have to worry about the cost of the dining as it was all included in the cost of the trip. As you pointed out the selection was somewhat limited but we were able to work around that. The real issue was that the food was not served at the proper temperature breakfast, lunch or dinner. For example we were there when the restaurant opened in the morning and had the buffet. Most all of the hot food at the buffet was very cold. How can the buffet food be cold when it just opened? Its hard to believe day after day we had the same issue with the food not at the proper temperature. We also found the other 4 lodges had the same issue with food not at the proper temperature. We had done the same trip in August 2018 and liked it so well we decided to do it in May 2024. The trip in 2018 was perfect including the dining. Back then the dining had a better selection of food and it was served at the proper temperature. Would I do this trip again with Princess Cruises? The answer is NO, definitely NO. Both my wife and I agreed that dining experience should have been better since we paid well over $13,000 for the trip.
Great history recap and overview of the lodge.
We just did an 18 day land sea trip in May 2024 with Princess Cruises. We spent 2 days at each Princess lodge. We spent 2 days at the Mt McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge and enjoyed everything except the dining. We did not have to worry about the cost of the dining as it was all included in the cost of the trip. As you pointed out the selection was somewhat limited but we were able to work around that. The real issue was that the food was not served at the proper temperature breakfast, lunch or dinner. For example we were there when the restaurant opened in the morning and had the buffet. Most all of the hot food at the buffet was very cold. How can the buffet food be cold when it just opened? Its hard to believe day after day we had the same issue with the food not at the proper temperature. We also found the other 4 lodges had the same issue with food not at the proper temperature. We had done the same trip in August 2018 and liked it so well we decided to do it in May 2024. The trip in 2018 was perfect including the dining. Back then the dining had a better selection of food and it was served at the proper temperature. Would I do this trip again with Princess Cruises? The answer is NO, definitely NO. Both my wife and I agreed that dining experience should have been better since we paid well over $13,000 for the trip.
Not a good value...stay at the Princess Denali Lodge, skip this one. Very isolated.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts.