Princess Cruises: disability assistance problem
Raise stateroom needs at booking, and email the Access Office for service animals, oxygen and equipment. Some requests have deadlines: large print or Braille menus 60 days before sailing, dietary requests 90 days.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 27 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- booking number
- ship and sailing date
- requests sent and replies
- what was not provided
Steps
At booking, tell your travel advisor or Princess reservations about accessible stateroom, transfer, interpreter and equipment needs.
Email the Access Office for service animal approval (booking number, ship, sailing date and the animal's trained tasks), oxygen and other accessibility questions.
EmailAccess Office (accessibility requests, service animal approval, oxygen) AccessOfficePrincess@PrincessCruises.comIf you bring or rent a mobility device, complete the Mobility Questionnaire before the cruise.
Ask for large print, Braille or electronic menus at least 60 days before sailing, and submit dietary requests in the Princess app 90 days before the voyage.
After the cruise, send written notice of the problem within 15 days of the end of the cruise (the contract deadline for non-injury claims), for example by email to the Access Office and through the Support Request form.
EmailAccess Office (accessibility requests, service animal approval, oxygen) AccessOfficePrincess@PrincessCruises.com
Facts you can cite
- Deadline
Princess's accessibility page says to notify Princess at least 60 days before sailing for large print, Braille or electronic menus, to submit dietary requests and food allergies through the Princess app 90 days before the voyage, and to request sign language interpreters, special equipment and accessible transfers at booking. Emotional support animals are not permitted.
Source: princess.com, verified 2026-10-13
- Policy
The July 23, 2015 ADA settlement between the United States and Carnival Corporation covers Princess Cruises ships among 62 ships and requires three percent of total cabins to be accessible. This is an archived DOJ page; it does not say whether the agreement is still in force.
Source: archive.ada.gov, verified 2026-10-13
- Contact
The Department of Justice takes ADA complaints online at https://civilrights.justice.gov/report and answers questions on the ADA Information Line 800-514-0301 (TTY 1-833-610-1264).
Source: ada.gov, verified 2026-10-13
- Process
Princess publishes two passage contracts; the Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd. contract applies to most voyages, and a second one applies to select voyages from Australia, Japan, Singapore, China and Korea. Booked guests can see the contract for their voyage in Manage Booking.
Source: princess.com, verified 2026-10-13
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
Federal regulator
RegulatorFederal Maritime Commission, Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services +1-202-523-5807For a refund Princess owes after it cancelled or delayed a cruise (nonperformance).
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for a refund Princess owes but has not paid.
State agencies for this sector: your state’s attorney general. Find yours in the list of state agencies, or as JSON in states/<code>.json (for example states/ny.json).
Watch out
- The Contact Us page does not give direct URLs for Live Chat or the Support Request form; both open from the page.
- Princess publishes no email address for post-cruise complaints; the written route is the Support Request form or mail.
- Credit balances and the voyage-specific passage contract are in My Princess / Manage Booking, which needs sign-in.
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