Nice ship, great experience, some tweaking of itinerary would be good
Regal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe
11 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)
Sail date: August 20, 2015
Ship: Regal Princess
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: C737
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
Great experience using to book the cruise, excusrsions through were as good and cheaper than through Princess. Ship is great.
Anytime dining in the symphony dining room was problematic. We waited almost an hour to get a table and service either felt rushed or was too slow. Once we switched to going to Concerto which didn't open til 730pm, everything was great.Service was wonderful and seating was prompt. Perhaps they should consider having Concerto open earlier than 730.
Itinerary could be tweaked a bit. Arhus not a worthwhile stop, not much to do.
St Petersburg if you do a 2 day excursion is exhausting and then to be in Helsinki early the next day with a 4pm sailing doesn't give people enough time to really explore Helsinki...Perhaps reordering the itinerary to do Warmunde,Stockholm, Helsinki,Tallin then St Petersburg would be better
Also princess docks 1 hr outside of Stockholm, then you need to take a tender to the shore then buy one of their packages to get into Stockholm. They should dock in Stockholm or else offer free service into Stockholm
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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
1 Comment
glomarrone 9 years ago
I loved Tallinn and hope to return on another cruise someday. Flex dining is such a neat concept. Too bad that ships can't organize it better. Perhaps they don't want to encourage it since it makes service a bit harder for them. I love Flex time and use it as often as it is available. I think that the trick is to dine early. I hope future cruises go smoother.