Big ship and long line, food tastes no good

Regal Princess Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Regal Princess

7 Night Canada & New England (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 10, 2015

Ship: Regal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: B104

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

The ship is new, so it is very clean. But the ship is too big, holds 3,500+ passengers. There were long lines for embarking/disembarking; long lines for the elevators before/after the show time. The food in the Horizon Buffet are poorly prepared. Meats are over cooked and dry. Soups are salty. The cooktail shrimp is pretty fresh, but the cooked shrimps were over done and very dry. They provided some orient cuisine, but none of them were cooked right. They were nothing more than just dumping different vegetables mixed with dark brown sauce, which looks bad and tastes awful.  The food in the dinning room were also disappointing. The steak is dry and tough. Lobster was not juicy tender. The dinner rolls were rock hard and cold. But their desserts were very good. The entertaiment and activities are well arranged.     

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It is nice and clean. This cabin is at the very front of the ship. It takes long walking to the elevator. All the dining rooms, theater, public activites are at the mid to back ship. It is not recommented to book this cabin.

Ports of call

Brooklyn, New York

1 out of 5

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5

Saint John, New Brunswick

1 out of 5

Bar Harbor, Maine

3 out of 5

Boston, Massachusetts

3 out of 5

Newport, Rhode Island

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

markantal    9 years ago

Do you know anything about the obstructed view balcony staterooms?

tanyaday    9 years ago

Have only ever cruised on the diamond princess but have never had a problem , looking forward to sailing on the Regal next August.

glomarrone    9 years ago

I have only sailed on one Princess ship.  The cruise itself was wonderful.  I haven't returned to Princess because of embarkation problems.  We arrived early for boarding hoping to avoid a long line.  The line was long but the problem was not standing for so long, I can wait my turn like anyone else.  The problem was, the Princess staff kept bringing over passengers waiting on other very short lines over to the head of our line.  Everyone on line was getting exasperated over the situation since it was happening so often.  Not sure how long I'll wait til I return to Princess.  It has been several years now.

dcaland2001    9 years ago

Wow. It sounds like there wasn't much you liked about the ship. We were on the Regal Princess in July of 2014 for a 14 day Mediterranean cruise and loved everything about it. We never felt overwhelmed by other passengers, crowds were almost nonexistent. Yes it does take time to get on an elevator after a show, but I believe that would happen on any ship. If there is going to be lots of people exiting a theater at the same time there will be lines. They don't magically disappear. You have to have patience. Sorry you didn't enjoy the cruise. I hope to take another cruise on Regal Princess.

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