Cruise for very old people

Regal Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 88

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
Regal Princess

11 Night Holiday Southern Caribbean Medley (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 18, 2016

Ship: Regal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: M202 and M130

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was full of very old people with walkers, scooters, oxygen masks, etc.

Music is from 40s and 50s, no entertainment for younger people (my 70 yo mother was with us and thought that the place was very depressing!). Most of the shows are for very old people as well. And you need to be in the theatre at 7:20 to get seats for a 8 pm show.

Club 6 was terrible and empty. DJ Shea was awful. Most of the people were there for discounted drinks at 11 pm. Nothing to do anywhere else after 10 pm when kids are finally asleep.

No pool for kids under 4 feet tall. No sprinklers were on for 4 days at sea in the middle of the pool area. No music at the pool either.

Adult pool looked nice, but I didn't have a chance to go there.

A lot of sunbathing space/chairs on sun decks.

Restaurant food was very mediocre (to my very big surprise!). Breakfast was crowded and chaotic.

Fairly new ship with no wow interior - only one fairly small pretty area in the middle. Also very shaky compare to 4 other cruise lines we used before (both big and small ships), 4-5 nights out of 11 it was very hard to walk around or sleep and there were no rough seas.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Don't exist. Even cruise director was lame.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Our kids liked Pelican Club.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Deluxe balcony (listed as 255 sq ft) was very narrow and small - I doubt it was this size indeed. Bathroom smelled like old wet mop because shower curtain was always wet.

Ship tip

Not a family oriented cruise. Not for younger people.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

Roseau, Dominica

5 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
Eagle beach was very windy and waves are too rough for small kids.
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1 Comment

JusMe    7 years ago

When you get to cruises more then a week long,  you get the older retired people that have the time off.

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