First Time on Princess

Regal Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Regal Princess

7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 26, 2017

Ship: Regal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A124

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

First time on Princess after three on Royal Caribbean.

Embarkation needs work. 45 minutes in line outside.

Ship is beautiful, clean, and well maintained. Negative is disjointed and cut-up design.

Food is excellent. Much better than Royal Caribbean.

Staff is generally friendly and eager to help.

Our deluxe balcony was around 20% smaller than Royal Caribbean (inside and outside).

Constant loud movies on pool deck is a negative. How about live Caribbean music?

Three weeks before departure our Jamaica visit was changed from Ocho Rios to Montego Bay for no apparent reason. We had already visited Montego Bay.

Not enough interesting activities. Princess "Enrichment" is just another word for "selling stuff".

Entertainment shows were very good.

Disembarkation was organized, efficient, and quick.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Not enough interesting activities. Too much "selling" masquerading as enrichment. Get rid of the constant loud movies on pool deck. Add live "Caribbean" music.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Too small - inside and outside.

Ship tip

Bring a good book. Interesting on-board activities are limited.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

1 out of 5
Ocho Rios was changed to Montego Bay three weeks before departure for no apparent reason.

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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