No internet access, but they'll still charge you for it

Regal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Regal Princess

7 Night Mediterranean & Aegean (Rome To Athens)

Sail date: May 07, 2022

Ship: Regal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: M621

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

No internet. If you need that, don't go on this ship. Otherwise, it's a beautiful and comfortable ship. The food was okay, but not as good as other Princess ships I've been on. The best thing is that the staff is excellent.

Embarkation

2 out of 5
Inefficient and chaotic

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The food wasn't as good as on previous Princess cruises, but was still good. The pizza restaurant was the standout.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
I liked the trivia contests the most, but in general, there seemed to be something for everyone and the staff made it fun. I downgraded this rating because I needed to include that the internet DID NOT WORK. As in, you couldn't log in 75% of the time and even when you could, you couldn't even check email. It was ridiculous. And they CHARGED ME anyway!

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was very professional and friendly.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cabin was perfect, very large and comfortable. The only problem was that they installed a motion sensor light in the closet area, so that when you went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, the entire cabin was illuminated. How ridiculous, because then your partner is woken up every time you get up.

Ship tip

Don't expect to have internet access

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5
Not much in Civitavecchia except the ships. Princess didn't send us detailed instructions of where the ship was, which pier, so lots of people went first to the wrong one.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
I did a Pompeii excursion and it was wonderful.

HERAKLION, CRETE, GREECE

5 out of 5

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

3 out of 5
I did an Ephesus excursion and it was good, except that they forced us to end at a store that was trying to sell us rugs. If I pay for a tour, I shouldn't be forced to do anything like that.

Istanbul, Turkey

5 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy because I took my own luggage off the ship (a very small carry-on suitcase).
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