Nice Itinerary. The ship has lost its appeal we last went on this ship in October 2021 and again in may 2022 the last cruise was different for m the first cruise for the worse. Either they had a complerte staff change or they are seriously cutting cost.

Item: Regal Princess
Rating: 3.9
Author: leechris

Regal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

leechris

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

14 Night Western Mediterranean & Aegean Medley (Barcelona To Athens)

Sail date: May 21, 2022

Ship: Regal Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: C410

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overal the cruise was not bad . For me there was a lot of disappointment. the last princess crusie;s have been fun plenty to do, but this one seemed to be lacking was this still down to covid No it was more to cut cost. Even the last cruise in oct 2021 was better then this on this same ship. The staff were not so much rude proberly more abrubt. But how we found out how they live you can not blame them. The biggest dissapoint ment was the main restraunt service was appalling we ate most of the time in the speciality or the main buffet which was excellent.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

WE had to test for covid. We were waiting 3 hourse in the hot sun . No amenities, the old folks were passing out

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The specialty restaurants were fine, of course you paid extraa for the privilege. The main restraunts was not so fine we waited hourse for the food when it did arive it was cold and not necessarily what you ordererd.

Prego's Pizzeria

4 out of 5

All good friendlty staff , good selection. Did not cater for vegans

Wheelhouse Bar (Pub Lunch)

4 out of 5

A not a lot more to say it a bar a nice bar,. nice place to meet.

Vista Lounge

3 out of 5

not really enough entertainment most of the tie it was empty you had a little bit of entertainment in the eveniong

The Pastry Shop

5 out of 5

alwasy nice here lovely cakes staff ok , a bit abrubt almost rude. but the food good

International Café

4 out of 5

again all good

Swirls Ice Cream Bar

5 out of 5

good service

Crown Grill

4 out of 5

good food . good service

Allegro Dining Room

3 out of 5

This was proberly one of the most dissapointing venue. long time to wait for meals and normally it came cold . yes you get another meal yes you could order more thehn one. But the service was not good and the wait was exceptionally long

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

I thought this was very poor they had one or two games in the day but nothing to write home about. Also two daily quiz's. Also why get dressed up in your finery in the evening just to sit around . I am not just moaning about this I have been on Princess a lot of times but btis is is the orse one i have been on . Of course we had fun but it was the folks you meet that make it fun. I will stick to Celebrity in the future.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The stage shows were good 45 mins in the evening.. Then what were you going to do listned to warbling on some piano. oh they did have a sort of disco

SeaWalk

4 out of 5

not a lot you can say about this . was sit the main thing to see on the ship no. it just a glass pathway for a few meters going over a deck

Piazza Atrium

4 out of 5

ok. not quite what you ordered but ok

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

the room Steward was excellent. the waiters in the buffet were good. That where it stops the rest were almost on the rude side. the pool bars were very freindly and helpful

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

the design is good the layout is good.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The cabin was great untill we had a flooding. we got flooded out It went all down hill from there fortunatly it happened during the latter part of the 2nd week.They did move us eventually after a lot of phone calls and then me going direct to the customer services to tell them the severity of the flooding. the next room the air con did not work and you definatly needed it. the last day it all got resolved.

Ship tip

Compare the ship to another crusie line and see if you are getting value for money. i would personaly look at Celebrity

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

This was a lovely port great place to visit

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Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

lovely port really enjoyed Gibraltar

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Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5

not a great port. Had a good look round the coast is nice

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Genoa, Italy

4 out of 5

we did not go on any excursions . but wer did get a train on our own and explored that was fun

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Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

4 out of 5

No excursion but again we got a train to Pisa Because of all the repairs and whiteness of the cemnet it looked a bit like a disneyt complex nice mind you. no time to go to florance

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NAPLES (POMPEII), ITALY

5 out of 5

a long hot day but fun and plenty to see

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HERAKLION, CRETE, GREECE

5 out of 5

lovely place to visit

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Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5

nice. very hot