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Item: Regal Princess
Rating: 4.7
Author: rmbruns

Regal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

rmbruns

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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12 Night British Isles (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 21, 2024

Ship: Regal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: R307

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

We really enjoyed this cruise, our first 12 day cruise. The average age was probably 75, older than we are, so some of the shows weren't necessarily our style. It is hard to please everyone! all in all, I'd recommend this trip!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

we enjoyed getting a lot of info prior to the cruise from regal princess facebook group!

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Ports of call

Portland (Weymouth), England, UK

5 out of 5

we took the bus into Weymouth and enjoyed the quaint fishing town. easy to walk and see in 3 hours.

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Cobh (Cork), Ireland

5 out of 5

We visited Cork by train and enjoyed walking around the city. Went back to Cobh for more walking and seeing the cathedral and the Titanic Pier

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Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland

5 out of 5

we did the hop on hop off bus (booked ourselves) which was unfortunately difficult to work with traffic and time constraints!

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Greenock (Glasgow), Scotland

5 out of 5

Bus into, Glasgow and walked the city

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Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

3 out of 5

Not a lot to do.

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Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland

5 out of 5

We did the Princess excursion Loch Ness Monster/Urquhurt Castle, wish we had done a boat tour on Loch Ness.

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South Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland

5 out of 5

We selfbooked tour of Edinburgh Castle, walked the royal Mile. Unfortunately Holyrood Palace closed today.

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Le Havre (Paris), France

5 out of 5

We took the Bee Bus to HonFleur (self booked prior to cruise) Loved this quaint French town!!

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

We booked Princess excursion to Stonehenge, with transport for Heathrow. Very unorganized and had to wait an hour to get on bus. We lost one hour time on our excursion.

8 Comments

Ladyjunecliff 5 months ago

Sounds great. Thanks for all the info about your ports of call.

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ddhahs 6 months ago

We’re doing this cruise next year. Sounds like it’s going to be great! Thanks for the review.

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Kingboxer 6 months ago

Sounds great

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Gwbigdog 6 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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javawoody 6 months ago

Appreciate the review

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HeavySeas 6 months ago

Awesome.....thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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karlgrgurich 6 months ago

We did a similar cruise on the Regal Last year. I can understand why you enjoyed it so much.

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cruising2004 6 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise!

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