out of five princess cruises this was the worst, would not recomend

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Royal Princess

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 16, 2014

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A639

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

the only good part of the cruise was  our cabin stewart and our waiters at dinner. the cruise was a disaster from day one, the only good foof we had was the food in the dinning room.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

eat in the dinning room they had the best food.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island) Did not visit port

the captain didnt stop

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

muddert    6 years ago

Felt the same about the Majestic.

muddert    6 years ago

Originally posted by: kenik
i have a lot more to say about this ship, but it would take to long. PS the other cruises on princess were really great , the royal princess seems to be about the money.

Felt the same about the Majestic.

glomarrone    7 years ago

I sincerely wish that you would explain more about what was so poor about this cruise.  It would be helpful to all of us. 

JusMe    9 years ago

When were your prior cruises ?   Times have changed over the years on cruise lines,  as the economy has tanked.   what had been free is now charged for.  Prices of cruises have not gone up with inflation so the lines up-sell you on everything they can.  Want fruit  juice other then breakfast,  you have to pay for it,  mint on pillow every night,  gone on some lines,  want a fantastic meal,  up-sell restaurants,  the loyalty cocktail party,  gone on some lines and now you get a coupon for one free drink on sea day brunch. (what if I don't want to start drinking that early?

Cruising is very different then when I started.  So to compare then to now is not fair.  If your expectation are those of 20 or 30 years ago you will not be happy on regular cruise line today.   To get that level of food and service you have to step up to the higher level of cruise lines.  

noname111    9 years ago

Thank you for posting your review. Usually cruise lines are consistent across the fleet as to how and what they charge for things over and above the baseline cruise cost.  Otherwise it would be a nightmare for accounting.  IF you have a chance, it would be helpful to see the comments you left off of your review.

I hope things go better on your next sailing.  

kenik    10 years ago

i have a lot more to say about this ship, but it would take to long. PS the other cruises on princess were really great , the royal princess seems to be about the money.

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