10 Days aboard the Royal Princess

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 64

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Royal Princess

10 Night Eastern Caribbean Voyager (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 19, 2015

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: A405

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed the time aboard the Royal Princess. All our expectations were met. Many reviews that I read before booking this cruise for me and my wife were very accurate. The only drawback in the whole cruise was the very confusing layout of the ship! Poor planning by the designer/builder and there should be easier to understand directional signage displayed more frequently on all passenger levels. That being said everything else was above average. Princess Cruise lines might want to increase the accuracy of recording any liquor that they take from you in each port and improve on the receipt system in place now as to eliminate any shortages on the night before arriving in Port. We would sail with Princess again , although , not on this Ship. We have Cruised with Royal Caribean, Holland American, Celebrity, Norwegian, and lastly a Terrible cruise on Carnival ( NEVER sail with Carnival)

Princess Cruises are above average in our experience and look forward to another!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Fantastic dining Quality Servers

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Many to choose from

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Nightly shows we average and could be improved with better performers. The piano, strings in the varied bars were above average.

Children's Programs

No Children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Rona- Room Stewardess

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Poor layout and sinage

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Best room attendant of all our cruises (RONA)

Ship tip

Please be aware of the confusing aft layout to get to the formal dining room . always try to use the aft elevators.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia Did not visit port

Take a fishing charter

Bridgetown, Barbados Did not visit port

Make sure to visit MT. Gay Rum Factory!!!!!

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
Great Shopping

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Great snorkeling excursion and duty free shopping!! Best of all the islands!

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

Couldn't go due to rough seas
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1 Comment

glomarrone    9 years ago

Sounds like your cruise went well.  Did you have trouble with re-claiming your liquor?  I agree, even if you did not, that there needs to be tighter control on this.  I have heard of times that the liquor was not returned.  I have never run into this.