Great excursions, less great onboard

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Royal Princess

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

Sail date: August 12, 2017

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: D731

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

It was a great experience filled with marvelous ports! I was disappointed in the setup of The Voice of the Ocean, but other than that, the ship activities were fun and the facilities were sparkling.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy, fast, and comfortable!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Amazing food and gluten-free options!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Fitness center was perfect.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
The musicians and performers were great. However, The Voice of the Ocean was completely rigged. I am a professional singer about to enter college for music, I have worked on TV Shows where I am paid 1,000 a day to sing. I have studied voice since I was 10, which I add is rather expensive. I was the only truly trained singer in The Voice Competition, and I was a professional, however, I was not treated as such. I was old they were "blind auditions," but then I looked at the judges right after I sang, and right in front of me they were holding a running list with our names, songs, pictures, and name pronounciations. I had a blast performing at the Princess Theatre, but I did not appreciate the dishonesty regarding the context of the performance. I also did not appreciate the quality of the judges. It is disrespectful to treat a professional and trained singer in this manner. I do have to add though that the singers and dancers onboard the boat were incredible, and I enjoyed their performances.

Children's Programs

I am 18 and had no children on the trip with me.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was always polite and well-attentive.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship was very nice, and it was always clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was always clean, but it was a bit small for 3 people.

Ship tip

Enjoy!

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
I embarked at this port. It was a nice city.

Cartagena, Spain

4 out of 5
I enjoyed it. I did an excursion, however, our tour guide was not the best.

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5
Amazing port filled with wonderful history! We is an excursion, and it exceeded our expectations.

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5
Fabulous! The bike adventure excursion was the highlight of the trip.

Genoa, Italy

5 out of 5
The excursion to Milan was priceless. Seeing The Last Supper was Extraordinary.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

4 out of 5
We went on an excursion to Pisa and climbed the leaning tower.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
This is where we disembarked. Always so much to do in Rome!

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
It was easy, but after we disembarked we had to wait a long time ( 1 hour and a half) for our private driver because Princess told us we needed to account for that much time.
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