GREAT Greek criuse

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Eastern Mediterranean

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 60

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Royal Princess

7 Night Greek Isles (Athens Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 26, 2017

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: Baja 526

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Big ship with more options then you can experience, especially if you're off the ship as much as we were. Clean and very professional service throughout. We would cruise on this ship again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
very fast and efficient except for a little line cutting by some of the older folks. :-)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
overall quite good with interesting blends of quality and service. Symphony dining room had good food and excellent service. International Cafe (coffee card) was excellent. Crown Grill served amazing steaks but we didn't enjoy Sabatini's nearly as much. Alfredo's pizza was excellent, crispy crust pizza. We tried to avoid the buffet.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Overall, fairly boring and served an older crowd. Dancing in the Piazza was the best activity in the evening. The two ship days were a little boring.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Our primary activity was music related and we found the performers to be very good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Overall, excellent and friendly service throughout the ship. The symphony dining room Team was exemplary!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
VERY clean and the on-going maintenance was very impressive.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Excellent cabin. Large and spotlessly clean. Might be too big for two but the extra space was very nice.

Ship tip

So many food choices we couldn't try everything.

Ports of call

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
spent a day on foot pre-cruise and then 1/2 day with a cabbie-guided tour. Big, crazy and busy. The Acropolis was nuts with 500 people in line. Beautiful though. Athens could be one of the worlds great cities. kind of a shame that's no longer the case because the views are amazing. Still, an amazing experience just to see it up close.

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

4 out of 5
Took the ship excursion to the Olympic site. It was excellent. Great lunch at a place called Taverna Jimmy's. SUPER!

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
Self-directed. Walked to the fort way up top. Totally worth it and the beer tasted much better afterwards! What a view. Get up early and enjoy every minute of this one!

Mykonos, Greece Did not visit port

High winds. :-(

Rhodes, Greece

5 out of 5
Self-directed. Think Game of Thrones but with great shopping and restaurants! And a Hookah bar. A GREAT day!

Chios (Khios), Greece

3 out of 5
More interesting then amazing. A typical Greek port city. Not nearly as interesting as Rhodes.

Santorini, Greece Did not visit port

Messina, Sicily Did not visit port

Naples, Italy Did not visit port

Barcelona, Spain Did not visit port

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Super fast. EASY
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1 Comment

GIL155    7 years ago

Glad you enjoyed the Royal. I was on the Regal last December and really enjoyed the ship too.