Great Ship, Horrible Food

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 4
Author: Tparrothed

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean

Tparrothed

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 140

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Eastern Caribbean Voyager

Sail date: January 09, 2018

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: R433

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Take this cruise for the ship, not the food or ports.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The food in the dining rooms are horrible. If you choose from the left side of the menu you are ok. Raw meatballs, raw fish and clams with empty shells are just a few on the bad choices I made. Alfredo's is the go to restaurant to get great food.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Great service and awesome pizzas and pasta and salads.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

We rented a cabana and it was well worth it. The staff is superb and the food is fantastic. Very calm and serene. Our favorite spot on the ship!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The ship itself is perfectly mapped out. You never think that you are with thousands of other passengers.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

It had a larger balcony which was nice but the sea bridge is right over you so not much privacy. The cabin itself was much better than just a balcony cabin, you really appreciate the extra room.

Ship tip

I would not upgrade to Club status if you are already Platinum with Princess. We weren't allowed to use the Club dining because our friends didn't get it. The robe was the same we received with the suite anyway. The 2 half bottles of wine were maybe worth $40.00.

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Ports of call

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

Nice shopping area next to the ship.

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Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

Great little boutiques and a Rum tasting room. Very picturesque.

Thumbs Up 3

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

This port is really trying to upgrade itself but isn't quite there yet.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

If you are platinum with Princess it's a breeze.

7 Comments

loge23 6 years ago

Just off the Royal. The dining room meals were all excellent. Had fish, duck, beef, seafood stew, roast beef, steak, and veal entrees - all superb. Always plenty to choose from on the menu.

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brendabusalacchi 6 years ago

I’ve been on 15 princess cruises and have never had raw fish or any food that was terrible, the food is awesome

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2Ca 6 years ago

In 26 days...our 6th cruise with Princess, 2nd on Royal. Love her!

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

We have been checking. Guess we should not be so tight.

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marflmy43cfb 6 years ago

Princess is wonderful. This Noember we will do our 15 princess. Cruise and the next one will be elite. Yea M

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Would love to try Princess. May someday!

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marflmy43cfb 6 years ago

Agree. Beautiful ship

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