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Royal Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Europe

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

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Royal Princess

Sail date: June 06, 2018

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: B738

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The only criticism is that on tender days, Princess dropped the ball on getting people back to the boat. They need to coordinate with the local town to have adequate passenger ferries available in the last 2 hours before sailing. We waited over 2 hours in the heat @ Guernsey, and over an hour in Edinborough for the ships 3 or 4 rescue boats (which seat only 220) to ferry thousands of people. Both nights we missed our dining time with friends, despite being at the dock in plenty of time. Other than that, Princess was an excellent choice.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy-peasy!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
There were a few food disappintments, but overall the food was tasty and plentiful. The service was always wonderful.

Horizon Court

4 out of 5

Overall, very good with a lot of variety. Pastries were delicious! They always brought the rice milk we needed for cereal. They really should stop using powdered eggs for the scrambled eggs and cut back on the oil in the potato sides and grilled veggies.

Allegro Dining Room

5 out of 5

Carlos, our head waiter was super friendly and worked really hard to connect with us. He was helpful with a co-diner's gluten issues and on the Italian night, he made table-side marinara sauce for pasta. Our waiter, Orlando was very good, too.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
The events @ Princess Live with audience participation were fun, but we prefer not to be filmed and included on the trip DVD.

Princess Live

4 out of 5

Kimmy, one of the assist. cruise directors who led most of the interactive games, was fun and bubbly. They record the entire event, including the audience, which not everyone is up for. It keeps a lot of people from participating since its included in the take-home DVD.

Lotus Spa

1 out of 5

Spouse made the rookie mistake of buying the $129 teeth whitening service. It really was a bait & switch to sell a very expensive take-home system

Internet Cafe

2 out of 5

Incredibly expensive to have internet, and slow for the $. Cost $9 for 15 minutes the last day to be able to perform airline check-in. Also, the ships access to see your bill should also work thru the t.v. You can always get a printout from the machine near the service desk and on your smartphone, but without paying for the internet, your app options are limited.

Passenger Services

5 out of 5

Any time I had an issue, they were great about helping to resolve.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

SeaWalk

4 out of 5

An interesting feature that somehow always had water leaking in on the glass floor from somewhere. Always had caution cones, but nerve-racking, nonetheless.

The Library

3 out of 5

Room was too narrow for bookshelves and large table. Needed more books, too.

Princess Theater

5 out of 5

The cruise talent did a pretty good job. The real gems were the port locals they brought on board, very enjoyable.

Movies Under The Stars

5 out of 5

Very nice way to watch a movie, esp. with the nice blankets and cushioned lounge chairs. A retractible cover would make it better on the rainy days.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward and dining room staff were execellent. The buffet table servers were the hardest working we've ever encountered.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful ship and seemed very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Bring your stretchy pants!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

maryrunyon    6 years ago

I am wanting to do this Cruisetour. Was it beautiful? Fun?

cruise229    6 years ago

thanks for the info we are doing that cruise in August

b10ant    6 years ago

They could put 100 tender boats in the water, you’d still have to wait to board. There are only two portals on the ship. You should have seen the scene after 20 buses of people arrived back at the tender site at the same after the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo after midnight. They’re doing what they can. Patience is a virtue and had to be that night. That was Celebrity.

Irismoll    6 years ago

Good to know!

renaedave    6 years ago