Nice ship. Good food.

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Alaska

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 10
Helpful Votes: 136

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Royal Princess

14 Night Voyage Of The Glaciers Grand Adventure (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 11, 2019

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Royal Princess is the biggest cruise ship I’ve been to. A newer ship. The atrium is beautiful. Layout is similar to other Princess cruise ships. The first medallion ship I’ve been to. The internet is much faster than other cruise ships. It’s cool that the cabin door unlocks automatically when you get near with the medallion.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
More than 2 hours wait to get onboard after checkin

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was great. Love the sugar free dessert. Food has less sodium which was great. Choices were plentiful.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Love the Zumba, Line and ballroom dances. Equipments in the fitness center were state of the art and well maintained.

Passenger Services

2 out of 5

Have to wait in long line for a long time for a simple question.

Gymnasium

5 out of 5

State of the art equipments. Plenty of them! Very clean and well maintained.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Performances were way better than other cruise ships I’ve been to.

The Library

3 out of 5

For such a big ship, the library is smaller than other ships. Very limited selection of books.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Dining room wait staff were friendly and helpful, so we’re room stewards. Most of those in International cafe were friendly. There was one that was kind of rude but I’m not going to put his name here.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Royal Princess is the biggest ship I’ve been to. Love it!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5
The port is walking distance from many restaurants and shops. Beautiful view. We took the bicycle tour from Cycle City Tour to Stanley Island. Had a great time.

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Booked crab feast from George Inlet Lodge. Best Dungeness crab! Book direct from their website to save money. They provide pick up and drop off service from port.

Cruise College Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5
Beautiful view!

Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska

3 out of 5
Not much in town unless you take excursions. We did the 26 Glacier. Saw a lot of animals and glaciers. Book direct from the company. It’s a lot cheaper than book from the cruise or from viator/trip advisor. It’s the same ship so you are guaranteed to be back in time as the others who booked thr

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
No problems
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1 Comment

RetiredRay    5 years ago

Hope we do not have the wait. Thanks for the reviews. 150 days until boarding for the Sea of Cortez.

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