Wonderful first cruise

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 4.7
Author: HillbillyLin

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

HillbillyLin

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

7 Night Voyage Of The Glaciers Southbound (Anchorage To Vancouver)

Sail date: June 01, 2019

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: B738

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Huge ship. Probably won’t do another cruise. Too ritzy and way too many people for us hillbillies! Really enjoyed Alaska, though.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Quick and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Good

The Pastry Shop

5 out of 5

Loved the chocolate croissants, chocolate cakes, and chocolate cookies. (Notice the chocolate theme?)

Alfredo's Pizzeria

5 out of 5

Pizza was good but we prefer thick crust.

Prego's Pizzaria

5 out of 5

Pizza was good but we prefer thick crust.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Didn’t do any.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Excellent!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Nothing bad at all.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Other than rear elevators not going down??? Good.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Good.

Ship tip

Hamburgers on top deck extra good.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Do the train. And the yellow town tour bus.

Thumbs Up 7

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Don’t miss the tram to Mt Roberts.

Thumbs Up 9

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Enjoyed the lumbermans show and the duck boats. Did not enjoy the road construction!

Thumbs Up 4

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia Did not visit port

Only dashed through in a mad hurry!

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Totally awful! Princess put us on the last group leaving the ship and we had to begin boarding at 11:40. The plane reopened its doors for us! I don’t know how we ever made it! Long long lines. The airport customs wouldn’t accept our customs form that we submitted days earlier on the ship.

4 Comments

RetiredRay 5 years ago

I am surprised that given your early flight that they did not schedule your disembarkation sooner (you DID correctly fill out your flight schedule when you did your online checkin?), but that is one of the few things guest services can change with no fuss. Lots of things to do on a cruise, should have tried some. But if your idea of the best vacation is a lonely cabin on a lake in the back country (sounds good to me), then most cruises would not appeal to you. Looking forward to the Sea of Cortez in October.

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cbelc2 5 years ago

The rear elevators were broken?? I’m taking the stairs! Will be on the Royal in 35 days! Woo Hoo! I’m kind of hillbilli-ish too, but I love cruising! What’s not to love???

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LisaKitty 5 years ago

If you ever do another cruise, know that you can always go to Guest Services and request a different disembarkation time if you are concerned about being able to catch a flight. They are usually very good about accommodating those requests.

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Shh813 5 years ago

Try a smaller ship next time. Cruising is the best vacation ever

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