alaska great, royal princess mixed review

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 4.2
Author: Kwynnie

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Kwynnie

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

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

Sail date: June 29, 2019

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

i Picked Princess based on the route. Their land portion, not great. Too much bus riding. Recommend doing Alaska land on your own, not princess . Pick a ship that has more time in each port, if possible. Pick a ship with better rated food. Not a big fan of all parts of the medallion. In spite of a few things -we loved Alaska, met great people, and had a wonderful time. And we were spoiled, we had the most unbelievable weather.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Great

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

I’m not a buffet person, but buffet better than dining rooms

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Getting ripped off at fitness center. Thought I was getting a health evaluation that I paid for, instead it was a sales pitch for cleansing

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Comedienne 5stars, soul show 5 stars, encore stunk,ventriloquist 2 stars

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

They couldn’t have been more gracious

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Bed and pillows comfortable, clean, lack of drawer space

Ship tip

Book with a travel agent, not directly with Princess. Don’t pay for any classes or evaluations

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Ports of call

Whittier (Anchorage), Alaska Did not visit port

Just got on ship

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Cruise Hubbard Glacier Did not visit port

Fogged out

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Cruise Glacier Bay

5 out of 5

Beautiful. It did not have a land portion

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Picked an excursion through viator. I made an ok choice. Guide was good, but didn’t see enough

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Whale watching and Mendenhall glacier

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Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5

Rainforest and seafood boil

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Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

Stayed in Vancouver 3 days. Did our own sightseeing1,

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy

3 Comments

cruzinfan 5 years ago

Princess is the third cruise line we’ve been on and in our opinion, the best overall. We have been on 6 cruises on Princess and taking our 7th in Sept. Although as with life in general not everything was to our liking, we try to be flexible enough not to let the small things ruin our experience. I hope the crabbies I read about would do the same.

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Hoss1978 5 years ago

We sailed to Alaska 2 years ago on the Ruby Princess. We loved Princess enough we are going back this year on the Royal. I booked flights, transfers, cruise and excursions all through Princess and have been totally satisfied. My agent has been very helpful. We learned in Panama it is best to book excursions through the cruise line....ship waited on my MIL and some other passengers for 1 1/2 hours that was in traffic. Sorry you were unhappy with parts of your trip.

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1960cruiser 5 years ago

PCL has been rated best food at sea for years now, so not sure why you believe the food isn't all that great

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