Disappointed Princess Cruise

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 3.4
Author: ppshoo

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Mexico

ppshoo

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 02, 2019

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: M709

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall it was a great trip for us. We are so disappointed with Princess Cruise. We expected Princess is as good as Royal Caribbean, but it should be rate as Carnival.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The buffet and the main dining rooms food and drinks were aweful. We ended up are at the specialty restaurant instead.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

The fitness center is great. Attended couple dance lessons and movies and. The show room is too small and the timing didn't work out for us.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

The comedian is great. Don't see other shows due to limited seating.

Children's Programs

Travel without children

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Some of the staffs are great but we did experience bad service as well.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The ship is clean and we'll maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

The room is very comfortable. We had issue with the toilet that we couldn't flush.

Ship tip

Choose other cruise line.

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Ports of call

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Easy to get in and out.

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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

It is a bit chaos

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Mazatlan, Mexico

5 out of 5

Convenient. Yes we did Sierra Madre tour. It is a bit boring. They should cut out the brick making and tile making. We ran out of time to see the old town. This tour needs to be improved though the driver Benjamin is great.

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

5 out of 5

Great. We did the Jungle Adrenaline tour. We love it though this excursion was from United cruise and not through Princess.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Easy disembark

8 Comments

smayhew 4 years ago

Sorry you were not happy. We had a fabulous cruise on the Royal Princess. Food was excellent at all venues. Service was amazing!

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KLBrown 5 years ago

Carnival?!?! Carnival is a nice cruise line in itself. Lol!! Is that suppose to be an insult?? Hahahahaha!! Different strokes for different folks!

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cbelc2 5 years ago

We were on the Royal last summer. The food was amazing! I’m not sure what else you wanted. In the dining room, the waiters got used to our very picky granddaughter and brought her exactly what she wanted. The buffet was huge and food was fresh and tasty. Yes, specially dining was excellent. The Italian place is worth the extra.

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Justlovecruisin 5 years ago

Hmm. I noticed that you gave the food a 1-star, while three others gave it 5-star. So was the food 'bad' or just not to your liking or tastes? There truly is a difference. You said the shows were too crowded, then said the timing did work for you? Maybe Royal Caribbean IS better for you, as you need to get reservations there, but you don't have to go early to get a seat. Again, you mentioned limited seating for other entertainment and shows. In Princess Live? Around the other bars that have live entertainment? In the Piazza? All you have to do is get to where you are going a little early. It is obvious that you didn't like the ship or line, but to say RCL is 'Better"? What does that really mean? More like an amusement park? Less crowded? (Not from what I hear). Just more to your liking? In all fairness, a review should be a realistic view for others to judge. To say, "Choose other cruise line," would be like me saying, "That is the worst sushi restaurant ever!" Did I mention, I don't like sushi?

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Johngold 5 years ago

We are on the same run on Jan 25th I will make note of your concerns and let everyone know how our cruise goes.

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christine1234 5 years ago

We very much enjoyed our cruise on the Royal Princess. Beautiful ship, great food and service and wonderful entertainment. Sorry you did not enjoy your cruise.

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Cruiserike0322 5 years ago

I am surprised. We have heard so much good about them

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booger1xx 5 years ago

Maybe you should go back to Royal Caribbean. We have been on the Royal 3 times and never experienced anything like what you described. We have been on Royal Caribbean twice 6 years apart and it sucked.

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