Short but Sweet

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 18
Helpful Votes: 602

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Royal Princess

4 Night West Coast Getaway With Catalina Island (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 05, 2019

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: L103

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We have three 7 day cruises booked. Without this little 4 day cruise, we would have made Elite in the middle of our third cruise. By adding this, we will now board the third cruise with Elite. Free laundry, here we come!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Ocean Medallion makes embarkation a breeze.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We don't like Anytime Dining. We want to build a relationship with our assigned servers. Since Traditional Dining was full, we opted to eat at the buffet. Layout of the buffet is far superior to Grand Class. Good selection and tasty!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We've seen all of the shows and performers before. We only went to see AJ Jamal. Even if some of the material was a repeat, it's still very funny.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Mark took great care of our stateroom. Shely, bar staff in the Casino, remembered us from our October cruise.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Really miss not being able to walk the entire perimeter of the ship on deck 7. If not for that, 5 stars.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
First cruise with a forward facing cabin. large extended balcony. Yes, obstructed, but for such a short cruise, was great. So quiet.

Ship tip

Take full advantage of Ocean Medallion. Order a drink and have it delivered.

Ports of call

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5
We had booked an excursion but it got cancelled due to mechanical problems. No fault to Princess. We just walked from the marina to the Casino and back.

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
It's really not that bad of a port. We walked from the ship into town and back.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We schlepped our own bags, so walked off around 9:30.

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2 Comments

enjoyurdaysmile    5 years ago

We had anytime dining on Serenade of the Seas and had the same waiter and Assitant. The only time we didn't have him was one night as he couldn't work. We enjoyed our time. You can ask for the same server.

4Goodtimes    5 years ago

Interesting.

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