Sean Cordova our planner helped us get our 15 day cruise Itinerary together. We were planning for our graduation celebration and Sean worked to get the details in order, and there were many.

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 4.4
Author: mww7786

Royal Princess Cruise Review to Hawaii

mww7786

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

Verified Review

15 Night Hawaiian Islands (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 22, 2022

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: D211

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

15 days was a bit long, food was good, we had a few concerns.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Food did not disappoint.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Cruise planner from the UK and activities were a bit of a let down. We had many 10 days at Sea and some cold days out of SF with no alternate activities planned. Christmas and New Years were not that memorable as far as entertainment and activities. RC does much better job.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

DJ's were a bit strange, not kid or family friendly.

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Kid activities not great, again go consider Royal Carribean. They were much more organized and had a whole 3 levels of activities for kids. (Merri go round, climb zone, slides, (6), Discovery zone day care (14), and picture draw create classes (8). Princess we couldn't get staff to find high chairs in Lido dining for 10 straight days. It was an after thought and it never improved. The formal dining took good care of high chair.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

I wanted to say Stateroom was great. I gave $300 credit. We found a few things missing and we think stolen.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very very clean and food did not dissappoint.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Balcony plus was plenty room

Ship tip

Ship was well kept and had amenities

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Ports of call

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Lahaina, Maui

5 out of 5

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

We didnt go, but we had sn extra port day in SF which was useful

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

Bear1 1 year ago

Princess is not known for being as child friendly, if you want more activity for children you may want carnival, also did you not notice that when you book on a cruise line to go Hawaii it will have a lot if sea days. Also San Francisco is not one of the warmer spots to sail out of.

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Eyetwinkle 1 year ago

Thank you for your comments!!

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booger1xx 1 year ago

Princess cruises is for an older demographic not really family oriented.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your review

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