First time Princess and ports visited were ideal.

Royal Princess Cruise Review to South Pacific

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Royal Princess

13 Night Fiji & South Pacific (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 15, 2023

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A239

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

For the majority of the cruise we were very happy that we have booked another cruise for the end of this year on the same ship.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Along time waiting on the wharf.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Main dining in the Allegro was excellent and was able to get same waiter every time. Buffet was good for breakfast and the outside pizza and burger bar were excellent. Definitely have to have more of the continental restaurant.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Bingo and the occasional show, although overall there wasn’t much that took our fancy. Main pool was always crowded so we went to the adults section and soaked in the hot tub.

Entertainment

We couldn’t fit the entrainment and dinner at the same time.

Children's Programs

Couple only

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff that we had contact with were helpful and excellent in their tasks.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Layout of the ship was easy to navigate and the medallion was a good device for entry to our state room.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Overall for the length of the cruise everything was exceptional.

Ports of call

Mystery Island, Vanuatu

4 out of 5
Not the ships fault, but it drizzled all day.

Suva, Fiji

4 out of 5
Been there before and would recommend to anyone that hasn’t visited to give it a go.

Dravuni Island, Fiji

4 out of 5
Not a lot to do but it was good to get of the ship for a couple of hours.

Lautoka, Fiji Islands

3 out of 5
Great to get off but shopping was atrocious, we were followed in every shop. It got to the point where we caught the bus back to the ship and stayed onboard for the remainder of the day.

Noumea, New Caledonia

4 out of 5
Christmas Day so everything was closed. We took a trip on a Choo Choo($90AUD for 2) cheaper than the ship price.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent, straight off no waiting in long queues.
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8 Comments

Pistldawn     8 months ago

Dinning was great although the page on the review quickly moved forward that I didn’t have a chance to change anything. 5stars for the Allegro and staff.

trisha33     8 months ago

Thanks for the review and the information as I’m sailing on this ship soon. However I’m a bit confused why you gave food and dining such a good review but then only one star out of five.

Gwbigdog     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

karlgrgurich     8 months ago

Sounds like you had a great time

RetiredRay     8 months ago

If dining was so good, why a 1 star??

cruising2004     8 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

HeavySeas     8 months ago

Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

BnCTcruising     8 months ago

Glad it was a good time. We took the Royal Princess to Alaska last June and were happy with it as well.

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