Wonderful Alaska Inside Passage

Item: Royal Princess
Rating: 5
Author: MzBelwah

Royal Princess Cruise Review

MzBelwah

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

7 Night Inside Passage With Glacier Bay National Park (Seattle Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 27, 2023

Ship: Royal Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: D325

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

A wonderful experience. Our first time sailing with Princess. We have sailed with NCL years ago and are about to again. But depending on our experience this next cruise will not hesitate to book with Princess again. The only board ship naturalist gave excellent and informative lectures. Overall a lifetime great vacation.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The food was consistently delicious, served hot, presented well. The staff were perfect and always extremely professional. Very welcoming. We opt onto avoid the buffet although it looked good. Instead we enjoyed being served in the main dining rooms.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The cabin was nicely appointed and our steward was perfect

Ship tip

Book Alaska excursions early. Familiarize yourself with disembarkation in Seattle. Especially how your luggage gets taken off the ship and where you go to pick it up in the terminal. The cruise line and the port of Seattle both offer options but the overlap in what each process means can be confusing. Assume you have to get your luggage at the terminal even if you made arrangements for them to take it to

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Went ok. The handling of luggage was confusing as there were procedures for the ship and also specific to services in Seattle at the port. Thinking we had opted for all the services, we ended up with none. And we got conflicting instructions from guest services. So our luggage got left behind because we were told it would be taken to the airport. It would help to make the communication simpler and make certain the staff know exactly how to guide. However, this is easily addressed and was really the only hitch on our entire vacation. Our luggage just had an extra adventure.

Traveler Photos

A typical desert presentation in a main dining room. Delicious too.

Steak and lobster in one of the main dining rooms

8 Comments

willwork4cruz 7 months ago

Great review and very helpful comments. Thank you!

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BnCTcruising 8 months ago

Princess really does have a nice product. We took the Royal P to Alaska last year and had a fantastic time. Glad you enjoyed yours as well.

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javawoody 8 months ago

Thanks for the review

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Alaska is so beautiful!

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Gwbigdog 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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AuntPinkie 8 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your Alaskan cruise last year. Sorry about the luggage mis-communication.

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bndfromaz 8 months ago

Royal is a beautiful ship. So glad you had a good time. Thanks for sharing.

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HeavySeas 8 months ago

Awesome....thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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Other reviews of this sailing

Awesome Alaska

Horrible experience in every way. A ripoff.