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Sky Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Sky Princess

7 Night Mediterranean (Rome To Barcelona)

Sail date: November 10, 2019

Ship: Sky Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C526

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall good cruise, a bit disappointed I really expected more for the first crossing Thanksgiving was lacking decorations They need more staff and they should have a little more training in how to treat the passengers a smile means a lot

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very fast with the medallion

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
the anytime dinning was disappointing Long wait to get a table for 6 We have friends that waited for an hour The staff did their best, but I think they were short of personnel Alfredo was the best service, great staff and service Buffets were fine

International Café

5 out of 5

Very friendly and great serviceThey remember your name and what you want

Alfredo's Pizzeria

5 out of 5

Great staff, friendly and fantastic service

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Was a little cold so we didn’t stay outdoors fir most of the days

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Did not enjoy the shows The pianist was great and and some of the singers In past cruises they had brought artists from the places we had visited I think it was lacking entertainment for the first transatlantic

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
The best was my room steward Tika he really was great The staff on the international cafe were very friendly and always smiling The staff at Alfredos the best

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very pretty ship

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
My room was perfect except for the noise we had all 21 days coming from the balcony door, they try to fix it but still had noise Tika kept the cabin spotless

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Did not visit port

We arrived the same day since we’ve been there before

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy Did not visit port

Visited before

Genoa, Italy

4 out of 5
Nice excursion but a little cold

LA SEYNE-SUR-MER (TOULON), FRANCE

4 out of 5
We just walked around

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5
We went into Spain had a great time on a excursion

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Love this city

Valencia, Spain Did not visit port

Ship too far from the city and we have been in Valencia many times

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5
Went to Mijas beautiful place

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5
Went on our own and walk around and had tapas

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
Took a tuk-tuk with friends great time and had lunch in placa commercio

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5
Did the hop on hop off

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

We live here

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Pretty fast
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3 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Better luck next crossing

RetiredRay    5 years ago

The one time we sailed on Princess over T-day they did not do much except for the dinner menu, and that was minimal.

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed and sorry for your disappointments. As far as decorations I don’t think they decorate much for Thanksgiving, they do Halloween and then Christmas.

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