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Sky Princess Cruise Review to Transatlantic

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Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 5

Helpful Votes: 89

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

14 Night Spanish Passage (Barcelona To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: November 17, 2019

Ship: Sky Princess

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Expected more from new ship as we have done this before on a new vessel. Disappointed in food and dining service. Alfredo’s had the single best waiter, who we also had in Sabatinis. Manager admitted many were trainees. Need better training

Embarkation

5 out of 5

We’re already on ship from previous 14 days

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food in buffet needs improvement. Hot not warm or cold. Service in di i g room needs improvement. Felt I was unwanted diner from the moment we sat down.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Games with the cruise staff were great. Wonderful bunch of kids running activities.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Quite good.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room steward great. Di I g room staff mediocre. Getting help from guest services poor.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Beautiful ship!!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Mini suite. Constant noise behind cabin wall. Despite pleas not fixed till 27th day of 28day Cruise.

Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

4 out of 5

Been here done that

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Valencia, Spain Did not visit port

Too far into town. Been here before.

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Malaga, Spain

4 out of 5

Walked around downtown area. Been here before and toured.

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Cadiz (Seville), Spain

3 out of 5

Pretty but so easy to get lost in the winding streets.

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Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5

Love this city. Went toSintra on tour.

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Funchal, Madeira

4 out of 5

Pretty town. Went whale watching but did not see much.

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Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Home port

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

As this was first visit by ship (new vessel) I expected long wait. NOT. Excellent quick departure.

7 Comments

RetiredRay 4 years ago

Looking forward to boarding in October

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shipsoulmates 4 years ago

You’ll enjoy your holiday more if you don’t sweat the small stuff. Princess does a great job with so many passengers on board at the same time.

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed.

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Sounds like it was still nice

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AuntPinkie 4 years ago

We like to wait for a bit before sailing on a new ship, so they get all the “bugs” worked out. We will sail on the Sky in January! Thanks for sharing your experience!

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2cruisemates 4 years ago

Sounds like overall good but still needs to establish roots or a reputation. We sail on her in 3 weeks hopefully we will see improvements.

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