Started out rocky but developed into an awesome time.

Sky Princess Cruise Review to Transatlantic

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
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Sky Princess

15 Night Tropical Passage (Southampton To Ft. Lauderdale)

Sail date: November 10, 2023

Ship: Sky Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A510

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Even though it started out rough with us missing our first port Azores Islands. The overall experience was not so bad that we're going to do another repositioning in April 2024.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy is the Princess way.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The main dining was very nice with sharing a table a wonderful idea of meeting others. The buffet was accessible most times when we need just a little something to eat.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We enjoyed the fitness center. It was a bit breezy at the pool until we made it to Antigua, after 9 days at sea. There wasn't any structured activities until the Caribbean portion of the cruise.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Samuel at Good Spirits was excellent. He was funny and very informative with his talks about beverages from all over. Our room steward was Raul on Deck 12, he was just wonderful and was available at our every need.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
The size surprised us. It seemed small for a Deluxe Balcony cabin. It was comfortable and clean at all times.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England Did not visit port

We flew into Southampton the morning of embarkation, got on a bus for the port and got on the ship.

Ponta Delgada, Azores Did not visit port

The ship skipped this port. It was one of the main reasons that we decided to do this repositioning cruise. We received $6.75 as a port tax refund.

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5
We took a bus tour around the city.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
We loved the excursion at this port. We went by chairlift to the top of a mountain, ziplined through the canopy about 6 ziplines. Then we took another chairlift to the best zipline we've ever done. It was called the "Flying Dutchman". It is the steepest zipline in the world. It was amazing and I challenge any adrenaline junkie to try it.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
We enjoyed it, our excursion was supposed to include the rainforest but was changed to a ranch and the fort.

Grand Turk Island

2 out of 5
If you like drinking and shopping that's fine. This port needs more than Margaritaville and a space capsule.

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

We went straight to the airport and flew home.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
The Princess staff have it all together. We had our bags checked to our final destination and just walked off the ship with our backpacks. It was another amazing features that we love.
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6 Comments

Ladyjunecliff     11 months ago

Sounds like a fun time in St Marten. Thanks for the review.

Razor78     11 months ago

Glad you enjoy the cruise love boat, that's bas you didn't go to the Rainforest is a good tour though, well next time

cruising2004     11 months ago

Glad you had an enjoyable cruise. Thank you for your review.

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing

karlgrgurich     11 months ago

Sounds like a great cruise!

javawoody     11 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

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