Royal Princess Review

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Great Expectations Unrealized

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Royal Princess
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traveling1969
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Sep 2013

For exercise! For exercise! For exercise! This revue is for exercise only. Had this been a real review, I would have named names, quoted chapter and verse, and cited sources accordingly. Since it isn't, I can feel free to wing it as necessary, give guesstimates, probe the fuzzy fringes of my memory for real and imagined events, and pretty much make it up as I go along.000

Just kidding! I'll do my best to tell it like it was and any bias that creeps in is purely intentional.

DW had her heart set on this cruise as sort of a retirement/anniversary present to ourselves and we counted down the days before bookings opened up. Once booked we had to suffer through the year and a half wait till finally we were on our way to Barcelona to board the Royal Princess.

Cabin Review

We booked a deluxe balcony (D716) because having a place to sit and relax in our stateroom is important to us. The addition of this class of cabin has been long overdue. On other ships, one had to book a mini suite or higher to get any comfortable seating in the stateroom itself. We were in the aft near the aft elevators and we never had a problem getting an elevator. There was a nasty odor in our hallway for the entire cruise. It smelled like a bad case of halitosis. Thank goodness it didn't permeate into our cabin. Our cabin was adequate in size with a couple of "small" exceptions. While the shower stall was larger than on previous ships, the bathroom itself was very small with little storage area. We knew what to expect as far as balcony size was concerned and while it was smaller than on other ships, it was adequate for our needs. The television was large and clear and the selection of movies was very good. Live TV was OK but we did miss TNT and there weren't many other choices available. There was a section for TV shows (series) but all that was available was The Wake Show. Finally, about a week prior to the end of the cruise, other shows appeared as if by magic (Bones, CSI, etc.). Another significant omission: NO LOVE BOAT!!!. Yeah, it may be campy and dated but we always enjoy the old episodes and we missed them on the Royal.

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