Royal Princess Review

Fun with the Bears

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Princess
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First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2013

Let me begin by stating, my partner and I love to cruise and pick Princess exclusively. When we cruise, we are on vacation, period. We relax, go with the flow, and enjoy the time away from work. Short of death, nothing is going to "ruin” our cruise. This is a term most CC readers hear used on ships throughout their cruises and my partner and I believe that is just people that are never happy.

Embarkation: We booked a S4 Suite and check in was smooth as silk. We were told to proceed to the suite area and look for a uniformed representative to "whisk” us onboard as we have seen many times before. Unfortunately what we experienced was nothing more than a large room filled with a mass gaggle of Elites (E) and Preferred (P) passengers, and one haggard Princess employee who was valiantly trying to appease their demands. This made the embarkation process painful yet humorous due to the amount of Princess Elite and Preferred passengers all trying to be the first passengers to board the ship. Boarding was delayed due to clearance issues from the earlier 5 day cruise. Once the door was opened for boarding the Es and Ps went crazy. They swarmed the door but an older man with a New York accent took control and started the process of boarding, scolding them and demanding they listen to him and follow his directions.

The Elites went crazy because "Blue Cards” (Princess first timers) were boarding ahead of them. It was quite entertaining. My partner and I just laughed and wondered when it would all end, after all, it is vacation, right? After 6 cruises with Princess, we wondered, would we ever act like that as Elite, doubtful. Once aboard, our vacation could begin.

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S4 Suite is laid out like the old PH suite on Grand Class ships but smaller. It is approx 440 square feet with 25% of the space being dedicated to the bathroom. Includes queen sized bed, sofa bed, 2 chairs for lounging and dry bar. Bathroom has shower with shower head and handheld wand plus a separate deep soaking tub. Balcony has 2 top table with chairs plus 2 easy chairs all in teakwood.

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