Royal Princess Review
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My husband and I are totally addicted to cruising, having been on 29 cruises in 5 years. In fact, we love cruising so much we moved to Florida to be closer to the cruise ports. We now live on the Gulf Coast, just a 3 1/2 hour from Port Everglades. This is our 13th cruise on Princess and the first on the Royal.
We had a bit of a hiccup a couple days before our cruise - our credit card company called to say our card security had been compromised and they were canceling our card. Oh great! Our replacement card wouldn't arrive for several days. Luckily we have a second credit card so we didn't have to take a bucket of cash for our on board account. When I changed my credit card at check-in, the agent said at least 3 other people that day had told her the same thing. Good lesson for us - always have a second card.
Embarkation was slower than what we're used to, I don't know if it's because we arrived at 12:30, a busy time, or if it's because the ship is so big. Since we are Platinum we used the Preferred Boarding line but even that line had 50 people in it. Luckily, it moved quickly and we were checked into our room and lunching in the expansive buffet by 1:30.
Cabin Review
Since our cabin was directly opposite the stairs and elevators we expected it to be very noisy and were pleasantly surprised that it was pretty quiet. We heard a few chairs in the buffet above us every morning and one morning I heard my neighbors tv but that was about it. We had our cabin steward remove the arm chair since we knew we wouldn't use it and it opened up a lot more floor space for us. The balcony was small but was big enough to sit and read or have breakfast