Royal Princess Review

Very disappointing for a new ship

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Princess
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6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Nov 2013

We booked this ship with several friends back in April. We were looking forward to being on a brand new princess ship to see what it be like. But we were disappointed from the start. First we had problems with the elevators. They do not have enough elevators, are too small, are not programmed properly, too hot. On the first day during the muster drill it was hard to get to your station and once the drill was over you had to wait forever. I know you are thinking you can walk, but my wife had knee surgery twice on both knees and it was hard for her to do stairs. In addition there were people on board with crutches that had to wait forever. Once the cruise was under way there was still many problems with the elevators. Some days it was raiing and windy and when we when in the elevators it sounded as though the cables were swaying back and forth inside the elevator shaft. In other words it was scary to ride them.

In our cabin we had problems with the towels which were very rough on our skin and the toilet paper holder which was very difficult to reach. When I brought this up to my friends they all agreed. We had a comedian on board and even he brought it up as a joke. But before the end of the cruise the cabin stewards had removed all of the metal holders in the cabins. In their favor the cabin seemed a descent size, there was plenty of room for clothes. The had a nice television system in the rooms where you can use free on demand to see movies or TV episodes.

On the second day of our cruise I checked out the adult only section on the pool deck and since it was raining I was surprised to not see any covering so that we could use the pool or jucuzzi. They also had next to this section a section called the Sanctiuary where you can rent a cabana or a lounge chair, but this section also had no covering.

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