We just returned from a October Sailing to Canada/New England on the Regal Princess. The ship is beautiful, clean, and new. The decor is tasteful and lovely. Our mini-suite room was a bit smaller than expected but very livable with plenty of storage for three people. We had an angled balcony with plenty of room. The food in the dining room was excellent, the food in the buffet was good to excellent. We absolutely loved the International Cafe and ate lunch there several times. We also enjoyed one casual dinner at Alfredo's. The pizza, salad and dessert were wonderful. I loved these extra dining options.

The entertainment around the ship was absolutely wonderful. We enjoyed the string quartet, the guitarist, the pianist and the bands. All were top quality and made free time relaxing and so very enjoyable. The shows were good - the quality of the dancers was unbelievable. (Just wish they would have had more fabric covering their behinds on a couple of the numbers they performed. :)

The ports were fantastic. We were a little early for peak fall colors other than at the top of Cadillac mountain and in Acadia National Park where the colors were beginning to be beautiful. We loved all of the ports - Halifax (Lunenberg and Peggy's Cove), Saint John (colorful City Market and such a hospitable, welcoming community), Bar Harbour (Acadia National Park), Boston and Newport. We did shore excursions that we had for the most part purchased ahead and that were not with Princess. One complaint would be that we had to be on the ship by 3:30 p.m. in Bar Harbour and again in Boston. This made for such a short day in both of those ports. Read more