Royal Princess Review

4.0 / 5.0
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A fine ship with some quirks

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Princess
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cardamom
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2013

We booked our cruise on the Royal months before its first sailing and after reading the terrible reviews in the few months leading up to our cruise we were really concerned that we'd booked on a lemon. But after spending seven days on this ship we're convinced that there are a lot of whiners out there. Did they make a mistake in not putting a staircase midships? Yes. Did it take a bit longer to get an elevator? Yes. But what's your hurry people? Maybe it took an extra minute or two. So what? Seriously, what's really important on a cruise ship?

The food - it was great on this ship. The service - impeccable on the Royal. The fitness facilities were better than any ship I've been on and better than my home gym which is top notch. I went to the gym five out of the six mornings which was unheard of for me, it was that good. Three visits to the Lotus Spa and they were all good.

Here are a few beefs: Beef#1 What really left a sour taste in my mouth at the Lotus Spa was the hard sell for products at the end of each treatment. I had to gear up for the argument about why I didn't want to buy anything. $700 in face products? Get real.

Cabin Review

The mini-suite on the Royal was the same size as a regular balcony cabin on Celebrity or Holland America. Something isn't right about that. Plus the balcony is basically unusable because it barely holds two chairs and a table. On the other hand, there was tons of drawers, cupboards and closet space. The bathroom was luxurious, and we loved the size of the TVs - they were massive. Great movie selection.

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