A little background, This is my 6th cruise with Princess and my 20th overall having experienced many of the main cruise lines at one point or another and I'm only 40. What can I say? I love cruising! We booked the Royal about 9-10 months before she was set to sail and couldn't wait. We had a mini-suite on Aloha deck, A519. In general, it was quiet other than some TV noise. The room is standard Princess mini-suite arrangement and the bed was comfortable for me but my husband did not care for it. The balcony is one of the worst I have experienced for size. I was very disappointed given I had a mini-suite. The furniture is too large, especially the table and not the most comfortable. No matter how we arranged it, we always had to climb over something to get to a seat and could not have the foot stools out. Our cabin steward was friendly and did a pretty good job but we missed having towel animals every night and we never did get our robes to use.

Embarkation was good for us as we had Preferred and could go on whenever. If you didn't, it seemed like a lot of waiting around. You may best want to adhere to the schedule Princess gives you as it seems like they are adhereing to it. Debarkation was relatively easy and quick. We enjoyed breakfast and sat outside on deck at the back for most of the time and then finished out in the Platinum lounge.

Entertainment was great. The comedian and illusionist were fantastic. The Princess dancers and singers were good as well. Princess Theater is ok. I miss being able to relax with space and a drink. There is no real balcony either in the theater but the different tiers were good as we could get seats that our 10-year old son could see with no issue as long as we got there 30 minutes early. Seats are tight together and legroom was not ample. If you are a larger person I can see it being very uncomfortable. Read more