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Royal Princess Review

Very Disappointed

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Royal Princess
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mikey_x
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2014

My wife and I recently cruised on the Royal Princess to the Eastern Caribbean and were very disappointed. We have cruised extensively since 1995, initially with Princess, then Royal Caribbean for 12 years, and returned to Princess last year. That cruise, aboard the Caribbean Princess to New England, was outstanding. We thought that since that cruise was so great, Princess's newest ship, the Royal Princess, had to be better. Boy were we wrong !

Embarkation was uneventful and our stateroom (a mini-suite) was clean and ready when we arrived. The balcony was the smallest that I had ever seen. You could barely fit two people. The first annoyance that we encountered was with the electrical system. You needed to put your cruise card into a slot near the door or the lights would go off after a few minutes (apparently some sort of energy conservation measure). Additionally, if your card was in that slot, no one could enter the stateroom using their card (apparently some sort of security measure), but a potential problem if your wife was in the stateroom with her card in the slot and she fell asleep while you were out getting a snack, you would have no way to enter the stateroom with your cruise card.

We next went to the Horizon buffet for lunch. The service was inconsistent; we waited several minutes before anyone approached us for drinks, while several other cruisers were served immediately upon sitting down. The buffet was set up with wide aisles which you would think would be a good thing, but it did not direct you in an organized fashion past the food and allowed other cruisers to constantly cut you off and clog things up. The selection of food was sparse and unappetizing.

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