BACKGROUND
American couple, both in lower 50s cruising for the 5th time on a Baltic cruise that included stops in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Estonia, and Russia. Port intensive with only 2 sea days over the 11 day cruise. Stop in St. Petersburg was overnight providing two available days for touring. Prior cruises were Alaska, Caribbean (2), and Eastern Med. This was our second cruise with Princess (prior was on Ruby Princess).
EMBARKATION
Mini Suite on Aloha deck (12) in room A403. Full size bathtub and shower plus tons of storage space in the room. Balcony was small but we spent little time on it. We liked the room and felt the extra $400 we paid for the mini-suite compared to our original balcony room was well worth it (Princess promotion)! It’s worth mentioning that our room and many others were in full view of people walking on the Sea Walk. I am surprised that the designers did it this way!
HOHO bus took us everywhere we needed to go.
Enjoyed old town.
Liked the vibe of the city. Visited Vigeland, National Gallery, and the Viking Museum.