Royal Princess Review

Generally a Disappointment

Review for the British Isles & Western Europe Cruise on Royal Princess
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Mr. Alan
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2015

We will be cautious about taking another Princess cruise.

We bought a UK, Ireland and France trip on the Royal Princess and booked a mini-suite. The mini-suite is highly recommended. We enjoyed it although the SMALL balcony does not permit the crew combining your balcony with a neighbors balcony- which we enjoyed on another cruise we took with friends.

We initially booked our flight through Princess. We later changed to another carrier since it was over $2000 cheaper and the new flight had better times for us. Princess, it seems, is adding to the airline prices rather than taking a cut as most travel agents would. Recommend not using Princess for travel arrangements except to get to/from the ship.

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Cobh (Cork)

Nice countryside and ancient churches

Dublin

Could have used more days. Good pubs. Visited the Chester Beatty Library, and were impressed with the collection of illustrated books.

Greenock (Glasgow)

The drive through the countryside was great! Great tour guide. Boat ride on Loch Lomand was boring but pretty. The wool Center proved to be nothing but a retail shop - not the production operation we expected.

Invergordon (Inverness)

Visited Dalmore distillery. No tour available at the time we were there. Not much else of interest to see in the area

Kirkwall

Took the tour to tomb and standing stones. Informative and impressive.

Edinburgh (South Queensferry)

Bus ride to the town from the ship was expensive. Town had a lot to offer had my physical condition been up to it.

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