Regal Princess is a truly beautiful ship and even a year into service still has the new feel about it.
Is it perfect? Of course not. Are there flaws and problems? Yes and to be honest, some problems were very surprising having sailed with Princess many times before, ok so we're Elite members.
EMBARKATION/CHECK IN
To be honest, the standard balcony cabins on Regal are very small but the balcony was tiny tiny tiny!!!!
We always book a balcony cabin that has at least a couch/table chair area, this had neither. We had a look at the bigger cabin beside us (A314) on disembarkation day and it was a little bit bigger but it's classed as a Mini Suite. We've sailed in Suites, Junior Suites and Mini Suites on other ships and Regal's Mini Suite is like a standard balcony cabin on any other cruise line.
Holland America's standard balcony cabin is practically identical to Regal's Mini Suite, couch/table area and a tub in the bathroom.
We were warned by the Princess sales agent when we booked the cruise that the balconies were very small, I appreciated her honesty. I'm only 6' 1" tall but couldn't sit in the chair and face the ocean. I never felt my legs were that long until I tried to relax in the morning sunshine on our first sea day. My solution was putting both paws up on the railing.
The bathroom is also tiny, again we've been used to having a decent sized bathroom and a tub with most other cruise lines. Our cabin had a shower and if I had a cat I certainly wouldn't dare try to swing it in the bathroom.
Have any other passengers on Regal come close to dislocating their shoulder trying to reach for the toilet paper after sitting on the throne?
No cold water in cabin A312 the entire first week of the cruise, both sink and shower. Scalding your body in the morning is not advised.