We cruised with a group from the Milwaukee area, about 40 in all. We spent 2 days in Manhattan and then boarded ship on a cool, cloudy day. My wife and I have enjoyed 35+ cruises, about 9 on Princess ships. We were excited to be cruising on the Regal Princess and to see the next generation of ships. Prior cruises on Princess included the Golden Princess (3 times), Star Princess, Coral, and one or two others. This cruise stopped in Newport, Boston, Bar Harbor, St. John, NB, and Halifax. Final day was at sea. We prefer to have more sea days but one can always ignore the port and stay on board. If we were to do this cruise again, we'd probably skip St. John. Not really much to see or do.

Our cruise frequency allows for Platinum status in the Captain's Circle which helped speed embarkation. The process seemed to go very well for everyone as the Brooklyn terminal handled the crowd very well. (In comparison, embarkation on the Norwegian Breakaway in March, 2015, had us standing in a line outside the Manhattan terminal (in rather miserable weather) for more than an hour despite our having platinum status in their frequent cruiser program as well.

The ship is very nicely appointed. We liked the central atrium area; very nicely decorated. In fact, the ship is quite beautiful. Being somewhat mobility impaired, the lack of stair in the center of the ship was of no consequence. As in other Princess ships we've sailed, there are 6 elevators in the center of the ship. A common failing is that their controls are separated into 2 banks of elevators, one of 4 and one of 2. Once you get used to this, you just push the up or down button on each bank to get an elevator most promptly. While the elevators of each bank are synced, the two banks are not synced with each other. Once one pushes the two buttons, one gets into the first car to arrive, and a car in the second bank arrives with no one getting on or off. Read more