This was my chance to revisit a number of Caribbean ports/islands and go on the Royal for the first time. The ship is beautiful. Maybe too latge for my taste. You had to wait in line for a lot of activities. Too few elevators for the # passengers. The inside cabins are OK - did not expect any thing else. The balcony cabin is about the same with a small balcony - large enough for two people to sit. Entertainment was average - a couple of entertainers were great. Spent 25 total days on the ship so I had a good time getting to look around. Buffet on deck 16 took getting use to but food was great and a good variety. Staff was above what I expereinced on some other cruise lines and worked very hard to make your cruise enjoyable. Plentyof activates to enjoy. One area Princess Royal and other Princess ships seems to almost ignore are get togethers for the Solo and Single travelers. Royal needed to be pushed to have some events / get togethers for this group of travelers. I hope they realize this is a growing group of cruisers and are being ignored or not provided some of the same amount of events and other groups that you see in the event section almost daily. It does not take a lot of effort to have get togethers on sea days. (This comment was for the 2 - 10 day Royal Princess cruises along with the 5 day one that followed. I am a little disappointed with the Evening Dining Menu. I know that each cruise will most likely repeat the menu over each successive cruise. My main comment is there will be two-three great choices one night and a Oh Hum selection the next night. My first thought is - are they trying to reduce the number of times the more desirable selections can be requested. Just my opinion.
Had a balcony cabin for this cruise. Had an inside cabin B249 for the 2 - 10 day back to back prior to this cruise. Cabins were fine. I will say some inside cabins had a better layout than others I saw during my walking around the ship. The balcony cabin I had was basically the inside cabin with a small balcony. That was fine. Did not use the balcony much on the 5 day cruise.