Royal Clipper Review

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Superb Sail & Destination Experience - mediocre food and uncomfortable sleeping

Review for the Mediterranean Cruise on Royal Clipper
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parisistack
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2018

First of all - the trip was on 5/5/18 French Riviera - Portofino & Monaco

Timing & destinations were reason for the choice. Also size - though we prefer small yachts - this was a whole different adventure & great!

We did not plan on doing any of the excursions and researched adventure type days for ourselves.The ship itself, as the size of room and patio were awesome.

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Cabin Luxury

The ship itself, as the size of room and patio were awesome.

The ports were awesome, as were the crew and events.

Here are the downsides -- for your future reference

The beds were uncomfortable & comparable to the mattress at Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the grand canyon. The pillows were lumpy and the shades did not provide protection from light coming in. Additionally - anchor was pulled every night between midnight & 1am -- and it was impossible to think about sleeping thru that. Therefore, my sleep experience was awful - I slept between 3 & 5 hours every night. Paying close to $8k for our cruise - I would have expected at least comfortable sleep arrangements & they were not.

On a plus side of the room - the cabin steward was great - the room was huge - the bath had a jacuzzi, medicine cabinet and was large -- plenty of storage everywhere.

The choice of ports was phenomenal.

Changes I'd recommend for the ship - new mattresses and shades for the rooms. Since all of our sails were short - they should be pulling anchor at 10:30 or 11PM latest - as everyone was on the ship & there was no reason not to. Or in the morning - as we didn't get into port until between 10-12PM most days -- so they could have easily been sensitive to sleep time.

Port Reviews

Cannes

We spent 2 nights in Cannes pre cruise and loved it

Portofino

We planned our own excursion - an adventurous hike from the port over to San Frutuosso - BEAUTIFUL!!

Corsica (Ajaccio)

We did our own walking, hiking and exploring tours for 2 days - 2 different ports

Grenada

We did our own tour and explored surrounding towns with a driver. In the morning, kayaked the beach

Monaco (Monte Carlo)

Were there during the historic grand prix - toured all of town

loved the Princess Grace rose garden and also the tour of palace

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