Royal Princess Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Royal Princess
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10+ Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Apr 2019
Cabin: Mini-Suite with Balcony
Traveled with children

My family of 5 just got off of Royal Princess. We have cruised on NCL, RC, and Carnival. This was a first for us on Princess line. I was very excited to try a new cruise line and compare to my other cruises. Well let me start of with the bad;

the food is the worse I’ve seen and ate. My family and I stayed hungry the last two days of our voyage. We even tried the specialty restaurant that we paid for. Medicore food and same choices everyday. The breakfast hours finished early and it seemed like they wanted less people to dine for breakfast. What I noticed is they didn’t want us to dine in the dining room. They tried to have people dine more at the buffet. Either one was a joke for food. Even the steaks and seafood at the specialty restaurant was not good. I was on the Carnival Horizon in December and there food was hands down the best! They had fresh squeezed green juices in the morning and also they let you dine for breakfast until 2:00pm on seadays as brunch. Also not much to do on the ship very boring. Although there were kids on this voyage it seemed as it was for a older crowd. It was okay for me for the first 3 days then it got boring with nothing to do. Shows, club and entertainment was not up to date.

Now for the good part; extremely clean ship and all public areas. Our room was very clean. We had two mini suites. Oh forgot inbarkation was a mess they could find my medallion so took a while to get on. The pool area was clean and well kept. Our room steward was very nice. Every employee was very nice to us. They seemed like they were well taken care of Princess company unlike other ships were the employees look over worked and angry. I like how the employees were not pushy or they didn’t expect any tips. I like how Princess employees were the best from any other ship I’ve been on. Made us feel comfortable they didn’t make us feel obligated to tip. The other thing I liked on Princess is they serve you coffee juice water and also ice cream as like on other lines it’s help your self and people make big messes. I liked the fact that there was no food droppings or dirty plates every were in the buffet or around pool area. The cleanness, comfort and class beats all the ships I’ve been on. I went to the spa and it was amazing! Loved their spa, the massage rooms were so big and comfy. Had the most relaxing massage.

Cabin Review

Mini-Suite with Balcony

Cabin MB

Nice sized cabin and kept very clean. They balconies are too small and they have two big chairs and a table that doesn’t fit there. No common sense here.

You can’t get to the balcony no room for feet to sit on those huge chairs on the balcony.

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Cabo San Lucas

The tenders are slow and time consuming. You take a number and wait to be called on.

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