Our trip began with five days in Paris at the Novetel Les Halles. Because we booked the hotel a little late we were not able to book the transfer from the hotel to Le Havre. Instead our transfer was from the Gare Montparnasse which necessitated quick Sunday morning taxi ride arranged by the hotel. A friendly Princess Representative quickly assisted with boarding the coach and we were on our way ...
We chose this cruise as our 35 anniversary celebration and had always had wonderful cruises previously with Princess.
We did the 12 day United Kingdom with Kirkwall.
The ports were wonderful, we had no complaints with the itinerary at all.
The ship was a disappointment.
We hated the buffet set up.
Narrow hallways that blocked you view of what was available and you had to keep ...
We wanted to see more of the United Kingdom and surrounding area. Each port was awesome. The excursions were well organized and we felt were reasonably priced. The ship's crew were friendly and professional. Our dining stewards always remembered us from meal to meal and often came to speak to us even if we were not seated at their table. We especially enjoyed Alfredo's, the no extra charge Italian ...
We chose this cruise as part of a group of 11 friends& relatives traveling together. I had not been to Scotland or Ireland before so I was excited about those ports.
The ship is HUGE. This has both benefits and disadvantages. The embarkation process was great, but we arrived early. The food in the dining room and the buffet is average; I would give it a grade of B-. We enjoyed Alfredo's ...
Itinerary was great,ship was less than mediocre overall. Ship is more confusing than it needs to be. Some elevator direction lights don’t work, need magnifying glass to read on board signage, decks referred to by name but elevators have numbers, staff attentively listens to requests but usually does not follow through. One third of food was good, one third mediocre and one third poor. At any bar ...
This cruise was a part of an escorted tour. The cruise was a circumnavigation of Britain, plus Cork, Dublin, Belfast, St Peter Port and Le Harve.
Being an organised tour, we took no Princess tours.
Embarkation. This was from Southampton. We can only compare this to Sydney, Aust. It seemed like an organised chaos. Waiting times to get to the checkin desk exceeded an hour. There was also ...
Just returned from a 12 day British Isles cruise aboard the Royal Princess. This was our tenth cruise -- and first on the Princess line. My family and I decided to try Princess based upon the itinerary -- embark in Paris, then visit England, Ireland and Scotland. Would say that the itinerary was GREAT! Spent two days in Paris before boarding the ship -- which gave us time to hit all the main spots ...
the first word that comes to mind about the Royal Princess is WAIT ....
The ship is very nice the main plaza has a "rich" look. the ship has a nice layout, you should never feel crowded.
The shows are different every night, to satisfy every taste.
Emergency drill is becoming a joke .... they do it only to annoy passengers ... what will people do in case of an emergency ... .eg. ...
The assistant cruise directors were AMAZING!!! The room steward as well, I cannot say enough good things about them. Staff - wonderful.
However, the boat itself was run like it was a maiden voyage, terribly unorganzied.
Muster station meeting - NO staff showed up to run it. Hundreds of us in the theater waiting on "mandatory" meeting that has no staff. We left after 25 minutes as did most ...
My husband and I chose this cruise because it is a cruise tour. I want to go to Ireland and he wants to go to Normandy. The itinerary suits our purposes. So we decided to go with Princess once again despite our past bad experience with them on the New England cruise. We were hoping that time was just an isolated case. So we decided to give Princess another try. We were so disappointed for ...