We chose this cruise as our 1st foreign trip since covid. Check in slots are a farce. Turn up when you want. Lip service covid measures in general. They do insist on hand washing entering the buffet though. Food is average to poor with a few exceptions. Buffet at night time is really poor. Lunchtime is a much better experience with plenty of variety and some good curry dishes.
Main dining room ...
We chose this cruise as a replacement for a Caribbean cruise we no longer wanted to take. This review is more about the ship than the cruise itself. I've sailed on Princess many times but this was our first cruise on the new Royal (or any of her sister ships). I've always enjoyed Princess' ships - but I did not enjoy the Royal. I adore the Caribbean, Crown, and their sisters, but the Royal ...
This was our 28th cruise, our second on Princess. We primarily sail in order to cross oceans and we chose this repositioning cruise to arrive in LeHavre before a long stay in Paris. Unfortunately Princess delivered us to the UK, not where we wanted to be. More on that later, but first the cruise itself.
What we Liked:
Embarkation and Ports Management: Embarking was as smooth as silk, ...
We chose this cruise as we are Elite Princess cruisers and this trans-Atlantic cruise gave us a chance to end up in London to spend some time with our youngest son and his wife.
We booked a Club Class mini-suite. We will never book Club Class again. It is a total rip-off for the price difference. Costing you hundreds or thousands of dollars, depending on the length of the cruise, for the ...
I wanted to do a Transatlantic and see the ports I had never seen this ship came out of dry dock without completing the work. They were still laying carpet while cruising. Some plumbing was not working. Staff was not well trained for this ship. They changed their menu and it was not very good. If this had been my first Princess cruise I would never sail Princess Again. The boarding was also ...
We chose this cruise because we like the transatlantic cruises and the ports of call this cruise offered. There were quite a few issues on this cruise as it was just coming off of dry dock and a lot of things were overlooked. The front desk staff, in general, were rude to customers and not knowledgeable. Even laughed at customers questions and seemed put off that they had to be bothered. Think ...
We went on a BF cat and we were not told our cabin till we boarded. I must complement the luggage people and the Cruise link people - who are the port agents- they were the best in all my years of cruising.
We were Platinum members so we had less than 5 min wait and into a lounge - which was very bare, uncomfortable seats and very basic. We were very pleased to get a balcony cabin on the LIDO ...