The reason we picked this cruise was because of the itinerary and the overnight stay in St Petersburg, Russia. We had over 10 cruises in the past 2 years with different cruise lines and have been cruising with Royal Caribbean most of the time, so we thought it would be nice to try Regal Princess for this Baltic/Scandinavia trip. This was a family cruise with my husband, our 2 young children, my ...
We chose Princess to Alaska because 20 years ago we sailed the same cruise for our honeymoon. Having set our expectations during the first cruise, we were disappointed to find that smoking is still allowed in so many areas of the ship. It was impossible to enjoy any of the outside decks, or even our private balcony, due to second-hand tobacco smoke. Even worse, apparently smoking is allowed ...
We chose this cruise because of Glacier Bay. And we hadn’t sailed with princes yet.
The good.
Service staff in the dining room was exceptional. Same with cabin staff.
Food was ok in buffet and very good in main dining room.
Plenty of room around ship, never felt crowded.
The bad.
Main dining took forever, every night. I’m talking to hours plus for dinner.
Biggest problem ...
I am glad we were booked on a small ship and were able to cruise Glacier Bay, but we will never cruise with Princess again. The ship is in desperate need of a complete overhaul. Everything was old and outdated. Princess also needs to overhaul the food and entertainment onboard. I have never had such bad food on a cruise ship. Not only was the quality and execution bad, the portions were very ...
My son chose this Cruise as he had sailed with NCL and Royal Carribean and had nothing but praise for those two companies and the brilliant time I was going to have.
He chose it as it seemed comparable with those two companies on price and Marketing jargon but did not live up to the hype.
The entertainment was more Butlins than West End, although the theatre was very good and the last show ...
I chose this Cruise because I am a regular Cruiser and was running out of ships & destinations with my favourite company NCL and to a lesser extent Royal Carribean.
On the surface they seemed very good and the recent tv program swung it in their favour. The Que tmerely to register should have been a warning, way too long, way to slow and not enough staff to manage. Pop down the road and see how ...
We have cruised 18 times with Princess and with the exception of this last cruise, it has always been excellent. This cruise was a bargain basement boat ride. It was a costly, disorganized, irritating disaster. The Versailles tour was an aggravating nightmare, depriving us of the opportunity of a lifetime. Princess was responsible for a 45 minute late start. The tour category of moderate should ...
We, a group of 15 - mostly vegetarians, took the Royal Princess cruise to Alaska aboard Royal Princess ship from Vancouver on May 25... While the ship is new, comfortable and well decked, the food experience on this ship is a nightmare, particularly, if you happen to be a vegetarian or a vegan. A few weeks prior to boarding/ check in, I had declared my vegetarian status and food restrictions in ...
My partner and I decided on Princess after seeing the recent tv series, and running out of destinations with our favourite Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean. On the surface they seemed on par, in reality they are lacking in just about every department.
If its your 1st Cruise, you will probably think it is fine, but for a seasoned Cruiser with "better" cruise lines this will leave you ...
We took the 12 night British Isles trip in June. This is probably my eighth cruise and first on Princess. The good is that the ship was nice, the staff was hard working, the food was always decent to very good with a large and changing selection on the buffet. The pre-destination talks were informative and we caught a couple of art lectures that were very interesting.
That said, the activities ...