Princess Rome (Civitavecchia) Cruise Reviews

My wife and I mainly pick a cruise based on where it is going vs a specific cruise line or ship. Therefore we picked this cruise because we wanted to tour Europe on our own for two weeks and then hop on a ship coming back to the States. Overall we knew what to expect and have been to most of the ports we visited. Except for a couple of ports we plan our own exclusions and use the local hop on-hop ...

We arrived at the port of Civitavecchia on Nov 15th for a cruise starting on Nov 18th. What a wonderful little port town to stay in and to visit the market and walk around with the locals. We stayed at the Hotel Bramante and beautiful small 14 room hotel that treated us like we were part of their family. When we embarked we were amazed at how many people had booked the entire 33 day cruise. It was ...

October 13, 2009 Egypt and Aegean aboard the Princess Grand. The basics: This is our 4th cruise and second aboard the Grand. We booked a Mini on Dolphin deck 9 forward. Room steward Raymond. The verandah is totally uncovered on this deck and has four chairs. There is a laundry up one deck on 10. A Princess cruise and there was 2 formal nights. The first sea day was day two, formal. The Next ...

Our Best Cruise so far, 4th with Princess.Two couples, mid-fifties, celebrating our 30th wedding anniversaries, and friend Paula's birthday. Grand Princess clean, staff great, can see signs of ship's age.Prefer Princess over other lines for demographics, service, value.Cabin steward, Tsvetomir was great, as was waitstaff Victoria and Benny in Da Vinci anytime dining. Wish Princess would ...

First, I must thank the cruise critic website for such a good, and informative site concerning cruising, ports, tips, deals, and other travel information. I must also thank everyone who have contributed to the site, concerning cruises, reviews, boards, and all other travel advice that I have repeatedly read on the site. Further, a special thanks to the cruise critic people I have met in person on ...

This is a revised version of my "Live From the Ruby Princess." Accordingly, some of it is written in the present tense, as it was just happening. Before each cruise, I always learn so much from folks here on Cruise Critic. This time, however, I have to point out a particular member. If you are planning a trip that includes Italy, and plan to use the trains, you must search for GPSLover and read ...

My husband and I are new to Princess.  We have cruised Carnival and Royal Caribbean before.  We were celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary on the Ruby Princess.  We picked Ruby Princess specifically for their ports.  We picked a balcony for this cruise.  We had B756 which was at the back of the ship.  We loved the position of our cabin because it allowed us to sit on the balcony each night and ...

We only realised onboard that this was a relocation cruise, not that it made any difference. Wanted a longer than usual cruise, and that we got! 15 nights and 13 ports later we arrived in Southhampton, London.We decided to use the cruise as a holiday, and not to take excursions every day, which would mean early starts to the day. Apart from the first day when we took a trip to Cinque Terre, at all ...

We are a family of four. I am 46, and DH is 54. Our children are 14 and 12.  Although I had been to Europe several times in my younger years, my husband had not.  Note: VERY different returning to Europe middle-aged and with kids than carefree and in college..ha! We had both a mini-suite and an interior room. We had originally booked a PH on Riviera but after reading reviews here,  decided to save ...

First, a little about us.  We are in our early 50's and were traveling with one other couple.  This was our fifth cruise, second cruise with Princess and our first trip to Europe.  I had been pretty active on our Cruise Critic Roll Call, and we had private tours planned in most every port.  First of all, the Crown Princess is a beautiful ship, and as others have said, despite that fact that ...