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Princess Cruise Line
MS Royal Princess
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Reviewed by: John Gunn
# previous cruises: 4
Date of Trip: June 23, 2002
Itinerary: Scandinavia
This was 12 day Norwegian Fjords cruise from London. Ship's crew were wonderful. Itinerary was was well planed. Norway
was beautiful country and nice people. Passengers were 50 and above.Royal Princess is a very nice ship that is well run and maintained and not too big. Would take this cruise again.
Public areas were fine. The Horizon Lounge on the Sun Deck was nice place to have a drink and watch the sun sets when
there was one.Promenade deck was good for walking or jogging about 3times around was a mile. Casino was well placed and had enough veriatry for most .
Food was excellant in both the dinning room and in the Lido buffet. Staff in both place were most helpful and
friendly. Lido also had Pizzeria at night.
Cabins were good size, plenty of closet space. Cabin had bathron with a bath tub with shower . Also bathroon nad large
medicine cabnet and plenty of mirrors.We were in cabin C230 on Carbie deck.
We attend most of the shows and they were ok. Staff were friendly and helpful. Entertainment Director was very good.
Good entertainment in the lounges and bars.
Good selection of movies, they were new in the last 6-12 months Had excellent Lectures re Norway, customs, people gov't etc on the ship.
Tours were well organized and worth the money.The tours around the fjords were very well done. The Flaam railroad tour was especially intereasting. The lunch on the tours were frist class and in nice hotels.This cruise gave one good view of the western part of Norway. Weather was fine for mosy of the trip.Plenty of activities to keep one busy
Most of the passengers were 50+. Most were well traveled anmd had interesting backgrounds or jobs.We like sharing our
table in the Lido at breakfast and lunch as it gave us chance to meet a variety of couples.
Our tablemates at dinner were wonderful even if the were a bit younger than us.
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