We did a B2B2B on the Regal Princess Canada/New England in Oct. It was the first time on this ship, the first time with the medallion and the first time cruising this area. Overall the ship is very nice but it did not turn out to be our favorite Princess ship.
The best things about the ship were the crew. They were very good and really worked hard to take care of us. The ship is beautiful. We only used the medallion like a sail and sign card and did not use any of the extra apps. It did save a little time in the boarding process of the ship. The entertainment was very good both in production shows as well as the comedians that came onboard. The food was good not great but good whether it was in the dining room, buffet or any other free food areas of the ship. We did not eat in any specialty restaurants. They were also changing all the mattresses to all the cabins, unfortunately they never got to our cabin. Our cabins E437 and D501 were very nice and quite comfortable. They were not as big as some cabins we have had on other ships but I have no complaints about the cabins we had. We had a couple very stormy days and the ship handled very well in the bad weather. In fact we did run into a category 2 hurricane and the ship rode through it very well.
The not so great was that even though the ship is beautiful some of the seating in some areas was not very comfortable. We never did find any area that really was comfortable to us. The elevators especially in the Piazza area were terrible with the computer programs they use for the elevators you could wind up waiting extremely long periods while you could see the elevators sitting on one floor or bypassing your floor or even starting down then heading up. We had our best luck using the rear or forward elevators. Before you say we should have walked the stairs my wife is handicapped and I had recently had a hip replacement so using steps was not the best option. One thing that was done poorly was when we had to tender. This was done poorly compared to any time I had ever tendered on any ship on any cruise line. We did anytime dining if we took a table for two things went well and the service was great. If we said we would share a table for dinner the service was extremely slow, in fact one time they forgot to take our order until we finally complained. One problem we really were not happy with is that with the medallion you are supposed to be able to pay for drinks or products with the medallion, however many times they just asked your room number and several times we were charged for things we did not purchase. They do not give you receipts. We were able to get the extra charges removed at the front desk without problems.
We did NOT have a bad time in fact we would go on the ship again it just was not a favorite for us. Even with the few things we did not like overall the crew did all they could to make this a great cruise for us and we did enjoy ourselves.
The best things about the ship were the crew. They were very good and really worked hard to take care of us. The ship is beautiful. We only used the medallion like a sail and sign card and did not use any of the extra apps. It did save a little time in the boarding process of the ship. The entertainment was very good both in production shows as well as the comedians that came onboard. The food was good not great but good whether it was in the dining room, buffet or any other free food areas of the ship. We did not eat in any specialty restaurants. They were also changing all the mattresses to all the cabins, unfortunately they never got to our cabin. Our cabins E437 and D501 were very nice and quite comfortable. They were not as big as some cabins we have had on other ships but I have no complaints about the cabins we had. We had a couple very stormy days and the ship handled very well in the bad weather. In fact we did run into a category 2 hurricane and the ship rode through it very well.
The not so great was that even though the ship is beautiful some of the seating in some areas was not very comfortable. We never did find any area that really was comfortable to us. The elevators especially in the Piazza area were terrible with the computer programs they use for the elevators you could wind up waiting extremely long periods while you could see the elevators sitting on one floor or bypassing your floor or even starting down then heading up. We had our best luck using the rear or forward elevators. Before you say we should have walked the stairs my wife is handicapped and I had recently had a hip replacement so using steps was not the best option. One thing that was done poorly was when we had to tender. This was done poorly compared to any time I had ever tendered on any ship on any cruise line. We did anytime dining if we took a table for two things went well and the service was great. If we said we would share a table for dinner the service was extremely slow, in fact one time they forgot to take our order until we finally complained. One problem we really were not happy with is that with the medallion you are supposed to be able to pay for drinks or products with the medallion, however many times they just asked your room number and several times we were charged for things we did not purchase. They do not give you receipts. We were able to get the extra charges removed at the front desk without problems.
We did NOT have a bad time in fact we would go on the ship again it just was not a favorite for us. Even with the few things we did not like overall the crew did all they could to make this a great cruise for us and we did enjoy ourselves.