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PRINCESS CRUISES- A DISASTER
Just a month ago we took our 26th cruise.. It was a 12-day British Isles
cruise, and we fell in love with the Royal Princess. I wish I could hold my age that well! The ship is in wonderful condition. The only fault we could find was in the elevator, a recorded voice of a women kept saying "Mind the door". :-) I would not hesitate to sail the Royal Princess again. Ed Wynn (known in this news group) is on the ship right now, scheduled to dock in Greenock, Scotland today.. In an email, he too agrees that this wonderful ship is in great shape. Ermalee ---going on the next GGC http://www.ggc2004.com From: "news.cso.uiuc.edu" Date: 09/12/2003 6:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time Message-id: I'm VERY seriously considering the 11/25/03 24-day Africa cruise on the Royal Princess, especially with radical discounts I've seen lately. Can I assume that someone FIXES overflowing toilets and plugged shower drains within a reasonable time? I think I can live with the other problems, especially at these prices. Thanks for any further insights. |
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The Royal followed us around the Med and she was looking pretty OLD.
The folks got off her & just stood looking at the Golden like she was from heaven. Personally I would not cruiise below Grand class, having been spoiled on them. Dawn was our first & we loved her until we sailed Grand, Golden & Star. They are the best!!! Now we will have Coral, Iland, Sapphire & Diamond to experience. (Schaller MACAW) wrote in message ... Did the ROYAL RUST BUCKET ever have that giant dent in the starboard bow fixed? BILL |
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The poll on cruisemate.com gives her only a "5.61" overall, which is really bad, ?????????????? That makes me think someone(s) with an agenda is/are purposely skewing the poll. Four of us, ages from 59 down to 10, were on the Royal Princess in July and found the ship to be a remarkable shape and the staff extraordinary. Mike |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 03:50:53 GMT, "Don"
wrote: The Royal Princess was a great ship but is definitely showing her age. We were on her last summer (2002) in the Norwegian Fjords. It was a terrific cruise (great itinerary) but our toilet went "out of service" five different times on a 12 night cruise. I had to get dressed in the middle of the night and go out and use a public restroom. Some of the plumbing has been redone on the ship but some of it has not. Even though we loved the layout of the ship and the size of her, we are not going to consider the older ships again regardless of the itinerary or price of the cruise. Personally, I would not hesitate to sail the Horizon (1990). The Noordam (same age as Royal P) got in pretty bad shape at one point, when HAL was thinking about selling it, but I think they have gotten their act together. Another oldie I would definitely recommend is the Marco Polo, although it got a complete rebuild in 1992. It's all in the cruise line. The QE2 and Norway are roughly the same vintage, but the QE2 is a wonderful ship and the Norway is, I understand, just plain awful in some respects. Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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Royal Princess was first cruise ship i ever saw with so much rust & worn
out bath room fittings ,worn carpets etc. I recognize your screen name and the fact that you have spent the past several years complaining about the Royal on rtc. When did you sail on it? I was on it for 12 days less than two months ago (July 10-22) and Princess has done a remarkable job in completely eliminating the "rust & worn out bathroom fittings, worn carpets etc." Mike |
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Sounds great. Can you forwared Ed's email to me? I'd be very interested in
his opinion, too. "Erm369" wrote in message ... Just a month ago we took our 26th cruise.. It was a 12-day British Isles cruise, and we fell in love with the Royal Princess. I wish I could hold my age that well! The ship is in wonderful condition. The only fault we could find was in the elevator, a recorded voice of a women kept saying "Mind the door". :-) I would not hesitate to sail the Royal Princess again. Ed Wynn (known in this news group) is on the ship right now, scheduled to dock in Greenock, Scotland today.. In an email, he too agrees that this wonderful ship is in great shape. Ermalee ---going on the next GGC http://www.ggc2004.com From: "news.cso.uiuc.edu" Date: 09/12/2003 6:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time Message-id: I'm VERY seriously considering the 11/25/03 24-day Africa cruise on the Royal Princess, especially with radical discounts I've seen lately. Can I assume that someone FIXES overflowing toilets and plugged shower drains within a reasonable time? I think I can live with the other problems, especially at these prices. Thanks for any further insights. |
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Eight of us were on the Royal 11/2002, 14 days LA to FT L and we DID NOT
experience any of the problems the poster indicates he did. It was one of our very best cruises. |
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What did you expect -- Carnival now owns Princess
"misterfact" wrote in message om... I was on a PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP. All I have to say is: 1. Overflowing toilets 2. Plugged shower drains (overflowing showers) 3. Loose upper deck floorboards (tripping hazzard) 4. Washing machines that leaked- causing 4" of water in the laundry room: a common occurance. 5. Leaking rusted water pipes in the ceiling corridors. 6. Food with no flavor. 7. Lint a paper trash behing the clothes dryers in laundry rooms. (fire hazzard) 8. Every two or three days- the smell of sewer gas throughout the ship! 9. NO LIFEBUOYS ON UPPER 2 DECKS! No floatation devices, what-so-ever on those decks! If someone fell overboard from the ship or from another ship while at port- you have to run 400' to either end of the ship and dowm 2 flights of stairs to get to a lifebuoy! This is just for starters. I sent photos and horror stories to the Coast Guard. Never heard back from them. Princess is the "McDonalds" of cruises. Poor maintainance of EVERYTHING on the ship: water drains, decks, etc. They don't remove rust from deck rails and other metal parts on upper decks. THEY JUST PUT WHITE PAINT OVER THE RUST! This evaluation especially applicable to the Royal Princess. (2000 world cruise.) I doubt things have improved! The safety staff, maintainance staff and crew accomodations officer- totally incompetent! The passengers and the rest of the staff were great! |
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Paul, what a stupid statement. Carnival has only owned Princess since April of
this year, plus the posters observations were from three yrs ago. |
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I think I have to disagree with most of the negative comments on the Royal Princess.
We just got back from the Aug/27 - Sep/08 U.K. cruise (our first with Princess) and while I agree that the elevator voice wore on one after the first couple of days, it also became almost a joke to many on board. 'Wasn't too impressed with the food initially but it did seem to improve as the trip went on and in the last two or three days there were dishes that could hardly have been improved upon. (One annoyance was the last night's Baked Alaska parade. Music was much too loud and prelim announcements from the Assist. Cruise Director were nothing more than reminders to tip and tip well...). The ship is in good condition. Service is excellent. Open deck space is wonderful with a full promenade and layered OPEN decks fore and aft. My main complaint was the port of Rosyth (for Edinburgh) rather then the port of Leith or even South Queensferry. Princess's excuse for using Rosyth (in print in the daily Platter), was that the size of the ship made Rosyth "safer". Larger ships then the Royal use Leith (very close to Edinburgh) and even the QM2 (stupid name) will use So. Queensferry. Using Rosyth is comparable to using Atlantic City for New York.... Again, Anyone planning / considering a trip on the Royal Princess - it is not as bad as the many prior comments claim - and it doesn't carry too many passengers as do most of the newer ships. Ships worked on: Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth Caronia (The Green Goddess) Edinburgh Castle Arundle Castle Alcantara Georgic Samaria New Australia (ex Monarch of Bermuda) Scythia Ships cruised on as passenger: Lurline Romantica RVL Star (12 cruises) RVL Sea RVL Sun QE2 Sea Goddess 1 Sea Cloud (ex Hussar) World Discoverer Sagafjord Vistafjord Caronia (ex Vistafjord) Splendour of the Seas R5 Royal Princess and to come in November: The Oosterdam Also as a youngster in Scotland in the '40s and 50s I sailed quite a few times on the QUEEN MARY II (not the QM2) (again a stupid name). For details on the QUEEN MARY II please see this URL: http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/ma...een%20mary.htm Sorry to have ranted so long - this started as a rebuttal to all the negative comments on the Royal Princess and I guess that I felt strongly enough that I've listed other ships I can use for comparison. Regards, RC. |
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