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I thought I would chime in rather then let my wife mrsskyhook do all the work. We were on this ship in May for 12 days to Alaska. It was our first cruise on princess for quite a while as we have been sailing mostly on celebrity. We were impressed with the ship as well as the staff so when we saw the opportunity to do the 3 day to San Francisco and then the 12 day to mexico we grabbed it. So far we continue to be impressed! Some of the staff from May are still here and remember us. The ship layout, the staff and the food are all awesome. We are now sitting at the Seaview bar on deck 16 and loving the view of the ocean. Not a lot of cruises we have been on gives you this kind of view sitting at a bar. The weather has been good for this time of year. I got a bit of a tan yesterday. We were at the retreat pool, it is a great area for adults only. It had great service and we met some great people. Unfortunately no sun today. We are booked in club class in the exact same cabin as in May. Club class gives us our own entrance to the Concerto dining room with our own section. The staff and service are excellent! They see us walking in and seat us right away. We are looking forward to getting more South and visiting Mexico, we fly there about 3 times a year and we love the people and the weather. We have a wine tour booked in San Diego. We have never been on a wine tour before and we are really looking forward to this. We will also spend a couple of days in San Francisco when we return as we have never been there. Seas have been calm but it's a bit cool out so we have now moved inside to crooners martini bar, a great place to gather with great service! I will probably chime in again at some point, Cheers!

I'm sure they would look after that as well, they were all super in looking after me.

I have used my cpap on my last few cruises including the Royal which we just got off of in May. We contact Princess (and we were also on Celebrity) ahead of time and they supply the distilled water for free. When you board just see your room stewart and he will supply the extension cord and whatever you need. He then runs the cord and tapes it to the floor for safety. They have all been excellent on either of these cruise lines in looking after me.

We are now home and back at work. Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Although MG and I had a cough and a stuffed up nose after we got off the ship we only ended up with a cold. We tested many times for covid but they were all negative. We really enjoyed this cruise and the people and staff we met. Overall the food and entertainment were good with a few misses. Thanks for coming along, it was great to cruise again!

We used Victoria, Ogden point.

Hi! We are on our last night so not back in Vancouver yet. As far as customs, we completed our customs forms before we arrived in Victoria and princess took them from us and that seemed to complete it. We did not go through customs when we got off the ship in Victoria and I can only assume that it will be the same in Vancouver. As far as the arrive can app, we did it before we got on the ship and got our QR code. This completed it. When going on a cruise out of canada it is only required before you board although some people dragged there feet and did it later after being prodded by Princess. Doing it within 72 hours of arriving in canada does not apply on cruise ships as you can do it before you board.

We were in club class and it was only in Concerto as far as we know

I am only explaining my experience! Please direct your comments to princess or check out the Canadian website. I do know that because we had done our arrive can app, we by-passed a bunch of people and boarded the ship before a bunch of people who didn't.

Dinner tonight was awesome! Because of our not so good exprience at the crown grill on our anniversary the restaurant manager at Concerto organized a special meal for us at Concerto, filet mignon with lobster.

Entertainment tonight, Don Friesen, comedian, excellent. We laughed our faces off

Update on entertainment, Anthem and Aria, we walked out. First time ever we have done this. They call themselves comedy and mentalists, but they were none of this. They advertise that they were on America's got talent. We looked it up and they were not actually on the show. They auditioned but they were buzzed off in about a minute. At that time they called themselves comedians. Others might have enjoyed this but we thought they were very fake. Last night we saw an encore of Michael Misco, the magician, again he was very good. The instrumentalist, David Meyer, was there as well and he was excellent! The food, we continue to enjoy it in Concerto. I do question the portions though. I had the cod and chips and mg had the roast beef dinner with yorkshire pudding. Hers was a real meal, 3 pieces of roast beef, peas, carrots and yorkshire. Mine was 1 small piece of Cod and 12 French fries. I did order another piece of cod. It would have been nice to have got this with my meal to begin with.

We're not drama people and we are not interested in making a scene. We had no intention of waiting for another round of food to arrive. They did bring me hot mushrooms after asking. We ate what we wanted and we dealt with this issue in our way through other channels. We just hope others don't have this issue.

Hello all! This is my first review that I have ever done, and a live one at that. I really enjoy reading reviews and comments on cruise critic but I thought it was about time I stepped up to the plate and contributed. I appreciate the experiences that other members have taken there time to share. I will be doing this in tandem with my lovely wife Linda, who I call MG (Most Gorgeous of course!) I am Lyle and this trip is for our 41st wedding anniversary. It was our 40th last year but due to covid and travel restrictions we are going to roll them both into one on May 9th . Yes this is the official day of our marriage, 9 weeks after our first date! We are both in our early 60’s and we live in Parksville, Canada. It is on Vancouver island in British Columbia, a 2 hour drive north of Victoria, our provincial capital. We will be stopping at Victoria on this cruise, please get off and visit, we have a full day here. We come here for weekends all the time as it is so beautiful! The following is our 12 day itinerary on the Royal Princess. We splurged and booked a Club class mini suite. It comes with some extra perks: priority boarding and disembarkation, our own section of the restaurant with no waits and upgraded menu’s and a wine setup in our room among other things. If you are interested in booking this in the future we will share our experiences with you the best we can. May 02 May 02 Vancouver Check In Begins At 12:30 4:00PM May 03 At Sea May 04 Juneau 1:30PM 10:00PM May 05 Skagway 6:00AM 8:30PM May 06 Icy Strait Point 7:00AM 6:00PM May 07 Sitka 7:00AM 5:00PM May 08 Hubbard Glacier Scenic Cruising 11:00AM 5:00PM May 09 Glacier Bay Scenic Cruising 6:00AM 3:30PM May 10 Endicott Arm And Daw Scenic Cruising 7:00AM 12:00PM May 11 Ketchikan 7:00AM 6:00PM May 12 At Sea May 13 Victoria 7:00AM 5:00PM May 14 Vancouver 1:45AM May 14 MG (her CC handle is MrsSkyhook) is the computer tech between us so she will probably do most of the posting of pictures and adding in her comments of course. We hope to meet many new friends on this cruise. Anyone else who is also on this cruise please don’t hesitate to add or contribute to this thread and your experience. MG and I will be back to you soon! - Lyle