Having sailed to the Caribbean a few times in the past, mostly on shorter cruises, we decided to visit the Southern Caribbean on our longest cruise yet, 10 days. We enjoy port intensive trips, so this one fit the bill with six stops in all. While we had been to St. Thomas and Grand Turk previously, the other four stops (Antigua, St. Lucia, Barbados, and St. Kitts) were new to us. This was also our first cruise with Princess, after previous sailings with RCI and Carnival. With all of that said, let's get on to the review...

Embarkation/Debarkation - We found this area to be extremely impressive, by far the best we've ever experienced on any cruise line. The original embarkation was a little cluttered at the port (we arrived around 1:30), but we found everything else to be a breeze. Even on days when we we arrived early for disembarkation, we found that we didn't need to wait more than a minute or two...and in some cases, not even that long, to leave the ship. We didn't have a single issue of dealing with a long wait at any of the ports or with the final disembarkation. I give Princess an exceptional 10/10 in that area.

Food - We found the food to be an overall good quality, but we over the last two days had trouble finding choices in the buffet or main dining room to eat. Most days, we would find choices that would suit us, but on the final two days specfically, we had trouble finding a single option in the lunch buffet that either of us enjoyed. My fiance doesn't eat pork and had a very hard time finding items on those days that didn't include some kind of pork in the dishes. On my end, I am an overly picky eater, so most likely there will be options that suit most passengers. When we were able to find options that we liked, the quality and taste was very good. Read more