Golden Princess Review
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This was my family and my 2nd cruise. Our first was going to Mexico on Royal Caribbean. Alaska was truly spectacular. It was very beautiful and memorable. Overall, Golden Princess was fine, but it was not as good as Royal Caribbean.
EMBARKATION:
Our boarding time was at 2pm. But we got to the port before 11am. We finished checking in by 11:45am. But everyone had to sit in the terminal, because Princess wasn't letting anyone to board until 12:30pm. While we were waiting, we got very hungry. When we got on the ship, we went straight to Horizon Court. It was completely empty. By the time we finished our food, we went to check out our stateroom. Our luggage were waiting for us already. Very fast.
Cabin Review
We booked two mini-suite with balcony cabins on Dolphin decks. At first, I hesitated to book those rooms, because of the uncovered balcony. I was worried about two things. First, people may look down, so there is no privacy. But during the whole trip, it was always cold on the balcony, so there weren't many people out of their balconies. I didn't feel like that people were watching us. Second, sun and rain may be a problem. It was cold overall. Sun was a plus to keep us warm. We were lucky that we didn't get much rain. If not, it would be hard to get out to the balcony. I am very happy about the balcony overall.
Our room was a really good size. There were tons of spaces and storage spaces. It was very comfortable.
We had one tiny problem with our room on a choppy water day. One of the cupboard didn't fit tight enough to the wall. When the ship rocked, it would hit the wall and make a noise. Good that we only had one rough water day. If not, it may be really ignoring and hard to sleep.