Coral Princess Review

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Coral Princess..great time, great cruise.

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pmjnh
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jul 2012
Cabin: Balcony

We arrived in Vancouver about 7PM Sunday evening, the night before departure. While the 4 of us were waiting for our luggage I went outside (about a 50 ft walk) to check out transportation options. We planned to take a cab but Aeroshuttle services had a stretch limo right there and empty. The 4 of us and our combined 13 bags were transported to the Pan Pacific for $50. We thought that was a great deal and made the transport so much less stressful after a frustrating Air Canada experience. When we checked into Pan Pacific we were told that we were lucky that Air Canada didn't lose our luggage. Evidently they have a reputation for this.

We spent the night at the Pan Pacific hotel. This was the best decision we could have made. We asked to borrow a stapler from the desk to attach our princess luggage tags. The room was fine, very clean; internet access is available on a pay basis. The bed was very comfortable. The bathroom is good size with a lighted make up mirror. We had a complimentary breakfast buffet. This morning I woke at my usual 4 AM. Funny how that works when you travel west into an earlier 3 hour time zone. Planned a lively jaunt through the Canadian trail a few times but we were stopped by the sight of the Coral Princess coming into the harbor from the SB cruise.

We watched the ship dock and then got ready for breakfast. Breakfast at the Pan Pacific's Cafe Pacifico was very good. Lots of choices, many different types of fresh cut fruit, more than the usual on a restaurant buffet. There were eggs Benedict and scrambled eggs as well as potatoes, bacon, etc. After breakfast, we took the obligatory 2 ish block walk to BC Liquors at Harbor Centre on West Hastings St to buy a couple of bottles of wine for our room. We found the type of wine we prefer(Rosemont) the cost, $14.99, was the same as the regular cost at home but it is often on sale at home, so we generally pay less than $10. I expected it to be much more expensive. We returned the hotel and called for the bellman to take our bags downstairs to the Coral Princess when we were ready. We had a 2PM checke out which made us feel so un-rushed, it was great. He was very good and made sure that we had not put our passports or boarding passes into the checked luggage. He told us that customs has opened and that we were welcome to proceed to check into the ship. We then checked out and proceeded in the elevator to the cruise ship level and went through customs, security and then get processed with princess. They took us right up front since we stayed at the Pan Pacific and sat us in a corralled area.They told us we would be the first on board. They had water for refreshments while we waited for the ship to be ready to be boarded. I can't say enough good things about Pan Pacific. To boot, we had a great AAA B&B rate that was better than some hotels offering cruise transfer packages from other parts of the city.

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Balcony

Cabin BC

B439 this cabin with balcony is in the midship bumpout. The balcony was adequate. We had the partician opened between our cabin and the cabin next door by request and there was plenty of room for 6 people to share the a balconies, 3 on each side, in a chair (2 chairs brought out from the cabins.This cabin is just to the left getting off the elevator. NO noise from the elevator or adjoining rooms.

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