Island Princess Review

Good cruise - except for the dining

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Island Princess
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2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2012
Cabin: Balcony

I'm dividing this into sections to comment on certain aspects of the cruise experience.

The Ship

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Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin BB

Roomy enough. Location was great, a few steps from the stairway and elevators.

Balcony was a little small, allowing only regular chairs rather than lounge chairs.

Bed was hard. Getting an additional foam pad helped. We were never completely comfortable, however.

Closet space was excellent - a walk in area that shielded the light from the head when someone entered at night. Trade off was virtually no drawer space for small clothing. Used the many shelves in the cupboard to store folded clothes. Worked well enough but would have preferred drawers. There are two deep drawers in the night stands and two more in the desk. Plenty of hangars and space for the luggage.

mini-fridge was never really cold, but Wilson the steward always made sure we had ice.

Lighting was sufficient.

Smallest shower of any ship we've been on. As someone else wrote, if you drop the soap, your shower's done because you can't pick it up. They make up for that by using a shower curtain, but that's not a very good solution as it sticks to you if you bend over or brush against it. Controls are logical and work well.

The ship is showing its age. This is evident in some wear on the metal work in the bathroom, other little touches, but overall they maintain the ship and cabins well.

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