We spent 4 nights in London prior to boarding on the cruise. London was fabulous, with the exception of the stress of being there for the bombings. Once we arrived in the port of Southampton and saw The Golden Princess the stress left!
This was our our 2nd cruise aboard The Golden as we sailed on the Southern Caribbean on 10/24/04 and the service this time around was so much better. The one difference I did notice was that the staff this time spent a lot of time in the sports bar sitting and smoking, every night!
We had cabin D229 with out kids in D230 across the hall. The minisuite was once again wonderful and I can't say enough about our cabin steward, Jaime A Lot, he was tops! Embarkation was great, much better than in San Juan and we were on the ship quickly (by noon) and to our cabins. Off to lunch we went and when we returned our luggage was already waiting for us.