THIS WAS OUR SECOND CRUISE IN TWO YEARS THE FIRST CRUISE ON PRINCESS. WE HAD SAILED ON CARNIVAL VICTORY TO EASTERN CANADA FOR SIX DAYS FROM NEW YORK CITY. THIS CRUISE WE CHOSE TO SAIL AFTER THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL BUT IT WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE SEASON. WE SAILED THE SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER DURING THE MOST ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON ON RECORD AND HAD A TEN MINUTE RAIN STORM ONE AFTERNOON DURING THE SEVEN DAY TRIP.
THE Caribbean PRINCESS WAS VERY LARGE BUT NEVER FELT CROWDED EXCEPT FOR LOBSTER CLAW/KING CRAB LEG NIGHT AT THE BUFFET. GENERALLY THE SHIP WAS EASY TO GET AROUND WHEN YOU UNDERSTOOD THE OVERALL LAYOUT. THE HALLWAYS ON THE BAJA DECK WERE NARROW AND ALWAYS HAD A ROOM SERVICE CART IN YOUR PATH. ELEVATOR WERE SPACED OUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR TO FIND ONE.
OUR ROOM, STATEROOM WITH BALCONY, WAS NEAR THE REAR OF THE SHIP BUT NEVER HEARD ANY MACHINERY NOISES OR FELT THE SHIP MOVE DURING THE TRIP. THE SEAS WERE NEVER OVER ONE HALF METER DURING THE ENTIRE WEEK. OUR STEWART, ANITH, WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND ADDRESSED US BOTH BY OUR FIRST NAMES WHENEVER WE SAW HER. WE HAD TO CONTACT HER BY THE SHIPS PAGING SYSTEM AND SHE RESPONDED WITHIN TWO MINUTES AND RESOLVED OUR ISSUES TO OUR COMPLETE satisfaction.