Island Princess Review
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This was our second Princess cruise and we've already booked another for February. Must admit it helps living in Central Florida as there's no need for airfare, etc.! I'd registered for the CC Roll Call so already "knew" several others that were on the cruise from information we'd exchanged on this site. It was so much fun as we already had others to meet for Anytime Dining, etc.
A roll call member had set up a Meet&Mingle with the Island Princess and there were about 25 people that showed up. The cruise director and six other senior staff members came and spent about 15 minutes talking with us. The cruise director said that Princess enjoys CC members who are on cruises as "we" are all pretty knowledgeable about what o expect.
We went mostly to see the Panama Canal and are happy we did the cruise as a partial-transit. As it was, we spent more full-days at sea than we'd have liked. It would have been much better to have days with shore-time mingled better with full-days at sea.
Cabin Review
Located mid-ship was great! It was an easy walk up one level to the Horizon Court and pools. Only real drawback is the balcony is the smallest size for balconies on the ship. This is due to the fact that it's mid-ship on a rounded corner that goes further out than mini-suites on other levels. It was also difficult to get shade much during the day as there's no overhang from the deck above.