Caribbean Princess Review

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Smooth Sailing on Caribbean Princess

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First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Feb 2014

We are a couple in our 60s and this is our fifth Princess cruise. We are frequent cruisers and have sailed on several other cruise lines. We chose this cruise because we could drive into Houston the day of the cruise and park right at the new port. We have read some reviews of problems at the new terminal and with this cruise in general and I decided to write about our experience because we had no problems with either the port or the cruise. There was no fog and there was no problem with illness ( Noro Virus) on our cruise. The weather was great in the ports, it was a little breezy on the sea days but it was February after all. No rough seas this cruise.

We practically walked right on using the the preferred boarding line. We arrived at the port around 1:30 and were able to drive up and drop off our bags. Friends traveling with us were in the longer embarkation line about said that it went very quickly taking maybe 15-20 minutes to the security scanning area.

Our cabin was an inside forward on deck 14. We chose this cabin because of the great price and because we mistakenly though there was access to a forward observation area on deck 14 when we looked at the ship diagram. The hall dead ends into a crew area forward but it turned out to be well located for easy access to the pool deck and buffet on deck 15 without waiting for an elevator. We usually sail in a balcony cabin and were worried about the inside being a disappointment but it was fine. We put the table in the closet and still had lots of storage space. It was so quiet that we slept late if we didn't set an alarm. We had a great room attendant ( Normando) that took great care of us.

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Our cabin was an inside forward on deck 14. It was well located for easy access to the pool deck and buffet on deck 15 without waiting for an elevator. We put the table in the closet and still had lots of storage space. It only had one chair at the desk but there was a flat screen TV and a small fridge. It was very quiet and dark for naps. There was almost no motion of the ocean.

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