My wife and I took a short 4 day getaway cruise on Caribbean Princess August 28- September 1. This was our 12th cruise on Princes and by far our shortest!

Embarkation-- We arrived at the Fort Lauderdale Airport early and took a cab to the terminal ($15 + tip) and arrived about 10:30 AM. We were 2nd in line in the preferred boarding outside in the heat and humidity until about 11. We went through security and got our cards quickly and ended up first in line in the platinum lounge. We were told there were 550 doing a back to back and they were having trouble getting them all off the ship. Platinum boarding started about noon. As I said before we were first in line and went straight to our cabin (R206), dropped our carry ons and headed for the Coral dining room for lunch. With that many back to back cruisers you can imagine the dining room was already quite active.

Food-- I was very impressed with the food on this cruise. There were many good choices and I thought it was amongst the best we have had on Princess. We had dinner in Island dinging room and we were Anytime Dining. Service was always very good in the dining rooms. We never had to wait for a table! (Those who headed directly to the dining room after the balloon drop and Captains greeting had a very long wait for tables) We had breakfasts and two lunches in Horizon and were pretty well pleased with the assortment. Service was only adequate there. Read more