Caribbean Princess Cruise 27th January, 2008 to 3rd February, 2008.

We flew into Orlando to start our holiday and had 3 days in the Hilton Walt Disney World. Once we had landed we were met by a gentleman who said that our car awaited. We were escorted to our limo for our transfers to Walt Disney World. A big thumbs up for Princess organization. Our 3 days in Disney was a little bit of a disappointment in that the weather was cold and it rained on 2 of the three days, this did curtail us somewhat. We could not fault the Hotel as it is right in the heart of Downtown Disney and you could reach Pleasure Island just by walking out of the hotel. On our last morning we were again picked up and transported to Fort Lauderdale, again a big thumbs up for Princess we had a luxury van for just three people and the transfer was very pleasant.

We arrived at Port Everglades at about 11.15am and were told that embarkation would not commence till around 12 noon. As we are Elite members of the Captain Circle it meant that we did not have to join the queue but were shown to a side door for us to embark. We were on the ship within 25 minutes of arriving at the port. We had a mini-suite on Dolphin deck which we found to be very spacious and the usual perks were all in place. You get a mini bar set up for you with mixers, beer, water and 8 miniatures of whisky, gin, vodka etc. We left our carry on in the cabin and then went up to the buffet for lunch, unfortunately the buffet was very crowded so we went to the Island Grill and managed to get a seat in the sunshine. At 4.15pm we were asked to go to the muster drill which for us was held in the Theatre, this is far more civilized than a lot of cruise companies, we sat in the air conditioned theatre and were shown the way to put on our life vests. After this our sailaway was at 5.00pm once we left the harbor then is was a little choppy but soon we had our sea legs. Read more