We booked a group of six on the Caribbean Princess. This was going to be our 3rd seven day cruise on the Caribbean Princess. We were aware that she just came out of dry dock and we were excited about all the new changes. The paperwork we received said boarding would start around 2:00 p.m., and we arrived from our flight about 1:45. When we got there, it was pretty confusing, and when we asked the baggage handlers which way to go they directed us to this one guy who was walking around handing out papers.

The piece of paper apologized for the delay, but it stated that they had just COMPLETED a multi-million dollar renovation on the Caribbean princess and just need a little more time to clean up and that we could board at 5:00. It said we should go to the convention center to wait. It was pretty confusing to figure out how and what, but we did and found the bus to the convention center. Please understand by this time no one is upset, a little confused and slightly disappointed from not getting to start their great vacation, but we and most of the passengers were patient, upbeat and took it in stride as just a minor inconvenience.

We entered the convention center and they gave us a number for the return trip to the dock. They checked us in we got a burger and we all sat a large table for the 3 hour wait. We got there earlier than some and there probably about 500 people there. There seemed to be ample food available then, but as hours went by and more people got there, the wait in the food line got up to 1 1/2 hours long and they ran out of food before some people got anything to eat. Read more