We chose this cruise because we loved the ports and the sea days in between. The cruise was a back to back 14 days eastern and western Carribean. The change over day after the first week was very well handled, we didn't have to change rooms. Before the new guests got on board we were given new cruise cards for the next week and allowed to go off.

It was the spring holiday for the Americans so embankment was very busy, long queues in the hot sun. The roads very busy getting to the port with lots of hold ups, which made us late arriving at Ft Lauderdale. Once on the ship everything went smoothly and as we had been on other Princess ships it was easy to find our way round, although on some lifts you couldn't access all the floors. The ship was spotless and all the staff were very attentive. The food was excellent in all resurants. We loved the International cafe to stop and get snacks and nice coffees.

Our cabin was in a good position not too far from the lifts with no noise at all. My husband does smoke so it was handy for him to pop up to level 17 back of the ship where you could sit and have a smoke and relax in good sitting which other ships don't always offer this facility. There was also a dipping pool up there as well as sun bathing areas for the smokers. I sat up the to sun bath although I'm not a smoker and found it quite comfortable with staff serving drinks etc. There is also an indoor area for smokers The Churchill on floor 6 which was handy for my husband if we were around the ship in the evening. We only went on one excursion which was good value the rest of the ports we had been before so we found our own way around. Read more