We took this cruise because it left from Houston (we live in Texas), it was a transatlantic, and it went to ports that are not on the usual transatlantic crossings. Everything was pretty much what one can expect on a 3,000 passenger ship like the Caribbean Princess but there were some obvious changes designed to make more money for Princess. Laundry which is supposed to be free for Elite passengers and ready the next day was extended to 72 hours but really delivered in 4 days. This did not stop Princess from selling a bag of Laundry for $20 to any passenger. Why was this done when the laundry could not handle what is had?
The cabins are beginning to show some age but still nice and the common areas are fine.
Dinning was as expected with minimum repetition of menu items and usually pretty good. Service in the dinning room and throughout the ship was excellent.
This was a planned stop to pick up additional passengers. Most of the passengers that got off went to lunch somewhere or to Walgreen for water, soft drinks, and other supplies.
We spent several hours in the Miniatur Wunderland, a warehouse full of an amazing collection of trains, cars, trucks, and airplanes as well a several complete villages with miniature people (about the size of a pin) each painted differently. This has to be reviewed online as I cannot describe it adequately in this space.
Took the ferry from the remote West End into town on a beautiful sunny day and just walked around and had lunch and a little shopping
This was disembarkation from a remote part of Houston with refineries and containers.