We traveled on this cruise with our daughter (5), and my parents. My parents, and us have all cruised Princess before, but never with kids. We had spent months trying to teach our daughter how to "cruise". More specifically, how to swim, sit through dinners, etc. She was very excited to go, as this was her first trip to the ocean and to another country. Our cruise was from 11/7/09 to 11/14/09. Our itinerary was the Western Caribbean with stops at Grand Cayman, Roatan, Cozumel, & Princess Cay.

We flew down to MIA the night before and stayed at the Embassy Suites near the MIA airport. Nothing special, but close and fit our needs. We had SAS transportation take us to Port Everglades the morning of our cruise. Great service, very timely. Would not hesitate to use them again. Embarkation was a breeze. There was a long line to get in, but since we were Platinum, we did not have to wait in line and were let right in and proceeded to get our cruise cards and board. I think we boarded in less than 20 minutes from arriving at the pier. Got to hand it to Princess for the Platinum boarding process. Without it, probably would have taken an hour or more.

Once aboard, we went straight to our cabin. We were in a mini-suit on the Dolphin deck. This was our first time in a mini-suite and we found it to be very nice. Plenty of space for the 3 of us. Bathroom was much larger than a balcony cabin that we had been in before. Balcony was uncovered, but it was no big deal to us. Our Cabin steward was Albert and he did a decent job. Made towel animals a few times for my daughter, got our eggcrate, etc. Only down side was that we asked for fresh wine glasses everyday and after a few days, he left a note to call room service to get them. No big deal. Read more