When we found out that there was a cruise to the Western Caribbean for 10 days, and included 6 ports, I was excited. Royal Caribbean usually offers only 7 day cruises to the Western Caribbean. My first two cruises have been with Royal, and I loved them both and have nothing bad to say about either ship I was on (Vision, and Freedom). We have been told that Princess Cruise line was a step above Royal, so we looked it up, found some good deals and decided to try it.

My first hint that this was going to be a bad cruise, was when we saw the Oasis of the Seas docked right beside Princess Emerald. Right then and there I felt like I choose the wrong ship, but I brushed those feelings aside and decided I'd give this smaller ship a chance, I hadn't even boarded yet!

Check-in was quick and easy. As soon as we got on the ship, I thought "this is small..". It looked really crammed. And old. I felt like I had just gotten on the Titanic. The ceilings were low, and the hallways were very narrow. Also, the ship felt very dim, the lights were not very bright. Read more