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Caribbean Princess Review

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8 Day Caribbean Princess Oct 23rd

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neueruhr
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2010

We took the 8 day repositioning cruise on the Caribbean Princess from New York to San Juan. This will be a little lengthy review because I want to cover everything and address frequent issues brought up by other reviewers. First off let me put this all in prospective. This was a vacation so you should relax and enjoy. And for what my partner and I paid, it boiled down to $218 a day for both of us. Where else can you get an 8 day vacation with lodging, great sights and endless food for $218 a day?

New York: We left Thurs prior to the cruise taking Amtrak from DC to NY for 2 days in NY before getting on our cruise. I must say Amtrak is the only way to go to NY from DC. It was so easy and stress free. We stayed at the new Fashion 26 on 26th and 7th Ave. Over all a nice hotel and would probably stay there again. Thur night we saw La Cage Aux Folles with Kelsey Grammer. Great show and gave us our catch phrase to use on the cruise, "Be Nice". Friday we spent sightseeing and enjoying New York. Sat morning we got up and got ready to head to the port. We had a limo coming at noon to pick us up but arrived 30 mins early. The limo ride and driver was great and I would recommend to others Manhattan VIP Limo.

Embarkation: We arrived at the port early at a little after 12. We checked our bags easily at the curb, remembering to tip, and was off to check in. Check in line was short and at check in noticed Princess changed our cabins. My partner and I and another couple had AD mini-suites next to each other on deck 8, but Princess had upgraded us to AA mini-suites not next to each other on deck 9. We specifically wanted AD cabins because of the covered balconies and next to each other. So instead we had to deal with the constant direct sun, no privacy (everybody above you can see you on your balcony), and all the cigarette butts, bottle caps, and trash that people threw down.

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