Emerald Princess Review
Wonderful 10 Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise
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From the moment we boarded till our last few minutes on board the Emerald Princess, we had an amazing times. Due to the horrible hotel we stayed in the first time we sailed on the Emerald last February and chose to leave that flee-bag hotel at 10 am and wait until boarding time, we discovered that Princess usually begins boarding around 11:00. So, this time, we made sure to arrive by 10:30. We were thrilled to find that we were in group 5 and by 11:30, we were on board. As soon as we got to our room, I called the dining line and requested to be seated at the Chef's Table. Later that day, we were notified that we were invited to the first of just two Chef's Tables being held during the cruise.
Once the call was completed, we made our way to the Di Vinci dining room where we had the first of the many excellent meals we had in the various dining rooms on board. One of our goals was to see if the waiter we had on our last cruise was still on board but we soon learned that he was not. Since we had chosen Anytime Dining, we felt it important to find a good wait team during our first couple of days. Fortunately, this happened at our first dinner in the Michelangelo Dining Room. Adrian and Gabbo really went out of their way to make each meal special. And it turned out that they were also the wait team for the Chef's Table.
Our cabin steward, Chris, also went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we could possibly need.
Cabin Review
Balcony
Good location - right off the elevators but we never heard them or the people using them. Having a Caribe deck balcony (extra large) was a nice surprise. Even though the bathroom at first appeared small, there was plenty of storage room and it served its purpose well. The "tiny shower" people talk about was small but not too small. The shower curtain could have been an inch longer - water would drain onto the bathroom floor when the curtain was opened and now and then if it was hit during the rinse down. Plenty of storage space in the cabin. Stored all of our luggage under the bed which left plenty of room in the large closet area. We asked for more hangers (got about 20 more) and there was still room on the bar for more.