Caribbean Princess Review

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Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Caribbean Princess
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graygirl
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2011

This was our first cruise and my husband and I booked it to celebrate our 20th anniversary. It was everything and more that I had hoped for. Staff was consistently friendly and helpful, though I observed some passengers that were NOT. Seas were good except for one evening but I made it through without taking any Dramamine. And though the ship has areas that did not look brand new, nothing was in absolute disrepair. There were always signs of fresh varnish/paint around. The only area that ever felt crowded was the HC at certain times during breakfast. Otherwise, we could walk down a hall or get on an elevator and never meet a soul.

Embarkation - We flew into LGA the morning of and used Dial 7 car service for transport to Red Hook. Our driver, Henry Bruneau was friendly, very informative and we actually planned to have him give us a tour around the city the day we returned. Unfortunately, Hurricane Irene cancelled those plans.

We arrived at the terminal around 11:30, checked in, and waited until a bit past 12 before the gates were opened to board. We found our room quickly, and saw that the "fully obstructed" view was almost "fully unobstructed" as I had expected. A little research of outside photos of the ship had shown that many of the rooms behind lifeboats (not tenders) have windows that are clearly visible. So months before I had actually downgraded our room from a partially obstructed to a fully obstructed and in the process, got a better view. I've posted a view on the Princess threads, "Canada/NE Review "Preview".

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Cabin FF

"Fully obstructed" was actually mostly unobstructed. Lifeboat only covered downward view. Clear view over top made for wonderful photo ops.

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