We sailed on the Caribbean Princess beginning, July 19, 2011 with a group of 8 other family members.
Our experience was unpleasant to say the least.
To begin with, we contracted a Pre-Cruise and hotel package with Princess, and paid over $534 for this service. You can imagine my surprise, when we arrived at La Guardia Airport, and Princess was not there to meet us.
We were shocked to see our balcony had 2 pillars, that took up over half of the usable deck space. There was no way on earth of put a table and two chairs together, an have 2 deck chairs together.
Not only were there pillars In the middle of the deck, but they had paint chipped off of them. Our view was totally obstructed, and non existent from the bed.
The metal portions of the railing were covered with rust and mold.
One of the lounge chairs was broken. Both had stained fabric. The stain on the table and chairs was pealing off.
It was disgusting. We did not use the balcony at all.