Caribbean Princess Review

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Canada/New England on Caribbean Princess 10/8/11

Review for Canada & New England Cruise on Caribbean Princess
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10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Oct 2011

Although convenient for us, we probably wouldn't sail out of New York again as the parking, tolls, water taxi, taxi and hotel stays are very expensive. No problem parking at the Brooklyn terminal although $143.00 to have your car sit in an open lot for 7 days is pretty high. We arrived at the terminal about noon and were onboard by 1:30.

We've been on 11 cruises, but this was our first to Canada/New England. This sailing was enhanced by wonderful weather. The Caribbean Princess is in really good shape for her age. Every crew member we passed always spoke a good morning or good evening. We booked an inside cabin for this cruise because we didn't think we'd use a balcony much. Weather fooled us and a balcony would have been a great place to escape from the crowded conditions. Our steward, Carmen was wonderful and quickly remade the bed with a top sheet and egg crate when asked and knew us by name by day 2.

Overall, the food quality was good. We did not use the Specialty dining venues and always found something good in either the dining room or the Horizon Court. We did Anytime dining and although we never had to wait long,(provided you were willing to share a table) we prefer the traditional seating. We had different servers every day, some were more efficient than others. At times there seemed to be a lack of seating in the Horizon Court. Same applied here, you always had to share a table. We also did not like having to wait to receive drinks and utensils and would prefer to serve ourselves to these. The fresh baked cookies were the best we'd had on any cruise particularly the peanut butter, yum. Tried the pizza once and the ice cream once, both are so-so. Did not use room service.

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Cabin JJ

B325. Quiet location but further from the elevators than we would have liked.

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