Grand Princess Review
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This has been my 4th cruise with Princess and second on Grand. I don't have much for a frame of reference since all my cruises have been with Princess. I have always enjoyed the level of service and the comfort of the ships with them. My first cruise was in 2006 and I have noticed a change in level of service since then.
We flew to Ft. Lauderdale and stayed a day before our cruise. We stayed at the Marriott North which was an ok hotel about 30 minutes from the port. They had a nice pool and rooms were comfortable. Hotel desk service was great and they drove us to a shopping center so we could buy wine for our cruise. The food there was only so-so but across the street were many restaurants to pick from.
The day of our cruise we had a full lobby of people going out on 3 different ships (we saw 5 in port that morning.) We arrive and quickly got through security and checked in. We were in our room in no time.
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Balcony
Aloha (A) 703. In the rear of the ship. Smaller room and balcony than on Caribe but still nice. Not as noisy as I expected but we were not really under a high traffic public area. Balcony smaller, bathroom small, and closet is small. Rest of room was roomy and comfortable for the two of us. Not much noise from the ship although sometimes vibrations were noticed when ship was turning. I did like the closeness to the terrace pool and to the Horizon Court for a quick snack or a cup of coffee in the morning before we headed to breakfast. I thought there would be a lot of foot traffic to the back of the ship and to the elevators but I didn't notice that. Not a bad room for the price.