My wife and I just returned from a week on the Caribbean Princess to belated celebrate our 15th anniversary. We had sailed Princess once before -- to Alaska -- aboard the Coral Princess. I wrote separately on the Princess message board concerning our miserable experience with Princess' Northeast Motorcoach Program, so I won't rehash here. Suffice it to say, use any other means to get to Brooklyn if you're coming from the Washington, DC area. All that said, if you ignore the transfers, we really enjoyed our time on the Caribbean Princess.

We were among the very last people onto the ship, due to the transfer programs. We were tired, exhausted, and hungry, and literally sprinted by the picture takers to try and grab something to eat before the lifeboat drill -- in the end, we had about 10 minutes to eat.

We'd booked an obstructed view cabin on Emerald -- 8th floor. I'd researched and, as expected, our level or blockage was very minimal, and we really liked the cabin. It was nearly identical in layout and furniture to the balcony cabin we had on the Coral Princess -- and that is a good thing. Rather spacious, with lots of closet space, and we like the bathroom layout a lot. Our cabin steward was actually waiting outside our room when we arrived -- he feared we weren't coming. He went over everything in the room and was just great. In fact, he provided the best service we've had on a cruise ship, aside from Holland America. He was great. Read more