We arrived by plane the day before our cruise. We stayed at the Hilton near the airport. It was nice, but wasn't anything close to walk to such as restaurants.
This was our first time as a Platinum status on Princess, so when we arrived at the port we had priority embarktation. We were on the ship quickly and in our mini-suite on the Caribe deck before noon.
The room was located towards the front of the ship and was very nice and spacious. Loads of storage space for our 10 day cruise.
We had a mini-suite on the Cari-be Deck, room 212. It was located towards the front of the ship. Loved the location! There was hardly ever anyone down our hallway and it was so quiet. There was tons of storage for a 10 day cruise in the room. It had a tub which I enjoyed!! It has 2 flat screen TVs in it. There were outlets at the desk and extra ones that were accessible behind the TVs. The balcony was a rally good size and we really enjoyed setting out there and seeing the views.