Grand Princess Review
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We travelled as a family of 6. Parents in our 50's, daughter 26 and her boyfriend, sons 24 and 21. We had 3 inside cabins in a row, aft on Baja deck.
Embarkation was easy. Cabins were ready as soon as we boarded. Cabins were all clean and comfortable and very similar to the cabin we had on the Emerald Princess in April, except smaller closet on the Grand. Also we thought the shower on the Grand was bigger than the one on the Emerald. The cabin was kept clean by a wonderful steward Pepito. He made sure we had all we needed, right down to fresh ice everyday.
Overall the ship was in good shape except the hallway on Baja deck port side between the mid-ship and aft elevator areas. Judging by stains on the carpet, there had been ongoing issues with leaks from pipes in the ceiling. About half way through our second week we noticed a worker on a ladder looking up in the ceiling at pipes. Later there were wet stains on the carpet and a very smelly odour that was there for the rest of the cruise. They had a big fan blowing on this area for a few days and all it did was manage to blow the smell around. I was glad our cabin was farther aft and the smell was only an issue if we walked down that section of the hall.
Cabin Review
We liked the location of our cabins. They were just aft of the aft elevator lobby. They were just down the hall from the laundry room which was handy on the turn around day of our back to back cruise. It was a very quiet location. We never heard any noise from the hallway, elevators or laundry rooms. The closet area is smaller than what we had on the Emerald Princess, but it was adequate. The bathroom was small but adequate, and we thought the shower was actually larger than the one on the Emerald. The airconditioning worked very well. Overall we were very pleased with the cabin.