Caribbean Princess Review
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This will be one cruise that will go down as certainly not the best. I suppose I should start with the positive. The staff was one of the most friendliest and helpful that we have ever had. The head waiter came around twice every nightmake sure we were satisfied with our meal. That is more than any maitre d has ever done. It was the only time I felt they deserved the extra tip. Our room steward was a very pretty hard working Filipino Ladydydy that was very efficient and very friendly. The bar waiters were not in your face as far as pushing drinks. The staff was one of the best.
Now for the negative. As soon as we arrived to the port I thought Princess should step it up as far as getting guests through the queue and on the ship. We arrived at 12:45 and had to line up outside the terminal like cattle. Last month on the Oasis we didn't have to line up at all. As soon as we got on the ship we went up to the Horizon Cafe. Forget about a seat there so we sat out beside the Terrace Bar. I noticed patch paint jobs around the pool bar. Then we were at the International Cafe and I noticed a table that had a chunk of marble glued to it. Our room linens were fine but I noticed that the carpet was all lumpy and there was patched cracked shelf in the bathroom. The shower head was stationery so if you didn't quite fit to it you were out of luck.
The entertainment was nothing spectacular. Dancing numbers were more like the shake your booty stripper dancing. The singers were very good except for one female that sounded screechy. They also had a very good comedian named Sarge and a Jersey boys type singing group that were very good. On the positive side at least they had 3 performances a night so we always got to see the shows early. The other entertainment was the casino. I have never experienced a casino with such tight machines. I stopped going there after the first night because I could tell that these machines were not hitting at all. Other passengers were complaining too. It's too bad because I enjoy going to the casino and playing the machines but I don't enjoy it if the machine never gives you a break to win a bit. Also it was so smokey that you could smell the smoke waft up to the 8th floor through the stairwell.
Cabin Review
Balcony
Our room was a balcony room on Baja (11) deck mid-ship. It was perfectly situated to use the stairs instead of the elevator. Only 3 flights up to the Pools and buffet. An easy 4 flights down to the 7th floor stores and casino and way to get to our restaurant. We had plenty of storage. I asked for more hangers and got them. The hairdryer was old and not very powerful. We had one night where the whistling in the door kept me up. I don't know if it was not closed right or if it was because there were very strong winds that night. The bed was comfortable but the carpet was lumpy. Also more shelving in the bathroom would have been nice. The deck has 2 chairs and a table. It would be nice if they would come up with a retractable foot/leg rest so you could lounge on the deck.