This year's cruise on the Sea Princess was our first time with Princess Cruises - our previous cruises have been with Airtours on the MS Sundream (3 cruises) and once on Thompsons Island Breeze. Sadly the Sundream, which holds many happy memories for us, has now been taken out of service.
We booked the Sea Princess through Cruise Control 12 months in advance to get the advantage of the early booking discount plus we were allocated our cabin. We left Norwich UK on the recommended coach service, Eavesway Travel, which takes you to the gangway of the ship in Southampton - a long but uneventful journey.
Embarkation was very quick and we were soon exploring our room and new surroundings; we were pleasantly surprised at the size of our cabin which was an inside stateroom midships on a lower deck. It wasn't long before a knock on the door introduced us to our cabin steward, Pedro, who for the whole of the holiday was extremely capable and courteous at his job.