First day back from our Christmas Cruise aboard the Sun Princess. Thought I would provide some feedback on how it went. The reason we decided on this cruise over some others was due to the fact it went to Princess Cays, Martinique, Antigua and St. Lucia which were some destinations that we had not been to on our previous 5 cruises, the other 2 stops being Grenada and St. Thomas. I am in my mid-forties and my wife and I have taken our daughter (currently 14) on all but 1 of our previous 5 cruises. This was our second Princess Cruise, the first was aboard the Golden Princess out of San Juan in Dec 2005.

Let me start by saying the ship seemed in good shape, all public areas were clean and well maintained, the layout of the ship was fine. Although this ship was older it did not necessarily feel it.

We found all of the islands were nice, we are not big snorkelers but we do like to spend some time at the beach, we typically hop in a taxi and like to explore the islands. Princess Cays is strictly a beach and we spent about 4 hours there, it was a nice day and the beach is very well maintained. Read more