3 day cruise - Memorial Day Weekend. My first 3 day cruise. I was unaware that when we booked this cruise (which we got a great deal on), it was known as a "gambler's cruise". Entertainers are a whirlwind of information.
Embarkation onto the ship - As a platinum member, this was a breeze, except that they lost my cousin's card and we needed to go to the other end of the area to take a seat and wait while they printed a new one.
Once on the ship - we dropped off our stuff and went to lunch on Lido which was pleasant. Plenty of choices and the food was good
We booked an interior guarantee room, and therefore were not assigned our room until a couple of days before the cruise. We hoped for an upgrade to balcony since there was only one interior room left, but alas, the upgrade fairy did not visit us. This interior is the last room before the Aft suites. The Caribbean Princess is one of the smaller ships so walking from one end to the other is no big deal. The Palm Dining room is under you, but you have to walk toward the middle to get to the stairs as the stairs at the back of the boat are emergency exit only. It was my very first interior room that I thought I would try because it was only a 3 day cruise. The only downside was that we twice heard the anchor drop and it woke us out of a sound sleep! Otherwise, it was fine. As someone used to a balcony however, I would not book an interior for a longer cruise. I was upgraded a category and therefore placed on Aloha, but it was still an interior. The room: Actually, I was pleasantly surprised that there was plenty of room for storage of clothes, drawers etc. Bathroom was the same size as well. The area that gets shortchanged in the interior is the bedroom space. Pretty much you can walk around the bed, that's it. If you really spend a lot of time outside it's fine.