Caribbean Princess Review

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dag144
10+ Cruises • Age 80s

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Sail Date: Jul 2014

I had been reading recent reviews of the Caribbean Princess, many bad or even worse. I wonder what these people were expecting. This is 2014 not the golden age of the Transatlantic Liners. That off my chest here goes. About me. I do cruise quite a bit. This was number 50. and I have never been on a cruise of less than one week. Plus I count back to back cruises as a single cruise. This was my first experience on the Caribbean Princess and my seventh Princess cruise.

We live in Fort Lauderdale and arrived by a ten minute taxi ride to the ship about 2:00 PM. We followed Princess' advise and quickly boarded. Our stateroom balcony cabin 306 on Caribe deck is one of those with a very large outdoor space, even larger than the mini-suite verandas on the older HAL ships. Our cabin was spotless, and Freddy, our steward, kept it that way throughout our seven days on board. The ship is in great shape. I could see a little rust when I looked for it, but this ship sails 365 in salt water. Cut Princess a little slack especially since the ship was being continually maintained throughout our cruise. Had drinks and Pizza at the bar at the big pool. Interestingly while the ship was full with lots of kids the only time that we couldn't find lounge chairs that we wanted (at first anyway) was on the final day, a sea day. It was quite hot so we waited until about four and found great space in the shade at the rear pool. Also our huge balcony was a big plus.

We had 8:00PM dining in the Palm Dining Room which was terrific. Our servers were very attentive and the food was the best that I have had on a cruise. We ate there six nights after drinks at the Wheelhouse Bar. The last night we tried the Cafe Caribe behind the Horizon court and the food was excellent as well.

Cabin Review

This is a terrific Balcony because of the size of the outdoor area and proximity to the mid-ship elevators. The cabin is a bit small, typical of the Princess balcony cabins, but the outdoor space makes up for this.

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