We had a blast on our trip. Princess was fantastic, but our time in San Juan was a little down. We flew in one day early for our trip. Had a hiccup with our hotel, the Normandie. I had prepaid our room, but they said that they had no record of that upon check in. I showed them the email that I had to prove it but they would only accept a credit card statement. Once I go home, I had it straightened out. The hotel is a very nice boutique hotel. Clean and everyone there was very polite. Besides the billing error, everything was fine.

Once on the ship we had a blast!!! The ship was beautiful and extremely clean the whole time. We had only been on one other cruise with RCI on the Vision of the Seas. On RCI most of the time the restrooms were dirty and the lido deck was full of trash. Princess does a wonderful job of keeping everything clean. The food was also very good, although we never ventured out to the Crown Steak House or the Italian place since they charged 20-25 dollars extra. The food in the dining room was excellent and the service was top notch. The sushi bar and the tapas bar were also very good and a bargain for 3-4 dollars. During the day the tapas bar served cold salads, sandwiches, and deserts for free. I cannot say how much I liked this ship.

My only complaint was the layout of the dinning area on deck 15 for breakfast and lunch. Although a buffet, the layout was not the typical start at point A and end up at point B. It was very confusing and caused people to bump in to each other. Other than that the ship was perfect. Oh yeah if you want a balcony room stay on the caribe deck. the balconies are twice as big as everyone elses. Read more