Emerald Princess Review

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Emerald - New Years Eve Cruise

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Emerald Princess
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Woodmnky
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Dec 2008

Pre-cruise: Traveled from NC to Hilton Head Island, SC. We stayed at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort. Nice rooms, pools and beach view; crummy soundproofing and exterior. Not bad for the price we paid on Priceline; however, for a hotel that normally sells for $150+ per night continental breakfast should not cost $13.50.

Traveled from Hilton Head to Jacksonville, what should have been a 3 hour drive turned into nearly 10 hours thanks to traffic. Stayed at the Staybridge Suites. Very nice, newly built hotel. High definition flat screen TV in the room and complimentary hot breakfast buffet in the morning and thanks to Hotwire only paid $55 for the night. This hotel was proof why mid-priced hotels often offer more than expensive hotels (see continental breakfast comment above).

Hilton Head to Fort Lauderdale proved to be a much smoother drive. We stayed at the LaQuinta Inn & Suites which offers free parking and shuttle to the port. Decent hotel, good price, and the only hotel that I know of that does not charge for parking. Paid $89 for the night, parking at the port for the 10 days would have been $150, so I can't (& won't) complain.

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Cabin JJ

Quiet location. 2/3 of the way forward. Near foward elevators which go directly to the Lotus Spa and pool. Good cabin design/layout. New bedding with flat screen tv. Lots of mirrors help to enlarge the space.

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