This was our third cruise, 2nd on Princess - first trip to the Caribbean.

Embarkation: As everyone else has reported, embarkation was smooth and painless. Getting to the port from the airport was a bit hectic. We had returned a rental car (came into Ft Lauderdale a couple of days early) to the airport and caught the free bus shuttle to the port. We were in a mass of humanity with people getting off the shuttles (from ships returning) and people trying to get on the shuttles to leave. There were a fair number of pushy people. We just stayed in the background, enjoyed the free "show' and got onboard the bus without any problem.

Our first time on a new ship and one this big. It was quite beautiful, fresh, clean, open, etc. I never did get the layout figured out but there are a lot of maps around to help see which way to go. We didn't watch a movie on the MUTS (Movie theatre under the stars) but had the best time watching the Steeler v San Diego Football game with other fans and a couple buckets of beer. Read more