We sailed on the Regal Princess for their Spring Break cruise from March 20 - 27, 2016 to the Western Caribbean.

We arrived around 10 am and were in the top 50 - 75 passengers waiting to get on the ship. They opened the doors at 11 am and took the Princess Platinum guest first, then the regular line. We had a little hiccup when we got to the counter and were delayed about 45 minutes because I brought the wrong passport for my wife. My heart stopped beating for a few minutes, while my 11 year old started crying. I felt about as low as you could at this time. However, the Princess rep at the counter told us not to panic and very calmly walked us over to an office at the end of the counter. I called a family friend and he was able to retrieve her birth certificate at our house and faxed it to the Princess rep at the office. After they received her birth certificate we were on the ship within 10 minutes.

This ship is beautiful with ample space for everyone. We took the advice of other Cruise Critic members and bought a case of water from the local Costco, tape a luggage tag to the water and checked in on with our luggage. After boarding, we were still a little stressed out from our near miss experience and went straight to Alfredo's Pizzeria. My son has food allergies to all diary and nut ingredients and the head waiter went out of his way to make sure his food did not get cross-contaminated. The pizza and other food are great at this place. After eating, we were able to go access the our room after 1 pm. Read more