Our second cruise with Princess Cruises, we boarded with trepidation as our first cruise was so appalling ( ports cancelled, mechanical problems, itinerary changed...) - so you can imagine our dismay when the first thing we saw when we entered our room was a letter saying the post of Lifou had been cancelled due to "mechanical problems affecting our ability to sail at full speed." This was so ironic as it was exactly the same reason as given on our last cruise with Princess two years ago! We were peeved as Lifou was the one place we really wanted to see.

Anyway, we had a mini suite and were delighted with it - loads of room, comfy couch, superb bed and pillows, wonderful bathroom with full bath - delighted.

Our only gripe was there were no bathrobes or slippers. Read more