We are spoiled because of our past cruises with Crystal, Regent, Oceania, etc. Princess was quite disappointing.
To recap: When we arrived in Fort Lauderdale, I called the Cambria Suites for the shuttle transfer to the hotel the night before we sailed. After an hour, I called again and was asked, “Did you look for the Comfort Inn Shuttle?” I told the desk clerk, “I wasn’t looking for a Comfort Inn Shuttle, I was looking for a Cambria Shuttle.” He responded, “Well, they are the same.” I didn’t know this. Twenty minutes later, the shuttle arrived and we made it to our hotel. The room was nice and the food was the best we had on the entire trip.
I made a reservation for the shuttle transfer to the pier for 10:00am, even though “the doors to the ship didn’t open until 12:30pm”. And I’m glad I did. We ended up standing in the “Preferred Line” for about 1½ hours, but got on board much quicker than my brother’s family who arrived about 1:00pm and had to wait for three hours to board. By the way, the shuttle from the hotel is $10.00/person, not $5.00.