Be forewarned this is a long review.
My wife and I are experienced cruisers (59 & 57 years old) and were looking for a lower priced 7 to 10-day cruise. On the Princess website, under Deals (drop & go) we found a 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard the Caribbean Princess for a mid-forward balcony for $612 pp.
I dove into the recent reviews of the Caribbean Princess (CB) and was a bit concerned as there were some negative reviews. Thankfully, we still booked the cruise.
Cabin Location - We like the adults-only Lotus Pool and thought that the location of the forward mid-ship of the Lido deck would be handy.
In hindsight we would have chosen a cabin a bit further from the path from the elevator bank to the main pool of the Lido deck.
Look at a deck-plan of where L305 is in relationship to what the natural path would be from the elevators to the main part of the Lido deck (something I should have considered).
We loved the cabin itself, but there was some traffic outside our door. Not that it was horrific, but it was there. Also, you can hear the deck attendants were readying the deck chairs above us daily at 07:00. If you were a late-sleeper that could be an issue, but I’m up early.
On the plus-side we were steps away from the main Lido deck area (Salty Dog, etc) and outside of the stairwell leading to the Lotus Pool (spa area and workout room).
Cabin interior – the usual small bathroom, tiny shower where you need to soap up the walls and turnaround to wash up. The closet layout is great, the balcony is bigger than those on the Regal / Royal class. A desk with chair and another seat. The bed was set up in a queen configuration (note, these came apart a couple of times at night, I asked the steward if there was anything to prevent that and he merely tightened the sheets, I asked about an egg crate which never materialized, we dealt with it).
The TV is new, a nice LG, maybe a 46” (or close to that). Has on-demand and a number of selections, it was very nice.
Did some shopping then hung out by the pool