We have never cruised before and after researching all the ships, decided on the Caribbean Princess. We were amazed on how wonderful this ship was. unfortunately, Hurricane Francis sent us on a Western Cruise instead of Eastern. We were disappointed. But this was by far the best vacation we ever had. Despite the change in itinerary, Princess kept us out of harms way at all times. We love them for that.

We were not thrilled with the ports of call, but made the best of what we had. The first stop was Princess Cays. It was absolutely beautiful! The most beautiful water I have ever seen. The most colorful Iguana's were running around. Just gorgeous! Next was Jamaica...not fond of this country, we just took a party sail boat out for a cruise. Wow! was it awesome! The 2 Jamaican guys running the boat made everyone happy. They served us rum punch and we even bought a few beers...RED STRIPE..it was very good and the Jamaican music kept you in vacation mode! We snorkeled in beautiful waters and docked at Margaritaville for 1/2 hour where we got off and checked out the place. I had to take a 2 hour nap when I got back to the ship...fantastic time! Montego Bay was ok... not a lot to do, probably should have visited 7 mile beach, but chose to get back on the ship and enjoy the pools and hot sun. Cozumel was all shopping. We were not docked where you can find a beach, unless you spent $26.00 for a cab to go to the other side of the island to a beach. Not a lot of time for this, so we got back on the ship once again and enjoyed it's amenities. Took another 2 hour nap!

We were then made aware of the extended time of the cruise by the captain. We were to stay docked at Cozumel for a night to wait for the hurricane to pass. unfortunately, it was a very slow hurricane and we had to stay out at sea for a couple days. The weather was beautiful and very hot. Never did we have to worry about the storms. Princess opened up the phone lines and internet service for 2 days free to all it's guests to take care of business. (That's over 3100 guests). I never could get a phone line out, but managed to finally send home an e-mail at 3:00am to family letting them know we were safe. You just have to sit back and enjoy life and not worry about craziness, since there isn't anything you can do about mother nature. We were safe and that's all that matters. They fueled up in Mexico and had plenty of food for all for those extra days. We were well taken care of by Princess. We thank them for that. They never charged anyone for the extra days.....they gave a lot! How can you complain? Read more