Caribbean Princess Review
Cruising Is Always A Fun Vacation But Princess Could Improve
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Booked this cruise because I liked the itinerary. Caribbean Princess was docked in San Juan. I highly recommend sailing out of San Juan; because you are already within the Caribbean, you are able to hit more ports and have less days at sea as opposed to sailings out of the continental 48 states. In the future, I would go one day early so I can check out San Juan, which is really a beautiful island and has a rainforest that is quite pretty. I've checked out some of the forts and old San Juan on a previous cruise and those are nice areas to see as well.
The ports included St. Thomas/Tortola (BVI)/Antigua/Dominca/Barbados/San Juan. I'd never been to Tortola/Dominica/Antigua before nor had I sailed with Princess before, which is why I chose this cruise. The ports are all pretty laid back. In that past, I've cruised with Carnival and Royal Caribbean, and it seems like passengers are more festive on those cruises, which in turn makes the excursions more fun. I still enjoyed all the ports though and the weather in January is really good. T
In St. Thomas, Magens Bay Beach is sure bet. Awesome beach with a nice bar. In Tortola, went to Cane Gardens Bay Beach. Another cool bar, but a little more crowded than Magens seemed and there was less cruise ships in port than on St. Thomas. Perhaps excursions can offer choices to other beaches in the future. Brewers Bay was listed as another choice on the summary, but no buses went to that beach. I highly recommend the Pirate Ship in Antigua. Great tour guides and a lot of fun even though the group on our ship were a bunch of duds. Don't go to the beach when you dock; stay on the pirate ship and swing off the rope swing or jump off the plank. The Emerald Pool tour in Dominica is also very good. Make sure to take a dip in the pool and refresh under the falls. The water is very nice; not cold. I wish we had more time on Mero Beach, the blackest black sand beach I've ever been on. The excursion described a 2 hour stay, but we only had about an hour. We did receive 33% off due to this, which was nice. I'd still recommend that excursion.
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Room was nice, no complaints. My wife wished the shower had the soap and shampoo dispensers that Carnival has. I had fun, most of my excursions were of the relaxing kind, but I would not recommend this cruise line. Better service on Carnival and the activities are more fun.