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Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Caribbean Princess

11 Night Western Caribbean& Panama (Houston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 30, 2016

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: B626

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

This was our second Princess cruise and our second time on the Caribbean Princess. Our first time we missed the first day of our cruise due to fog detaining the ship.  We thought that we would give Princess a second chance so we booked out March 30th 11 day cruise on the Caribbean Princess. Our biggest complaint was our bed. We had a balcony stateroom and honestly the hardest bed I have ever laid on. The only help we got on that was a mattress pad which made it a little less painful. The other problem we experienced was the over crowding on the ship. We did not get to see any of the nightly shows due to not enough seating. People told us that they had to arrive 45 minutes to an hour early to get a seat. Not worth it in my opinion! The food was great, the service was great, but the fact that this ship can hold up to 3300 guest does not mean that there is adequate room and accomodations on this ship. I think this ship needs to be refurbished and more room made both in the theater and the dining.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The anytime dining did not really allow us to dine when we wanted to.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Enjoyed Bert in the piano bar, but could never get a seat for the main show in the theater.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
The be was horrible and 11 days on a horrible bed is the pits!

Ship tip

The Caribbean Princess is a nice ship but over crowded in many of it's venues.

Ports of call

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5
The Panama Canal is truly worth seeing!

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
The bus trip up to the hacienda was awesome!

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Loved the Scoot Coupes!
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5 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

babygrljaz    8 years ago

I went on it during spring break a month ago. It was not crowded at all, empty loungers everywhere. Thats the bihgest sign of overcrowding in my opionion. And out beds were so comfortable. I wish Princess wasn't leaving Texas

Parisjcruisetrv    8 years ago

I loved it. Going for the third time on Caribbean Princess in November.

mike4586    8 years ago

Best ship I think I ever went on. You probably went during a prime time like spring break or a holiday where all cruise ships will be crowded

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