Beyond our expectation. Food, service, cleanliness, kids club, itinerary,... worth the trip.

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 56

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
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Caribbean Princess

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 11, 2018

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: E214

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Loved my Cruise at Princess. Beyond our expectation. Food, service, cleanliness, kids club, itinerary,... worth the trip. The islands are one of the most beautiful from Caribbean. Bonaire was a very positive surprise. Never had a chance to swim so close to a huge ship with so clean and transparent water. Loved the kids club. They were all very professional and patient. Every day they had different activities for the kids. The only disappointment was the noise in the cabin late at night during performances ( be aware of the noise if staying above theater). We enjoyed so much that we are already considering the next cruise with Princess.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Loved the kids club. Every day they had different activities for the kids. My daughter loved it. Great as we had a chance to enjoy our dinners and gym while kids had a lot of fun. The cruise is so successful that the booking office for future cruises was always busy. They should increase their staff responsible for this area in order to better service the guests interested in future cruises. . We had to wait once up to 30 minutes once and there was always a line outside the booking office.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

Make sure you DO NOT t stay above the Theater. That is, front cabins on 8th floor, worse if the cabin is on top of orchestra as mine. That's the only disappointment from my trip. There was no disclaimer that the cabin had noise late at night on days of shows. I travelled with my 3 year old daughter and went back to the room a few nights prior to 10pm. It was as if I had no right to rest prior to late at night (even after 10pm a few days). Very noisy inside the cabin during performances at the theatre. Unfair as I was not told about this sort of disturbance on the cabin. In one night it was so loud on the rock &roll show that the noise woke up my daughter. Cabin not suitable for whoever wishes to rest prior to very late at night.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
Loved it! Never had a chance to swim so close to the ship like we did in Bonaire. Super clean and transparent water. Amazing sea life. Loved all.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

MisterMet    6 years ago

Loved both our trips on the Caribbean Princess. Princess does everything well. Never been disappointed in our 5 cruises with them.

scliborne    6 years ago

I have always worked directly with Princess...they handle things in a prompt and orderly manner.

booger1xx    6 years ago

Yes the booking office does get crowded. You can book from home via their vacation planning department. They work for Princess and aren't subcontractors. Also by using them they can help you with everything including airfare(in case you don't live in a Princess port city)which the onboard future cruise person can not. Your future cruise planner will assist you until the day you sail if need be...at least ours will!

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Fantastic

harleychick421    6 years ago

Glad you had a nice cruise!

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