Great ship, but the “World Marketplace” food venue was a disaster

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
Caribbean Princess

10 Night Southern Caribbean Medley (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 08, 2018

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Caribbean Princess new food concept, World Marketplace, was in my opinion a huge mistake. Much of the food offered in this new venue was sandwiches and salads and other strange concoctions. We gave up on this new buffet style after a few days and ate nearly all meals thereafter in the main dining room where traditional cruise food was available. Great ship, great crew but the Marketplace buffet will keep me from returning to this ship. Other passengers also shared their dissatisfaction with the buffet. Princess Medallion WiFi on this ship was fantastic

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

4 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts Did not visit port

Rerouted from St Thomas to San Juan, Amber Cove (Dom. Republic), Grand Turk and Nassau due to TS Isaac

Castries, St. Lucia Did not visit port

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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3 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

elmame    6 years ago

I totally Loved the new marketplace concept. Their Mediterranean and middle eastern food was made perfectly and at least gave health conscious people more choices I give it 5 stars

eagletwo    6 years ago

I like the new set up but have to agree. We also ate most of our meals in the MDR. Princess can be a little hard headed when they have implemented a new plan of action. Still see many people eating in the buffets. Hope they listen to the complaints and come up with better food choices.

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