A joyful experience on my first Princess cruise.

Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Caribbean Princess

14 Night Circle Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 28, 2018

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was my first cruise on Princess ship and I stayed in an inside cabin. The cabin was small (158 sq ft) but neat and tidy. I found the shower in the cabin is too tiny for ease of move around during shower. Also the shower head is fixed at the top. I'd prefer to be able to hand hold the shower head with a hose attaching to it. Overall, we did enjoy the cruise particularly the onboard entertainment at the Explorer Lounge as there were a few 70s show games with guests and crew member involved and they were fun. The quality of the evening diner was very great with steak/roast available for a few nights as well as a couple of nights baby lobster tail for selection from the menu. The show at the Theater is so so. I'll try a bigger ship (such as Regal Princes) in my next cruise to see if it'll be better. Guests were very nice. Met and chatted with a number of guests from various cities/countries during morning, lunch and evening meal times. we enjoyed the conversations very much and we exchanged emails with a couple of them to stay in touch in future.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

If you're looking for more outdoor activities (rock climbing, waterslide, etc) such as those from Royal Caribbean, this is NOT the ship

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

4 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

Fort-De-France, Martinique

4 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5

Port of Spain

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
The weather was overcast and also rained on-and-off. This turned off my plan to head to the beach. Because of the rain, the deck was wet and I heard from a witness that there was an accident - an old lady felt down on the wet deck and she was sent to the island hospital for treatment. Ship left without her and her husband.

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

buckyboy    6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

booger1xx    6 years ago

The cabin is the individual preference. We always choose the inside cabin nice n dark if you decide to take a nap during the day and besides we only sleep..shower and change clothes there. We are usually out and about the ship. We have been on the Royal Princess at least three times.(another of the Royal class ships, sister ship to Regal) it's a beautiful ship and really big, however I don't remember if the inside cabins are much bigger. Whatever you decide Princess is a great cruise line. In our 19 cruises Princess has never disappointed!!

mj4gold    6 years ago

Nice review thank you

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