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Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 122

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Caribbean Princess

14 Night East/West Caribbean Adventurer (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 01, 2019

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Would do it again in a minute on the Caribbean Princess without the teenage boys. I would like to take the Western Caribbean and Panama Canal. Alaska again as well as the Fjords of Norway

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Love the Princess Medallion Experience

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I had excellent food everywhere I ate. I used anytime dining 5 nights of the cruise. The food was great, the staff was just ok, the wait time between courses was entirely to long especially waiting to select desert Sometimes dinner took 2 hours

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Relaxing in certain areas of the ship was very nice. I took the ULTIMATE SHIP TOUR the Caribbean Princess offered and was worth every cent and more I would do it again. I learned so much of the behind the scenes look at the ship and staff. I can not speak highly enough of this well kept secret tour. Very limited people have this opportunity. You must ask and sign up as soon as you get on the ship. Never more than 14 on the cruise will have this opportunity It was the number 1 highlight for me of the 7 day cruise. Thank you Jodie from Australia for escorting us on this tour on June 7th a Sea Day.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The shows which I went to all of them were absolutely outstanding with the performers, the high tech stage productions, and the comedian was the very best. I thoroughly enjoyed lectures held by Phil DeMeulenaere. Spent much time in the Piazza listening to live performances. I also learned a lot from the Parrot specialist that gave a lecture.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Waiters were just ok. Room steward was nice and tried his best. Other personnel on the ship were always courteous, friendly, and helpful. Special kudos to Molly, Jodie, and Alexandria from Ukraine on deck 5 of the Piazza.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I thought it was laid out great and I always found everything clean

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
I requested a quad room because I had 3 16 year old boys with me. My grandson and his 2 buddies I had only seen a picture of a balcony quad that had 2 twin beds and 2 drop down beds. This had 2 twins, 1 drop down bunk bed and a rollaway was brought in and laid out perpendicular to a twin. With the bed in place you could NOT use the desk or drawers on either side of the desk and you could barely squeeze out to the balcony. Very behind the times for any charging outlets 1 by the desk and 1 in the bathroom On the last night of the cruise we found an outlet on the wall under the twin bed that was up against the wall

Ship tip

Bring a multi charging outlet to plug into the limited outlets. Do all your Medallion pre cruise and Embarkation is very FAST.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5
Under const and had shuttle service drop off and pick up Process both ways was very fast. No excursions.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5
Hasn't changed. We were only ship there. Slow tender waiting back to the ship around noon

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Still hurting badly from the hurricane Did the Turtle Cove Catamaran snorkeling excursion booked thr Princess and the 4 sixteen year old boys loved it.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5
Most everything was closed when we came back from the Big 3 ziplines excursion booked through Princess. We loved the zipline excursions.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Medallion worked great and we carried our own luggage and were off the ship and outside for van pickup at 7:30 am.

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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

GerryBCruisin    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your review of the Caribbean Princess.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review and so glad you enjoyed.

Fiesta83    4 years ago

buckyboy    5 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. The crew and the food are always outstanding on Princess. I also did the ship's tour on the Caribbean and found it fun and informative.

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