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Caribbean Princess Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Caribbean Princess

10 Night Classic Canada & New England (New York To Quebec City)

Sail date: October 14, 2019

Ship: Caribbean Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: E112

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Wonderful cruise, great ship. We are from New Jersey, so didn't spend time before in NYC, but many people did.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
New Medallion makes things so easy. Not a 5 because they delayed boarding for cleaning because of one of those gastrovirus things. We are platinum, so we're still on pretty early.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Palm dining was great. Hard to find at first though. International cafe was terrific. Only ate at buffet twice dokie breakfast early un cruise. Because of the gastrovirus issue we couldn't serve ourselves, use salt and pepper or put our own milk in coffee. Pretty weird. All back to normal in a few days. Oh, someone had a dog in buffet dining area, which really irks me.

Crooners Martini Bar

5 out of 5

Bartenders are excellent, location is great.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Really didn't do any. Oh, trivia game was ok.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Theatre was full many nights and couldn't get in. Ziggy at Crooners was great, but sometimes they had two girls playing the violin, kind of weird at a bar. Guitar player some nights was great.

Children's Programs

No kids with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Bar tenders at Crooners, the best!! Also, at Vines!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Hard to find Palm Dining Room.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Tiny, but we knew it would be. Bed was fine, pretty noisy.

Ports of call

New York, New York

5 out of 5
Love New York, no excursion.

Newport, Rhode Island

5 out of 5
Did the Breakers and Marble House. Just amazing. Then hung out at an outdoor bar at the pier.

Boston, Massachusetts

5 out of 5
The history. Did Lexington, Concord, Cambridge, Quincy Market, Freedom Trail, Old North Church, all wow.

Bar Harbor, Maine Did not visit port

Weather, this killed me. Have never been to Maine. Really wanted to go to Acadia National Park.

Saint John, New Brunswick Did not visit port

Weather. Have been here before. The reversing river is hard to explain. The low tides and high tides are incredible.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

5 out of 5
Did the Peggy's Cove/Halifax tour with lunch. Maritime museum, Citadel, garden, lobster roll for lunch. Again, wow.

Sydney, Nova Scotia

3 out of 5
No excursion, there on Sunday, mostly closed shops. Ate at Governor's Pub. Great entertainment and food and bar.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

4 out of 5
No excursion. Walked on our own. Lovely place. Have the ice cream!!

Quebec City, Quebec

5 out of 5
Did the all day tour with lower town, upper town, St. Anne's church, falls, lunch. Unbelievable place. You would think you were in Europe.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
It was annoying to get a taxi. Huge line. We stayed over night at the Chateau Frontenac.
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9 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

GerryBCruisin    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your review of the Caribbean Princess.

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you guys from New Jersey enjoyed your cruise despite your cruise being in New York. LOL

florida05    5 years ago

I'm from southern Maine and my husband and I try to make it to Arcadia National Park every other year and have lunch or dinner at the Jordan Pond House Restaurant. A must if your traveling to Arcadia.

trvljet    5 years ago

Love the Caribbean Princess and so sorry weather did not not permit you to visit Bar Harbor and Arcadia. Absolutely beautiful and breathtaking. Thank you for your honest review.

dragz    5 years ago

Glad you had a great time 🛳🚢⚓👍

Doggydad196422    5 years ago

Irks me to,unless it is a true service dog they should not be allowed in places. Especially a restaurant. Petco and such,yes.

cruisereckoning    5 years ago

Great cruise

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