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Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

RonF

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 0

Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 06, 2007

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 16 years ago

Review summary

The Emerald Princess started sailing in '07. It's beautiful, and so much of it is similar to the other Princess ships....you feel like you've been on it before We like Princess because among other things, you can eat in the dining room any time (which we prefer) or can do the triaditional 1st or 2nd seating. They made extra efforts to have hand disinfectant everywhere in order to prevent the outbreaks that occur on ships

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

If you like seafood, the first night go to the buffet rather than the dining room. King crab lets, lobster claws and gigantic shrimp are on the menu...that's all we ate..no salad, no taters, no veggies

Entertainment

5 out of 5

plenty to do....great exercise room...I never had to wait for a treadmill shows, comedians, etc. were really good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had a balcony stateroom. Plenty of room, loved having a continental breakfast on the balcony every am

Ports of call

Roseau, Dominica

5 out of 5

same comments as for Grenada

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

We had been there before...so took a walking tour of the city. This is the place to buy your booze and cigarettes...much cheaper than buying them on the ship. My Drambuie was 1/3 the cost at home and $8/bottle cheaper than on the ship

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Don't Miss: The old church and old synagouge....VERY interesting

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5

Did the Island tour. I would NEVER rent a car here or on Dominica. Not only to they drive on the left (I've done it before...it takes some getting used to) but the roads are narrow, STEEP, with many sharp turns alongside steep dropoffs. Our guide was excelllent

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Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

3 out of 5

we did the island tour...interesting...especially the salt flats

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

we had spent a week in Aruba a few years back, so just went on a glass bottom boat (it was so so) and then hit the onshore casinos...

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Pros: The crew was fantastic...friendly, warm, with great service

Cons: slot machines in the casino too tight