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Emerald Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 83

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Emerald Princess

14 Night Circle Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 25, 2023

Ship: Emerald Princess

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: R248

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

A wonderful cruise and many positive memories! Loved the food and the staff put together a wonderful celebration for the Jewish Sabbath and Chanukah- 5*!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
It was perfect for me because I arrived at about 12:30 pm and had my medallion and am Elite.I had immediate boarding.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was excellent- especially at the buffet - Buffett service and staff were the best. The service was great at Botticelli and horrible at Michelangelo

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Fitness Center is great. Lots of new equipment- I usually go everyday for 2 hours! If you are looking for instruction- the staff was rarely seen unless they had scheduled classes

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Kory Simon - the greatest piano player entertainer “rocked” this ship. He plays in Schooner’s lounge from 9pm - 12 - You rarely can get a seat ! One night he played in the theatre as a solo act. Packed! And the played in the last night revue!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
My room steward was 100% wonderful - Rodelio. - Also Woody and JP in Botticelli and Manuel, Johanne, Klaussen,Giovanni, Christsa in the buffet Guest services and shore bookings were great!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Tacky furnishings. Lampshades peeling, definitely not enough plugs - hairdryer on wall broken so they put in a portable one! Rug stained. - the Worse toilet paper I ever saw on a Princess Ship. Loved the TV and my steward - made sure everything was good!

Ship tip

There are no more free saunas and steam rooms on 16 and the spa has three small separate steam rooms - no sauna and no whirlpool and very expensive for the whole sailing.- but overall it’s a wonderful ship - wonderful staff and excellent food. Casino wasn’t busy - and bar service in casino wasn’t great - no Churchills - just Speakeasy!!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe

2 out of 5
Sad - a lot of businesses closed and many buildings destroyed and not rebuilt from years of hurricanes

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

3 out of 5
Nice shops - Be careful buying things from vendors in town. They tried to bait and switch the $$$$

Scarborough, Tobago

5 out of 5
Wonderful excursion by a Princess Tour. Tour guide was a top professional- and beautiful island.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Lovely town around the port - great shops, friendly people

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Perfect
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6 Comments

Ladyjunecliff     10 months ago

Thanks for your awesome review!

kelskazoo22     11 months ago

Nice detailed review, thank you.

bndfromaz     11 months ago

Thank you for your review. I thoroughly enjoyed The Emerald. Happy Cruising.

javawoody     11 months ago

Thanks for the detailed review

cruising2004     11 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise!

Gwbigdog     11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise