Very good experience except for St Lucia. Been there before and I don’t recall having a bad experience. The ship is beautiful and the staff professional and friendly. I would say cruising is getting back to normal, love the Princess experience. Sailing again the end is January.
Embarkation
3 out of 5
There were problems with the transport from LaGuardia to the ship. Lot of confusion and lack of organization at the airport. One we got to the ship it went well.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
4 out of 5
Main dining room was not dine my way, although I reserved a private table months before the cruise at 6:00, some days they could not accommodate this and stated their private tables were full and/or sent us to another dining room. Other than this minor inconvenience the experience was good and improving from previous post Covid cruises. The food was very good in both Moab dining rooms and buffet. Specially restaurants were top notch
Onboard Activities
4 out of 5
Plenty to do if wanted but mostly just laid back
Entertainment
3 out of 5
Went to one show, a musician. He was terrible. Heard other shows were much better
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
Contrary to what I previously heard about staff being stressed and over worked. The staff on this cruise were friendly, appeared happy and enjoyed their work. It was nice to see and they made our cruise that much more enjoyable.
Ship Quality
4 out of 5
The ship was very clean and well maintained. I do miss the layout of the older ships though.
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
It had a little more square feet than some, which gave us a little bigger balcony. Proximity to elevators were good making for less walking to deck 16 and midship
Not what I expected, was escorted to a taxi from inside the secured area going to Reduit beach. The taxi appeared to be run by thugs, with supporting gangs that brought you to the extremely crowded beach and once there you had to wait for the same driver and could not leave early, unless you walk I suppose. It was an organized, gang oriented racket and appeared that it could have been dangerous. Honestly I was glad my wife and I got back to the ship
To Dirty Pirate, we took a cab, very easy although there were a number of ships in Port and chairs were sold out. We got there late morning. Cabs were $8 per person each way
Sorry about your St. Lucia experience. That’s usually a good port of call for us. Thanks for the warning. Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise otherwise.
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