Second cruise in lifetime (both with Princess). Enjoyed the cruise but would recommend East Caribbean over West Caribbean.

Sky Princess Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Sky Princess

7 Night Western Caribbean (Fort Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 18, 2020

Ship: Sky Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C619

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

The ship was beautiful, the majority of the guests and ship team members were very pleasant to speak with (further proof some people just cannot have fun!). Special shout out to Hunter and Cristoph for the fun trivia nights!!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
App to preregister made embarkation a breeze.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Liquor package did not seem consistent; Beverage package did not include bottled water. One evening a table next to us stated it did not receive the same offerings as they had overheard the server telling my table. Same server on both tables. On separate evening, tables around ours were served 2 lobster tails at the initial plate, our table received only one lobster tail apiece, but 2nd lobster tail delivered upon request. Inconsistent service. 4 of 5 days was able to ask waiter to fill the complimentary cup for orange juice. 1 day a server stated it was a health hazard. Hostess team was gracious at all times during seating.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Hot tub

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Trivia (music, movies), Rock Opera, Cooking demo/walk through Galley, Voice of the Ocean, Casino and Bingo. Bingo snowball pot collided with Voice of Ocean; surprised Voice of Ocean was held so early (3PM); last year's West Caribbean Cruise (Royal Princess), I believe the Voice of Ocean was later in the evening.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
One evening a table next to us stated it did not receive the same offerings as they had overheard the server telling my table. Same server on both tables. On separate evening, tables around ours were served 2 lobster tails at the initial plate, our table received only one lobster tail apiece, but 2nd lobster tail delivered upon request. Inconsistent service. 4 of 5 days was able to ask waiter to fill the complimentary cup for orange juice. 1 day a server stated it was a health hazard. Hostess team was gracious at all times during seating.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
New ship was beautiful!!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room cleaned multiple times a day :-) Beds are a bit narrow when pulled apart for single beds

Ship tip

Read the daily flyer to understand the options for the day.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
Rum distillery tour was fun.

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5
Excursion was cancelled due to weather.

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5
Nothing really pleasant to see. Ruins were interesting; the climb on 2 of the structures was fairly easy. Lunch was okay.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Cooking class was AWESOME!!! Larger port to shop; would have been nice to have a bit more time at the ocean (~45 minutes after completion of Cooking class)

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Much easier than last year!
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6 Comments

javawoody    3 years ago

Thanks for the review

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

pearleyts5    4 years ago

Our beverage package included unlimited bottled water unless we asked it to be delivered to room. We would stop at casino bar or any bar on our way to cabin and grab few bottles to take to room.

RetiredRay    4 years ago

Depends on the beverage package Travelgirl, the soda package has no bottled water, the coffee and soda package has 25% off on all bottled water, the top premier package has 500 ml bottles free and 25% off on 1 liter bottles. Interesting take on the MDR, have not seen that. Looking forward to boarding in October.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

So glad you enjoyed.

Travelgirl27    4 years ago

The beverage package doesn’t include bottled water??? That just doesn’t sound right. I have read that it even includes sparkling water.

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