Princess Cruises Reviews . Beginning in Toronto and ending in Houston. We have sailed with Princess since 1. Regal Princess, Regal's. Royal Princess, Coral Princess and now the Caribbean. Princess which gives us 2.
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Caribbean was no exception; we encountered the. Princess cruises during the last year. So, this was a very good. The Caribbean is eleven years old and one of the Princess . Princess actually. Caribbean over that on the Star, so the. We have read and heard comment that.
I find that not accurate at all. The. ship was very clean, with new carpets throughout. One person told. me on this cruise that it was a . I find the. crew continually painting and scraping, rarely do I notice rust. Sometimes on cabin balconies next to the gutter area. If. one wants to moan about a bit of rust here and there, then look at. HAL ships or even Regent's for that matter.
This means. that the wall board material to which the wainscoting is attached. We first noticed this on the Royal when. Regal last month we. It does. look terrible on this ship and other Princess ships, particularly. Almost 8. 0% of the alcove corners on the Caribbean suffer. Princess has let this go on for too long, new ship.
Here is my . They are located high up. A. panoramic view exists from them and during daylight it is something. On the ground portion of our cruise tour they had names on all. This was great, no pushing and.
Also, they switched name tags around each. Bravo.- -Formal Nights- -We do love formal nights, they had three on. Quite a few appear to prefer no formal nights at all. Those who. shun the penguin suit nights try to avoid the MDRs in favor of the. It appears that among those other .
So, Princess. has responded by requiring formal dress in their specialty. They are supposed to not sit those who dress. Humorously and coincidentally, as I was composing. Prime. Seven. Soon after being seated, there erupted a heated altercation.
T- shirt with a collar, commonly called a . The only disadvantage is. Be advised to keep track of what is.
For instance, one Sunday morning on the Regal I. Crown Grill/Wheel House Bar was having a. Pulling the curtain allows one to read while the other.
TV or sleeps. The balcony size is significantly larger when. Princess ship's mini- suite. Regent and Royal; also the suite proper is slightly. Two on the Caribbean are much hotter than the. Those two are found along side the outside adults only. Lotas Spa and Fitness center.
Unlike our sad experience on the. Coral Princess in January there were always towels everywhere all. I mean all the time, no exceptions, good going.- -The before dinner Exclusive Elite Lounge for elite and. This occurs in one half the. Skywalkers Lounge high above the rest of the ship in the stern. This ship's fitness center is great. Not overcrowded and has.
We use. it every sea day.- -Shore excursions including the land portion on coaches, were. The area tour in Newport, Rhode Island and the. New York Brooklyn Bridge walk and area tour rate extra credit.
So. did the day at Niagara Falls on the land portion.- -After we began to get some sea days to do it on, Princess. Dr. Judging from the way he absolutely packed the theatre.
Princess has. always done a pretty good job in my opinion of providing for good. I. would suggest however that the lecturer presentations get back to. For instance, on this. St Lawrence Seaway, an area of the world rich in hundreds of.
This is not to say they shouldn't have had. Tinberg or another equivalent, they should have both.
I have a. hunch that two enrichment lectures on a sea day might detract too. The . Number one of these perks, for. GOOD: -- Unlike Princesses' newest and larger ships, Regal and Royal. It is. fascinating that the cruiser's so called foremost authority on. Berlitz, edition after edition is fixed on trying to. Royal and Regal have wrap around. On those ships the promenade does not go.
In fact, in the stern one is met by an. There. are two bulged out areas on the promenade, one around mid- ship and. These are. relatively small deck areas, 5.
Other than the bulged out portions most of the. These. are approximately four feet wide where numerous pipes and other.
I use this quote this from Berlitz, just to show you. It appeared to us the buffet area (Horizon Court) had better. The ship did not seem to run out of. Like. all buffets there is crowding at times but it was really bad during. I do much prefer the layout of the Horizon. Court on the Caribbean to those on Regal and Royal though, in that. Unfortunately, the space available in the.
Caribbean is grossly inadequate for a full boat. Now. in fairness most this voyage occurred in fairly cold climates.
Charleston and south, the outside. Wife says she misses the custom made omlets of the past, now all. Caribbean the special order options are even more limited and. The crew must bring you a juice drink after you. Caribbean Princess are of a decent size, the problem on the larger.
What is next, orange. We used Princess Air, Princess transfers and Princess hotel. Princess airport transfer which included a. Houston before airport drop off.
Were well satisfied. Sure nice to have free ice cream available almost all day from. No nickel and diming there. Even though I. watch my diet, a little, and don't eat ice cream, I do like malted. Some of the musicians playing at various times throughout the. Princess Stateroom new large flat screen TVs (two in.
Regal are great. I certainly appreciate. BBC, MSNBC and CNBC and inclusion of major sporting.
NFL game was provided on. TVs. The same held true for the World Series baseball games.
Good. going.- -We have earned free laundry perks but it is nice that Princess. HAL has quit putting self serve laundry. The ships main desk personnel and its shore excursion. Actually. all this ship's personnel are very friendly and exhibit excellent. I suggest a Christmas bonus for them all.- -There were very few times we had to wait very long for an. Same number of elevators as the two larger new Princess.
Caribbean has in all three elevator towers, this may have a lot to. Very little smoking on this ship.
It is only allowed at: In. Tradewinds Bar on deck 1.
It appears smokers shun this Princess. We observed no cheating. I'm sure there are exceptions but rare. That is good.- -Normally I'm not much on onboard shopping but I have to admit.
I'm impressed with the selection of sundries, drugs and other items. One advantage the larger ships have over. For instance, if your luggage doesn't connect. On port days, when we have to muster early, we have began to. This works out well and. Princess does a great job with the meal and getting it to the cabin.
We notice some lines now charge for room service or only. Hang in there Princess.- -Princess is very good at keeping the corridors uncluttered. But. for those who ignore this, dirty platters are usually whisked away. Some people just don't have any. Embarkation and disembarkation on cruise lines always seems to.
We really can't complain, no long. POOR: -- I almost dread going to the Main Dining Rooms anymore (except. In the past, for an enjoyable.
MDR. Not always. possible today, unfortunately, in my opinion. The MDR really had me. On our. first four visits to the MDR our wait times averaged about 4.
This MDR problem is seemingly axiomatic throughout the. Some argue that a 3. We. are working our way toward 6. Rarely have we ever. MDR, until last January on an 1.
Coral Princess and now on the Caribbean Princess. Oh. yes, you can make reservations for anytime dining, LOL. Maybe traditional diners do not experience the grief, confusion. Or, perhaps the. dining venues are adequate in size and layout but the organization.
Speaking of. organization and scheduling, we do know this, there are three main. Except, traditional gets the first two hours of the dining.
When that dining room finally opens up. Those of us who also use all inclusives are.
The. all inclusives have very little problem with seating, why doesn't. Princess get rid of ? Who knows, except Princess, but. MDR. Toward the end of this voyage, however, things became more. MDR because we delayed our preferred dinner. PM until about 7: 1.
PM. Tip #1: If the MDR becomes objectionable, try to eat as many. The buffet isn't all that bad. Caribbean and the poor staff to passenger. In summary, limit the use of the MDR to about. It has been our experience to find, as a general rule, the.
Princess captains more outgoing an informative and easy to. HAL and. Regent, who often times offer only a dearth of information about. That does not mean however we haven't had a. Princess in the past or real good captains. HAL and Regent. That said, we never heard from this captain. I didn't hear him, the officer of the watch did. It would be nice for the bridge crew to explain.
Other passengers with. Judging from all the difficulty the ship had during sail. Fort Lauderdale, apparently the deficiency is not yet.
Hope the next cruise isn't goofed up because of this. Houston there was quite a. So, the captain might be. We don't attend the theatre productions very much anymore in. If one chooses to order. I miss the theatre.
I do use the. theatre for enrichment lectures, although these draw impressive. Finally and unlike the newest Princess ships, this one does. Daily progress however.
After we passed Charleston an additional. Florida. Keys, which was good. Apparently the Carnival Corp is beginning to. TV. It is true that technology has. Royal and Regal TVs. On this ship I couldn't find any daily.
TV, in the daily Princess Patter there is an. Maybe. most passengers don't care where they are or what surrounds them.
Not me though?- -Not certain why Princess has significantly reduced the number. Are they going back to the era of mass epidemics or do they. Certainly hope it is not. For what it's worth though, this voyage was. I. e.,no hacking and coughing all around in theatres. Hurray.- -There were a couple of smudges on my white dinner jacket, so. They sent it back, saying they.