Princess Cruiseline - “Caribbean Princess”

 Class / Guest Capacity / Maiden Voyage:   / Ports: 

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Cabin Plusses and Minuses - location

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Crowded?  Kid Friendly?

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Entertainment

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Dining (also, see Tips)

  • We enjoyed the Main Dining Room (MDR) for most dinners, scheduling the 5:00 seating (in advance).  The food was high quality, sufficiently varied for a 3-4 night cruise, and usually (90%) the correct temperature.
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  • Drink orders are a little slow in the MDR.  Patience is in order…or, bring your own.  The price is the same, or free if you have casino drink privileges.
  • We enjoyed one specialty dining option - Chops.  
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  • With dinner as our main meal, we varied breakfast and lunch times to mostly avoid the busiest rush.
    • It’s not hard to run into the WJ, grab a bowl of oatmeal and return to your cabin for a quiet meal.
  • Check your Ship App for up-to-date venue hours; breakfast or lunch times vary between port and sea days.

Vitality Fitness Center

  • Fortunately (for committed exercisers), not everyone hits the gym while aboard.  The gym is open early to late.
  • Compared to other ships I’ve cruised in 2025, ……..
    • First days aboard bring out the “resolution” folks, i.e., similar to January in your landed gym 
    • Busy-ness can vary, especially on port days, so one strategy is to time your exercise to the least popular times, if you can also alter your port visit times.
  • The hardest equipment to access was stationary bikes (too few, and not all were in good repair), and free weights (a common issue on ships, AND at my local fitness center)..

Ports

  • On this trip, we…
  • Coco Cay - interesting that you will likely have a sister ship docked next to you (and not far away, you may see another cruise line which tenders its passengers to its own island)
    • You can pay a lot, or nothing - no charge for food; your drink packages are valid/active on the island
    •  Food is cooked aboard the ship and brought out to the island venues
    • There are activities and special beaches with service that are pretty expensive
    • We enjoy a brief frolic in the Oasis Lagoon pool, with a swim-up bar.
      • If the swim-up bar is overly crowded, you can walk around to the land-side of the bar and receive very quick service
  • Nassau - only the 4 day leg stopped here
    • RC plans a new Nassau experience in late 2025, maybe similar to Coco Cay
    • We’ve walked around Nassau a few times; it gets a little hectic once you leave the gated RC area
    • Some people swear by the bar experience just off the pier.  We’ll have to try it.  A few blocks away, we checked out a theme bar, but decided not to invest in what seemed to be overpriced libations
    • There is a market FULL of stalls with somewhat aggressive sales people.  There are dozens of stalls, each staffed by an individual, usually selling the same merchandise

Will We Do It Again?

  • The food and service was highly rated; however, the entertainment was repetitive and not varied sufficiently for our tastes.