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Did 1st week of March on CB this year. Fabulous weather and as for Spring Breakers, this is Princess, not Carnival. The few that were on our cruise were no problem at all.

Just got off the Caribbean Princess yesterday and here are the low and high points:

 

Low points:

 

• Rough seas the first two days, so moving around was a challenge. This is not Princess' fault. Just thought I'd throw that in.
  
• Most of the time, the public toilets were "under maintenance", so you had to go back to your room to use the restroom. They also smelled pretty bad the whole trip. I'm not sure if this was a result of the rough seas or not.
  
• The crew wasn't nearly as friendly as our last Princess cruise. They often seemed annoyed to be there. Maybe the rough seas were getting to them. I can't imagine it was easy to do their jobs with the ship swaying so badly.
  
• Lots of solicitations for the wine tasting, beverage packages and/or private restaurants during breakfast in the buffets. Once would have been okay but several crew members would come over during one meal, so your conversation was interrupted three or four times.
  
• The ship definitely needs updating. Rusted areas, stains on walls and carpets. Just worn looking all the way around. I understand it is due to go to dry dock this month.
  
• I think we had a new room steward. I had to repeatedly ask for things (towels, water, etc).
  
• This didn't affect us but a pipe burst on the deck 15 and flooded at least one cabin on deck 14.
  
• The only downfall in the dining room was that we often did not get our coffee until after we were finished with dessert. We like to have our coffee with our dessert. Not a huge issue, just annoying.
  

 

High Points:

• The food in the dining room was great, as was our head waiter Artur.
  
• The weather in the ports was awesome (Roatan, Belize and Cozumel)
  
• Had a great time even with all of the "low points".
  
• Our beds were comfortable. Our sons were in pullman beds, which were not as comfortable but they had not trouble sleeping.
  
• We were on a cruise and not at work!! :)
  

 

Overall, the cruise was great. Most of the passengers were friendly and not pushy. We enjoyed the trivia challenge and we watched the bingo games. We went to the Movies under the Stars most nights. Only made it to the theater for the comedian towards the end but what we heard was funny. We went to the variety show one night. It was just fair. Even with all the low points, it was well worth the trip! Can't wait for our next cruise!!

Was also on this cruise - will probably post a full review later. Just wanted to comment that I thought it was odd not to get an announcement from the captain (unless I missed it) about the rough seas on day 2 - they were worse than the first night and after a calm day came as a surprise around 3pm. He did warn us about the first night.

Do you happen to know who the present Captain is? Thanks

Mario Ciruzzi