Caribbean Princess 6-Day Western Caribbean. F305-Grand Turk Suite.

We just returned from our first cruise on the Caribbean Princess and wanted to take some time to post a reviewof our trip. It was the six day, Western Caribbean that visited Roatan, Belize & Cozumel. It has been a long, long year

for me and my bride since we did the Panama Canal last February on the Coral for our anniversary, and we were ready for another cruise.

Due to a medical emergency onboard a few hours after we left Ft. Lauderdale, we did not make it to Roatan and sailed to Costa

Maya instead.

We were in the window suite F305-Grand Turk on this trip. It's our first time in a window suite and sailing without a balcony.

We picked this one since we knew from reading previous posts, it had been remodeled a year or so ago.

There will be a lot of pictures as I like to show a plenty of details for those who have not sailed on Princess, been on this ship, or stayed in

a window suite.

First part, I want to show the window suite, then some of the more generic things, such as drink menus, etc.

Then I will post the patters & MDR menus that we have. Also a few videos of entertainment and from one excursion.

Just as summary as we did not take an excursion in Cost Maya. In Belize we did the BZE-115 Lamanai Mayan Ruins, Mangrove River Cruise & Lunch and in Cozumel, we did the CZM-305 San Gervasio Mayan Ruins & Chocolate Experience. The last sea day, we took the Ultimate Ship Tour. I will try to add some pictures and thoughts when I get to those days of the trip.

Let's step inside F305 and take a look around.

As you open the door, you see the sofa bed and the right side of the room:

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You have two large windows that have roll down shades for cutting back on the light, along with drapes that block pretty much everything. It's

great for taking naps in the middle of the day as my bride will attest too :-)

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From here, looking back at the door, you can see the dressing table and some of the drawers for storage.

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A nice sitting area with one TV.

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In the bathroom, there is double sinks:

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Along with a whirlpool tub, which also has a flexible wand shower head.

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The shower is about 28x28, and not as big as a Vista Suite, as it would seem. It feels closer to the standard shower in a regular room, with

glass doors.

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Looking back out into the room where you can see the storage shelf on the wall, and the make up mirror:

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Another view of the storage, where the life jackets are stored along with the safe:

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These are the closets on the right as soon as you walk into the room:

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More storage outside the bathroom:

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Also, I forgot to mention, you get the Lotus Spa bath supplies

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In the bathroom, you have a couple of outlets:

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At the dressing table, you have a hair dryer and two outlet types:

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When it comes time for the muster drill, it's at the Churchhill lounge area. For those who don't want to go inside the lounge, the area outside

is also used:

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I thought of this later on in the trip as have seen requests for it. The suite has a pull out bed, so how does it look when

pulled out?

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The main thing is you would need to get the table slid over and out of the way. I tried to see if it would fit in front of the window, between the

end table and long counter and was too big.

A few of the items in the room, for inquiring minds:

Current laundry prices. Since we were in a suite, we received free laundry and used it one time. We did check the

"one day" option and there was no extra charge. We seen on the final bill, where they applied a charge and then credited it

back as a "suite benefit".

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Room Service Menu:

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There is a DVD player in the room:

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I know some want to know what kind of things they can connect to the the TV. It currently has a Viewsonic TV and this is the connections:

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It appears to have the new luxury bed, prior to dry dock next month as looked at what was under the covers & the date:

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A few other things we brought home and scanned, that might be of some use:

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This was the P/S/E nightly get together that started at 5:00PM in Skywalkers:

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Welcome Aboard Letter:

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Next stop, the drink menus:

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Great pix.

Interesting info.

The "suite" breakfast menu looks the same as the regular menu (IIRC) only it's got red print instead of blue/black.:cool:

Great pix.

Interesting info.

The "suite" breakfast menu looks the same as the regular menu (IIRC) only it's got red print instead of blue/black.:cool:

We were in that same cabin for 12 nights in May. We would just write whatever we wanted if it wasn't on the menu. Never had a problem getting what we wanted. We had such a good room service guy that even if I forgot to write it down he brought it anyway.. lol

Thanks for all the menus--this is fantastic info!

CB

First off...thank you so much for taking the time to post all of this! So helpful for anyone (like us!) planning a cruise on the Caribbean Princess and often it is information that is hard to find ahead of time.

I just wanted to clarify the information included in the Welcome Aboard letter concerning dining. I understand that the Palm Dining Room is strictly for traditional dining, but does the Coral Dining Room also have traditional dining from 5:30 to 7:30 pm?

When I booked our cruise, our documents show we are confirmed for 6 pm traditional dining. Any idea which dining room we would be assigned to?

And one last question after looking at the deck plans...does going from the Piazza on deck 5 to the Palm Dining room on Deck 6 require going up to deck 7...walking to the back of the ship...and then going back down to the dining room on deck 6? It looks like the galley is blocking a direct route on deck 6.

Thanks again for all of the great information. I will be following along as you continue your review!!

CB

 

First off...thank you so much for taking the time to post all of this! So helpful for anyone (like us!) planning a cruise on the Caribbean Princess and often it is information that is hard to find ahead of time.

 

I just wanted to clarify the information included in the Welcome Aboard letter concerning dining. I understand that the Palm Dining Room is strictly for traditional dining, but does the Coral Dining Room also have traditional dining from 5:30 to 7:30 pm?

 

When I booked our cruise, our documents show we are confirmed for 6 pm traditional dining. Any idea which dining room we would be assigned to?

 

And one last question after looking at the deck plans...does going from the Piazza on deck 5 to the Palm Dining room on Deck 6 require going up to deck 7...walking to the back of the ship...and then going back down to the dining room on deck 6? It looks like the galley is blocking a direct route on deck 6.

 

Thanks again for all of the great information. I will be following along as you continue your review!!

We were assigned the Palm Dining room as we had early traditional. In the cruise planner before the cruise, the time was either 5:45 or 6:00PM as can't see it now. They did use some of the tables for anytime as there were three tables around us, that different people sat at every night. We had a table for two, and I overheard a passenger talking to a table mate, that since more people were going with Anytime dining, they were putting them at the open tables. They were arriving anywhere from 5:45 to 6:30PM.

As far as getting to the Palm dining room, it is on deck #6 and at the very bottom of the back staircase. They usually keep this blocked off from deck 7 to deck 6 back there during the day as I believe there are doors used by the crew and they don't want people down there outside dining times.

When I get to the patters, the dining rooms & times are listed on the back.

We were assigned the Palm Dining room as we had early traditional. In the cruise planner before the cruise, the time was either 5:45 or 6:00PM as can't see it now. They did use some of the tables for anytime as there were three tables around us, that different people sat at every night. We had a table for two, and I overheard a passenger talking to a table mate, that since more people were going with Anytime dining, they were putting them at the open tables. They were arriving anywhere from 5:45 to 6:30PM.

 

As far as getting to the Palm dining room, it is on deck #6 and at the very bottom of the back staircase. They usually keep this blocked off from deck 7 to deck 6 back there during the day as I believe there are doors used by the crew and they don't want people down there outside dining times.

 

 

When I get to the patters, the dining rooms & times are listed on the back.

I did a quick screen shot from the 1st day's patter:

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Two other adult beverage menus I missed earlier, so here is the wine menu from Vines:

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If any of these photos are not large enough to see, you can click on the file name next to the picture, and it will take you to that photo on Flickr. From there, you can download it & zoom in to see it better. I have a large monitor and don't always know how well these look on other devices.

Great pix.

Interesting info.

The "suite" breakfast menu looks the same as the regular menu (IIRC) only it's got red print instead of blue/black.:cool:

A suite passenger can order from room service anything on the MDR breakfast, lunch, or dinner menu during the times that the MDR is open. Your room steward will deliver the dining room menus to your room if you ask.

This works only during the hours when the MDR is open. When the MDR is closed, then suites can only order from the same room service menu as everyone else.

Fantastic preview of our cabin F307 thanks so much!!