bermudawoman8

I really hope they get the air conditioning to work well in all the cabins and areas of the ship. We were on from 7/5 to 8/5 in a balcony on the Aloha deck. When we boarded in NYC we thought the cabin was a little warm but figured it would cool down. Of course it did because then we were in cooler areas (Canada, Greenland, Iceland, etc.). But it started warming up daily as we arrived in Portugal, Spain and Morocco. We complained a few times about the temp in the cabin and they made small attempts to fix it but they really didn't. We asked several times to have a fan we could use in the cabin - we had seen some in the hallways - but they never did bring one. Have now decided to always sail with a thermometer to prove the temp of the cabin and a small fan we can hang by the AC unit. We wondered how it would be for the people after us who were boarding in Barcelona and only having hot ports.

We disembarked from the Island Princess on Aug 5 and then spent almost a week in Barcelona. We had no trouble getting a taxi when we left the ship. Also, a few other times when we wanted a taxi (by tourist areas), there was an organized cue. The taxis had hand held machines to use for payment and could print receipts for us. Loved Barcelona except for the hot temps.