Mrs_Whatsit

You may already be back from your cruise by now, or close to it, but for anyone else who's nervous about the Caribbean Princess, please relax and enjoy. We were on the August 30-September 9 New England/Canada cruise, and we absolutely loved it. There were no problems with the ship at all and the crew, as always, was so nice and helpful. I'll admit we're not your typical cruisers—we ate mostly in the buffet (except for one night at Planks, which we really enjoyed, and a couple nights when we had pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, or street tacos on the Lido deck). We didn't go to any shows, never dressed up for formal nights because we used the buffets, and when we had excursions in the morning, we spent lovely afternoons or sometimes evenings in our cabin (mini-suite; we splurged) with the sliding door open and my husband napping while I read (I read three full novels, and it was heavenly!) or watching movies. Loved the stops and the excursions we went on (although I was so sorry we missed our stop at Sydney, Cape Breton but that was weather-related so out of everyone's control). We just enjoyed the heck out of everything and came home totally and completely stress-free. Besides the nasty smokiness of the casino (and we wore masks in there, which helped a bit), our only real complaint was something I understand happens on lots of ships: Too often, it was so hard to find a table in the buffet. But we always managed, and if they pay any attention to the surveys, I wrote an essay about that problem. If you're on your cruise now or just back, @Kitty Ellas Mom, I hope your expectations were exceeded on your cruise, too!