Caribbean Princess offers the best of older and newer ships

[@chriswilliams6568]

Thank you, a great review. We have sailed on her in Sept 2015 Southampton to NYC for 15 days, it was great. Now this year we are booked for June 14 for the 16 day Norway cruise. So excited. Thx a lot.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Thank you for watching and for sharing your feedback! Norway cruise sounds amazing - enjoy!

[@patriciamontey7007]

Just a small note; Princess has changed the dining options so passengers CAN choose traditional dining ( same table, same servers) in one of the main dining rooms. We sailed her to Greenland last year and are scheduled to sail her again in October (Europe). It will be interesting to see if, or how, things have changed. Nice review.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Great point! Thank you for flagging - and for the feedback!

[@ksr1177]

Will be sailing on this ship in March we just sailed on the Discovery Princess which was beautiful we’re used to sailing on the newer ships. Thank you for the great video and your detail of the ship was great.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Thank you for watching and for the great feedback. I hope you enjoy your cruise in March!

[@stevenshepard3495]

I’m leaving march 3rd on the Caribbean princess too

[@rogerwilliams6062]

CP was the first Princess ship I ever cruised on and the one I've been on most often as I live in FL. My last cruise on her was this past November and I admit she was showing her age. She still feels like an old friend though. I hope she enjoys her time on the West coast. I will miss her but am looking forward to the new Sun Princess.

[@debbiemartin2026]

I Just booked this never taking Princess before. The majority of the reviews are horrible. Food especially. I am not even looking forward to it. It looks extremely dated and the balcony cabins are tiny. There looks like too many lounges and bars. I am used to Celebrity and RC

[@silviaeaston]

Thank you for sharing the configuration inside of the Ocean View rooms. I've just reserved 2 rooms with the beds on the side walls. I believe they will not be an issue if/when the main bed is separated in two, as twin beds, with the free floor space in the middle instead of to the sides.

[@chriswilliams6568]

Yes that is what I would do. Good wishes

[@richardg8651]

We did the reverse cruise summer of 22, Ft Lauderdale to Quebec City. Fabulous cruise . We loved hanging out at the Terrace pool on deck 14 . Besides weak AC, we were very satisfied. As it was summer school holiday period, there were many multi generational cruisers.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Glad you enjoyed the Caribbean as well! Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@jacknesbitt3365]

Just got off the Caribbean Princess and while the food was good ,it is coming apart and is going into dry dock this fall for repairs. Tiles are missing near the pool. Don’t recommend this ship until it comes out of dry dock.

[@guintama]

Thanks for the review! I’m embarking on a holiday adventure with the Caribbean Princess. Your experience is reassuring that this older ship shall provide an enjoyable voyage!

[@TheChillCruiser]

It's a great ship and crew. Hope you have a great cruise!

[@guintama]

So far, so good! I have not had any "dismal" experiences with the ship's condition or unpleasant smells. Yes, the ship tells her "story" once in a while where there is small evidence of age, but 98% is perfect. Thanks again, @@TheChillCruiser

[@brianbollan7069]

Hey, we did the same cruise Quebec to Fort Lauderdale on the CP. Great ship, great time.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Thanks for watching. I'm glad you had a similar experience!

[@aussiejohn5835]

This is an excellent review and I also like this class of ship. I sailed on Ruby Princess in 2019 for a 32 night transpacific cruise from Vancouver BC to my home port of Sydney Australia. I have also sailed on Majestic Princess and agree with your assessment. I recently sailed on the P&O Australia ship Pacific Adventure which was previously the Golden Princess but unfortunately P&O Australia was very disappointing on every level and the ship was sadly neglected.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Thank you so much for the feedback and for sharing your experiences! That 32 nighter must have been quite the adventure!

[@aussiejohn5835]

@@TheChillCruiser you're very welcome 👍 I would definitely recommend that cruise to anyone 😀

[@cruisingforone]

My favorite Princess ship I have been on. I will sail next Jan 14, 2024 with two more bookings set, one for 2025 and another for 2026.

[@Scotts-CruiseTravel]

Very well done. Thank you. 😊

[@TheChillCruiser]

Thank you for watching and the feedback!

[@brucefrytz8611]

Thank You. The wife and I are sailing on her in 2 weeks, looking forward even more to it after watching this. It looks very nice. It might be a bit "dated" to some, but to this 60-year old it looks just fine. We don't need cutting-edge design, just a nice and comfy bed in a clean room - we don't plan to spend too much of our waking hours there anyway. And after dealing with the zoo on Allure OTS, a smaller ship will be just fine, thank you!

[@TheChillCruiser]

Thank you. Hope you have a great cruise! It’s a fantastic ship.

[@jackmehoffer7819]

Going on the CP on April 27th 2024. I have cruised on all of princesses newest ships the last 3 yrs. I hope I’m not disappointed paying $5000 for a 20 yr old ship.

[@dmobrecht109]

Yes, same here and this will be my first cruise.

[@marit4fl]

Stills on the menus and what specifically as far as foods go are the costs

[@rungee1335]

Great review, but amazing how experiences can vary. Coincidentally we just sailed the Caribbean Princess 16 days in August and the Majestic Princess for 21 days in October. We had the opposite experience and thought the leadership in the Majestic had their act much more together, as the food in the buffet was much much better in quality and selection, and the MDR experience was on a whole other level on the Majestic. The Majestic MDR was quiet with very attentive waiters, who even had the time to sing guitar duets for us most nights. The Caribbean MDR was chaos with people lined up and fighting every night at the Allegro to get tables even though all had reservations. Every night people were assigned a different table. The MDR room was noisy and we had bad service each night even with different waiters. The food came so slowly that after about a week we just gave up and went to the buffet. Their dining MDR “process” just wasn’t working. Numerous complaints to the hosts/managers didn’t help. Also loved having an indoor pool and the free adult Hollywood Conservatory as a quiet retreat on Majestic, although sky walkers on the the top of the Caribbean was also a nice quiet space. Also enjoyed having a full size shower in Majestic, instead of a RV size mini shower in the Caribbean. Bottom line, each has their own pros and cons and we had a great experience on both ships.

[@TheChillCruiser]

Wow - that's incredible how you had the opposite experience on the same ships! There are so many variables at play in terms of itinerary, capacity, demographics, management rotations etc. but it's unfortunate that the experience on Princess ships can be so inconsistent. I'm on the Sky Princess soon so it will be interesting to see how it compares. Thank you for watching and sharing your experience!

[@allisongonzalez5551]

We just disembarked this ship less than a week ago. This ship needs a complete overhaul or be scrapped. Bar service was terrible. Rips in seating, broken table lamps, peeling gold within elevators , buffet was ick. Since 2019, I have been on 10 cruises, 4 different cruise lines and this was definitely the worst, unfortunately. I wouldn’t recommend this ship to anyone in its current condition.

[@deb2qt]

I agree I lost weight on my ten day cruise. Buffet was awful!

[@debbiemartin2026]

ITS SO DISAPPOINTING TO READ THIS. I booked for Christmas week and I didnt want a ship with tons of kids. Never did Princess Before but Ive been disappointed with Royal Caribbean food and I got tired of Celebrity. I will hope its better then,

[@debbiemartin2026]

@@deb2qtwhat was awful? I usually do salads and grilled meat for the buffet. I’m, gluten free so Im limited anyway.

[@JSUKyrks69]

Oh bugger! Just booked a 16 night cruise on this ship. Saving grace is that I never do buffet on any ship. Not a fan of buffets and as folk behave like cattle let loose at feeding time I steer clear. Especially as you see such disgusting behaviour of handling, grabbing, coughing and sneezing over food. Even seen people pick food up with hands, sniff and replace. Not surprised people fall in. But thanks for heads up.

[@debbiemartin2026]

I am disappointed with the balcony room size and all the horrible reviews of this ship. I am not looking to this cruise I just booked.

[@TheChillCruiser]

The rooms are definitely dated but the ship still has a lot going for it. I’ve been on it twice in the last year and enjoyed both cruises. Hopefully it will exceed your expectations…

[@debbiemartin2026]

@@TheChillCruiser the food didn’t get good reviews but thanks. I’m keeping it as its the only cruise during that week (Xmas) that isnt doubled in price Supposedly it’s the cabins that got renovated.

[@debbiemartin2026]

@@TheChillCruiser Did you see the comments on here about how the food is terrible and the ship should be scrapped??

[@TheChillCruiser]

@@debbiemartin2026 yes I have. I do not share that opinion as I have tried to make clear in my 2 videos on the ship.

[@debbiemartin2026]

@@TheChillCruiser OK I hope it is at least good. I found that even on the large RC the menu was basically the same over a 25 year span. And wasnt really any better with the larger ships. I liked the higher rated Celevbrity ships the best-food wise. The Blu restaurant was really good. Seems most new ships are having “segregation” of the rich folks to their own restaurants and their own lounge areas. So they never have to see us “common folks” through their entire stay. I do know that since covid, many are not even going to their offices and working out of their laptops so they can be on a cruise-maybe even deduct a suite? The cruise industry is also growing because so many are migrating from big cities to Florida. Jacking up the home prices and the cruise prices and definitely many more cruisers than ever before. Except my son goes to places like Iceland and hates cruises now. Young professionals are much fancier than cruises. Unless they have to work on them. Believe it or not , 10 years ago we would go on a 4 day cruise through celebrity and get drink packages included for under 400.00!!

[@silviaeaston]

Thank you for sharing the configuration inside of the Ocean View rooms. I've just reserved 2 rooms with the beds on the side walls. I believe they will not be an issue if/when the main bed is separated in two, as twin beds, with the free floor space in the middle instead of to the sides.

[@TheChillCruiser]

I’m glad the video was helpful. That makes a lot of sense with the main bed setup as twins. Hope you enjoy Caribbean Princess!