Caribbean Princess has sailed luxurious American style cruise holidays to the Caribbean Islands with Princess Cruises since she entered service in 2004. After a multi-million dollar refurbishment, she now sails with an enhanced onboard experience complete with touches of luxury, extensive dining choices, and new family adventures.
Highlights of Caribbean Princess’ exciting refurbishment include an astounding seven additional dining venues, 87 connecting staterooms for families, plus updated kids and teen centres. She is also the first in the fleet to have had Princess Cruises' bespoke onboard technology - the Ocean Medallion - installed. This brilliant piece of equipment is only as big as a ten pence piece, and is designed to be worn by guests in the form of a pendant, bracelet, clip, or can simply be kept safe in a bag or pocket. The Ocean Medallion has a multitude of uses, for instance, access to your stateroom, quick and easy embarkation/disembarkation, order drinks, and taking part in games across the ship.
Staterooms are varied and provide an array of layouts and facilities. Find onboard Princess Luxury Beds, which have been designed by science and beauty experts to provide absolute comfort for the perfect night's sleep. Grand suites consist of a Queen sized bed, separate sitting room, dining area, walk-in closet, bathroom equipped with whirlpool jets, and a spacious balcony. Other configurations include a family suite, consisting of two self-contained staterooms, mini-suites, doubles and interior suites. All staterooms are finished to a high standard and provided a good range of facilities.
Caribbean Princess offers a great selection of fly cruise Caribbean holidays, along with many of her sister ships.
Princess Cruises' various dining styles allow you the flexibility to choose when you dine and how. For example, with Traditional Dining you are invited to eat at set times within the plush surroundings of the Island Dining Room. Alternatively, choose Anytime Dining which is offered by the Coral Dining Room and the Island Dining Room. This latter option means that you are not tied to set meal times or venues, leaving you free to grab a bite to eat whenever you’re ready.
Whether you fancy some traditional Italian cooking or a big juicy steak, Princess Cruises' speciality dining has you covered. Be delighted by the award-winning Italian cuisine in Sabatini’s Italian Trattoria, with dishes of unique antipasti and expertly crafted handmade pasta. Plus, be sure to find an evening to enjoy family-style planks of loaded ribs at Planks BBQ, unfussy easy food at The Salty Dog Grill, mouth-watering pizza from Slice, and succulent seafood selections at Steamers Seafood. These venues offer relaxed evening dining and a superb level of service.
After dinner, or whenever you need a pick me up, head to Coffee and Cones for speciality brewed coffee and gourmet ice cream sandwiches. On top of all this choice, there is an impressive, complimentary room service menu which is available 24-hours a day.
After enjoying the stunning array of food on offer, relax and be entertained by seasoned performers acting out Broadway-style theatre productions, lounge acts, and much more. Movies Under the Stars outdoor theatre is Princess Cruises' huge outdoor movie experience where you are free to recline on pool chairs and enjoy top Hollywood releases, as well as some movie classics. Feeling lucky? Then head over to the Grand Casino where the atmosphere of Vegas awaits. If you fancy dancing the night away, Skywalkers Nightclub is the place to be seen. Providing an array of musical styles, this lounge sits 15 decks above the sea, offering perfect views whilst you dance the night away. For a more laid back end to your evening indulge in the cosy spaces within Wheelhouse Bar, Churchill Lounge or the Crooner Bar where you are invited to sip cocktails and engage in conversation with your fellow passengers.
The onboard entertainment venues are:Caribbean Princess is well suited to accommodate family cruises and they offer three different kids clubs for ages 3 - 17 in their fantastic Camp Discovery program. Having teamed up with the Discovery Channel, many of the activities at these clubs are designed for learning as well as having fun. They include activities like science experiments, talent shows, mini-golf tournaments, and stargazing. Staffed by trained counsellors, you can be sure that whether your little ones are dining, painting, singing, laughing or dancing they are having a whale of a time in great surroundings.
Families will also love the Reef Family Splash Zone. This thrilling fun centre boasts a water playpark with a splash pool, multiple showers and shooting water, and a fun aqua whale structure. Also in The Reef is an exciting game zone, which boasts classic games like giant Jenga and Connect 4, as well as a friendly bar serving cocktails and mocktails.
For a more tranquil few hours poolside, there is also a swimming pool and jacuzzi, with plenty of comfortable seating around including tables and chairs as well as sun loungers.
With so many of today's cruisers wanting to take care of their health and fitness on holiday, Princess Cruises have ensured that Caribbean Princess offers plenty of wellness options. As well as four freshwater pools and seven relaxing whirlpools, guests are invited to use the jogging track and state-of-the-art fitness centre. This boasts professional staff, weight and aerobic conditioning equipment, sauna, solarium, steam rooms and classes ranging from aerobics to Pilates and kick-boxing. Alternatively, for some less strenuous activity why not try your hand at the golf simulator, or on the 9-hole putting course?
As well as getting the blood pumping with a workout, it's important to relax your mind and body during your holiday. Take care of this side of things at the full-service Lotus Spa and Beauty Salon, which offers traditional hairdressing, beauty services, massages, sensuous wraps, hydro and aromatherapies. The Lotus Spa® is a serene space where you can enjoy many therapies and beauty treatments.
You’ll find many activities onboard Caribbean Princess that are designed to stimulate, educate, entertain and inspire.
Onboard Caribbean Princess the dress code varies from smart casual to elegantly formal. Your cruise will feature some formal nights, with more information in your pre-cruise documents, where smart suits or black tie is expected for men and cocktail dresses or maxi dresses are suitable for women. During the informal evenings smart casual attire is expected in the dining rooms and restaurants, consisting of blazer or sports jacket for men and elegant, yet casual dress for women.
22 Sep 2019
Ship was very nicely laid out and clean. Staff were friendly and helpful. Food was OK in buffet could have been more choice over the 10 days I was on the ship.but there are other restaurants. The theatre was not big enough for everyone to see the shows despite the two sittings. A good holiday was had though.
30 May 2019
We are Platinum Princess passengers set to sail out of Port Everglades on July 27 for 13 nights. Listed in the line up of activities aboard is Laundry. Does that mean Laundry service available or are there coin operated washers and dryers for passenger use? This is important as it determines how much clothing we need to pack.
30 Apr 2019
went on the Caribbean princess march 2019 with my sisters and we had a fantastic time on the cruise, the staff were brilliant, the entertainment was next to nothing, especially the group called symphonee they were the highlight of the cruise,
10 Mar 2019
My husband and I are devoted Princess fans and this cruise has just cemented that opinion. It was our first time on the Caribbean Princess, and the first time on a Medallion Class ship. There were teething problems with the Medallion equipment but we are confident they will get the kinks ironed out shortly. We loved the new places we visited, particularly Honduras, Belize, Grand Turk and Puerto Rico. We are already looking forward to our next cruise later this year on the Sapphire.
15 Jan 2019
Disappointed with cabin allocated, it was on Riviera deck aft, this was chosen by the cruise company. Lot of propeller vibration and swaying and ship movement even though it was fairly calm. Good location for eating but miles to walk for anything else. The ship was clean and friendly and very well represented by crew. I'm not snobish and not into too formal nights but these were very low key, felt sorry for those passengers who like dressing up, some passengers even wore tee shirt and shorts on these nights.
Show more18 Dec 2018
This ship and its staff are excellent. The cruise director went out of his way to make it extra enjoyable. We could not fault the food, it’s always good on princess ships but this was exceptional. Modern trends in food were there as well as all the usual favourites. Both the fixed dining and self service food very good quality. The entertainment organised was exceptional.We had a wonderful holiday lovely ports of call. We also had a lovely cabin with a very comfortable bed.
08 Dec 2018
Our first issue was when we got to the airport and was told that we had no luggage allowance paid for. We had queried our flights on at least two occasions on telephone calls but was not told about our NO LUGGAGE ALLOWANCE before we left. We had to pay cash for 2 hold bags on both the outward and inward journies - we have copies of the receipts for these payments which amounted to approx 180 GBP. We have complained to your company about this and expect to receive reimbursement. The Cruise There were lots of stops which was good. However because the ship left at 4.30pm on most stops there was limited time ashore to both explore and go to the beach. So we usually chose to go to the beach by getting a taxi. THE EXCURSIONS PRINCESS OFFERED WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. COSTS The drinks package was too expensive and limited anyway to 15 drinks a day. We just bought our own - which were also expensive. MENU Was very repetitive. Speciality restaurant s - we tried two - were not as good as the Marketplace - general café.
Show more03 Dec 2018
Very disappointed!
04 Nov 2018
Ship and crew were great just as we expected only disappointment was the shows of an evening in the Princess Theatre these were not up to the normal standard that we were used to on pervious Princess ships. Se expected better as there would be a lot of Americians on boars (2000)
16 Oct 2018
Following our first cruise with Princess, My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. From the seamless booking experience to the cleanliness of the ship and friendly crew. The food was excellent, the waiting staff very polite and efficient. My only negatives are on departure day, we were kicked off the ship at 09.00 when we had an evening flight home at 20.40 ! I realise they only have a short window to offload the passengers and embark new passengers but if it wasn’t for the fact that I’d booked a departure day tour of Miami we would have been in the airport almost 12 hrs before a 8 hr flight then a 1 hr transfer flight. Also, being the first time on an ‘American ‘ ship, we were expecting more Broadway type entertainment on the main stage. Instead we had 2 ‘comedians!’ In a loose term, an hypnotist and some solo artists. Slightly disappointing. This just took the edge off the experience, having been on P&o and Thomson we know what we enjoyed better.
Show more24 Sep 2018
Excellent service from start to finish, beautiful ship had an amazing time. Although our itinerary changed due to wether we still visited some lovely places Nina
14 Aug 2016
I attended Tommy McPhee as he entertained in the Crooners lounge and I must say he is an amazing entertainer. God has blessed him with a wonderful gift of musical talent. I am so glad I was able to experience such talent in a young man. May he always be blessed in all his endeavors.