ThirdPalmTree

What a bunch of Whiners on this thread.

Boo hoo the room was hot. I think there are millions of people freezing in their homes because they can't afford heat.

Boo hoo I had to stand in line to board a cruise ship. There are people standing in line at soup kitchens hoping for a meal.

With so many activities and food choices on these ships it is impossible not to have a good time unless the ship sinks! LOL

Not every vacation can go perfectly. Some are great and some not but at least we are all lucky enough to be able to do things like this.

When we travel we understand that some things won't go our way and do our best to enjoy what we have.

I am sorry your vacation did not live up to your expectations but at least be thankful for the fun experiences you did have on your trip as millions will never get the chance to experience what you did.

Hey Donna (Somehow I doubt Dan would post something like this),

I worked my butt off for over a year to be able to afford to have a suite, it was NOT given to me, nor am I any entitled person. It's the second cruise I've ever taken and my room experience in the St Kitts Suite on C750 on Princess was not acceptable, by any normal person's opinion.

I am not a whiner, but I expect what I paid for, especially the basic necessities: air conditioning in a tropical climate. The shower and TV were minor problems.

Enjoy your cruise.

We were on the same cruise. Princess is the worst ship I have ever been on. No comparison to other cruise lines. I was in cabin A622. Balcony room. Smallest room ever. Cabin was HOT! Multiple requests to fix air....no results. Lack of elevators. Often waited 10 min or longer for elevator. Poor choices for food. One choice ffor buffet. Stay away from Princess. Run!! I have been on Carnival and Rcl. Never again for princess.

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At the Ft. Lauderdale check in, we stood in line in the heat for 3+ hours trying to get to our "preferred full suite" check-in.

Finally got to our suite - Caribe 750, St. Kitts, extreme aft location - the room felt like it was deep winter at an Alaskan retirement home. Nothing but heat, heat, heat, all week. We reported it immediately to our steward, and also asked for a fan. He said he would definitely take care of both items. No fan ever appeared, nor did the air get any cooler.

We went out on the large balcony ONE TIME during the entire cruise. There were two sliding glass doors, on the right side door (closest to the beds) there is also a visual obstruction (part of the ship).

Every day we reported the heat, either to our steward and/or Passenger Services, supposedly it was worked on, but never felt anything like normal cool air until we landed back in Ft. Lauderdale, when it finally felt a bit cool.

This is no exaggeration, we kept the lights off, and our drapes completely tightly closed for all seven days, otherwise, we were drenched in sweat. Each night, we slept with washcloths that had been wet and placed in the mini fridge. Also used cold water bottles, soft drink cans, and ice in a zip lock bag, just to be able to breathe normally.

The shower didn't drain completely and overflowed OVER the raised tile barrier. The shower head was pointed straight at the shower door. Called to report it and someone came, perhaps removed hair from the drain from previous cruises, then snapped the shower head straight down and used some funky tape to keep it that way. After that "repair job," it was difficult to get the entire body wet, so that was no fun trying to wash hair and rinse, etc.

One of our TVs went completely static, we reported it and some guy came up to "fix the remote" - I told him that's not what we said, but he took the remote to "fix it", then saw the static and announced to me "he needed to find someone who could fix the TV." Duh

The first several days were like being in an amusement park ride at night, we were popping up out of our beds from the bumpy ride. I realize this could have been weather related, but I did notice in the ship log that one night we were traveling at almost 220 knots!

There were lines everywhere and everywhere there were lines, it was hot!

We also could not enjoy leaving the ship because we never were cool enough to start with to even think about walking around in the heat, knowing we would come back to our room with no cool air.

Never took any photos of the view from our large balcony, because besides the heat, it was VERY bumpy out there.

We spoke with so many people who said this was their first and last Princess cruise. It was our first Princess cruse, and probably last. Also many previous Princess cruisers who said this was it for them as well.

Also, no one suggested that we maybe could have asked to be moved to a different room WITH AIR. People told me this after the cruise at the airport (where we again had to wait for over three hours to get through security).

The night before we arrived back in Ft. Lauderdale, I spoke with Passenger Services about how unenjoyable the week had been. The clerk who helped me said according to their records, I had only "reported the heat" twice, as if it must not have been THAT much of a problem if I only reported it two times. I told him I reported it every day to our steward. He also didn't have anything logged about the television, and I called Passenger Services directly to report that. The clerk told me it depended on who took the call whether the problem was logged or not!!

The best thing about the suite was the free laundry and pressing of clothes. Other positives were we got 6 canapes each evening, and could order food from the main dining rooms as room service in our room, if we wanted, but it was usually too hot to eat in there. We got one full minibar setup and a bottle of champagne. We also got to eat in Sabatinis one night, which was excellent, and we could eat in Sabatinis for breakfast every day but only tried it once.

Last year we travelled on the NCL Epic to the eastern Caribbean, in a full suite, which was fabulous: Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, excellent temperature control, unrestricted balcony view, private suite dining restaurant, a butler, treated like royalty. Out of 10 points, we would definitely give it a 15. Also the Epic suite was less money than the Princess suite.

I would have to rate this Princess suite experience a 2 out of 10, and the only reason there are even 2 points is because of the laundry service.

After paying so much money for the Princess full suite, we expected a luxurious vacation, instead we could not wait until it was time to leave.

Amazing.

Some of you people are so incredibly snobbish and judgmental.

Worrying about 10% of the ship's population rushing to eat at the same time, or rushing to the casino, or grabbing your pool chair?

What's to stop 80% of the ship's population deciding to all go eat at the same time? Or to gamble?

Karma, people, karma.