We sailed our second time on the Coral Princess and it has now become our favorite ship. Our first time was
for our 30th anniversary in 2014, and it was also the partial transit. We had a 7-day cruise booked for this month
for our anniversary on the Emerald, but after the five day cruise we took this past November, we decided it was
not the ship for us. The timing worked out well as when we booked it, there was still a couple of mini-suites left.
On Christmas Day, a full suite came back into inventory and I wanted to surprise my bride, so booked it online
and hoped I could get a hold of our travel agent the day after Christmas, and keep it a secret. She was working
& we got it all taken care of quickly. I really didn't want the 1/2 covered balcony on the Carib deck, however it
was still a suite and that was more important. I kept checking every day for 5 more weeks, in hopes another
one would be available on Dolphin, and a few days before we sailed, D631 was back in inventory. A quick
call to the travel agent and we were moved over in a few minutes.
As the time got closer, I kept trying to decide on transfers from the airport to the port. I finally decided to just
get a private car to transfer us and arranged that the day before we departed for Ft. Lauderdale. They said the only car they had available,
due to the convention in town was a stretch Limo, and
they would be sending that to pick us up at no extra charge. That was fine by me as a nice way to start the
trip, and still another surprise for my beloved Sweetheart. The driver met us at baggage claim, and took us
out to the limo, and she was surprised. It's not the first time we have been in a limo; she was just not
expecting it. I think by the time the back end of the limo left the airport parking garage, the front end was
entering Port Everglades, or so it seemed. It was a fun ride over and a nice upgrade.
The plan was to get her all the way to the room before she found out, and almost made it until we went to
the Elite/Suite waiting lounge and the jig was up. We are not Elite and finally had to tell them them why we
were in the line. The attendant kept asking everyone in line if we had a black card, and finally had to remind
him that it was also for suite passengers. She started asking and then she got her other surprise. So there
we were, setting off on a 10-day adventure in a full suite, and ready to get on board.
The suite was really nice and I will try and give a lot of details and pictures for those who may be interested.
We sailed in an AFT suite on the Emerald back in November, so was already familiar with the benefits, etc.
We were really looking forward to Sabatini's breakfast each morning too. I also have MDR menus & patters
that I will scan and upload as I can get the time. With a 10 day trip, that's 80-100 scans, plus I have the bar
menu's from Crooner's as talked the servers into getting a copy of those.
This is will be a picture intensive thread (at least that is the plan).
When you first open the door, you are walking into the living room area with the love seat & chair. One of the
two entrances to the bathroom is immediately on your right.
Z1 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr
This is the bedroom side of the suite with the dressing table and the other entrance to the bathroom. You have two
sliding doors onto the balcony.
Z2 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr
This works out well if traveling with kids or one person is up at different times of the day/night. The curtains that
divided the two sections are thick, and block out most of the light. There are two heating/AC units and each side of the room has it's own thermostat.
Z3 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr
Here is the view from the balcony door, looking back at the entrance. You have a wet bar sink, one of two TV's,
and the refrigerator in the cabinet below the TV. Complete with Love Boat reruns :)
Z5 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr
From the bedroom side, you have the entrance to the bathroom thru the door on the left, and the closet is behind
the other door.
Z4 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr
We sailed our second time on the Coral Princess and it has now become our favorite ship. Our first time was for our 30th anniversary in 2014, and it was also the partial transit. We had a 7-day cruise booked for this month for our anniversary on the Emerald, but after the five day cruise we took this past November, we decided it was not the ship for us. The timing worked out well as when we booked it, there was still a couple of mini-suites left. On Christmas Day, a full suite came back into inventory and I wanted to surprise my bride, so booked it online and hoped I could get a hold of our travel agent the day after Christmas, and keep it a secret. She was working & we got it all taken care of quickly. I really didn't want the 1/2 covered balcony on the Carib deck, however it was still a suite and that was more important. I kept checking every day for 5 more weeks, in hopes another one would be available on Dolphin, and a few days before we sailed, D631 was back in inventory. A quick call to the travel agent and we were moved over in a few minutes. As the time got closer, I kept trying to decide on transfers from the airport to the port. I finally decided to just get a private car to transfer us and arranged that the day before we departed for Ft. Lauderdale. They said the only car they had available, due to the convention in town was a stretch Limo, and they would be sending that to pick us up at no extra charge. That was fine by me as a nice way to start the trip, and still another surprise for my beloved Sweetheart. The driver met us at baggage claim, and took us out to the limo, and she was surprised. It's not the first time we have been in a limo; she was just not expecting it. I think by the time the back end of the limo left the airport parking garage, the front end was entering Port Everglades, or so it seemed. It was a fun ride over and a nice upgrade. The plan was to get her all the way to the room before she found out, and almost made it until we went to the Elite/Suite waiting lounge and the jig was up. We are not Elite and finally had to tell them them why we were in the line. The attendant kept asking everyone in line if we had a black card, and finally had to remind him that it was also for suite passengers. She started asking and then she got her other surprise. So there we were, setting off on a 10-day adventure in a full suite, and ready to get on board. The suite was really nice and I will try and give a lot of details and pictures for those who may be interested. We sailed in an AFT suite on the Emerald back in November, so was already familiar with the benefits, etc. We were really looking forward to Sabatini's breakfast each morning too. I also have MDR menus & patters that I will scan and upload as I can get the time. With a 10 day trip, that's 80-100 scans, plus I have the bar menu's from Crooner's as talked the servers into getting a copy of those. This is will be a picture intensive thread (at least that is the plan). When you first open the door, you are walking into the living room area with the love seat & chair. One of the two entrances to the bathroom is immediately on your right. Z1 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr This is the bedroom side of the suite with the dressing table and the other entrance to the bathroom. You have two sliding doors onto the balcony. Z2 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr This works out well if traveling with kids or one person is up at different times of the day/night. The curtains that divided the two sections are thick, and block out most of the light. There are two heating/AC units and each side of the room has it's own thermostat. Z3 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr Here is the view from the balcony door, looking back at the entrance. You have a wet bar sink, one of two TV's, and the refrigerator in the cabinet below the TV. Complete with Love Boat reruns :) Z5 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr From the bedroom side, you have the entrance to the bathroom thru the door on the left, and the closet is behind the other door. Z4 by Cool Runnings, on Flickr