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The beach was clean and sandy with no sudden or steep drop offs. I would say the water clarity that particular day was "slight cloudiness - not snorkeling quality". The view of the horizon was obscured because so many inflatable slides, jumps, rafts & etc had been brought out that day.

The pool was totally drained and workers were all over it with repairs. I would imagine getting that pool back in service would be high priority for them. They tried to compensate with free access to the beach toys that are normally at extra cost.

No discount, but they allowed free use of the normally extra cost water toys...if you wanted. We didn't.

Went to Paradise Beach on Oct 4th and was informed upon arrival that the pool was closed due to ongoing repair. They claimed to have sent an email informing about the closure but one was never received. I would have cancelled for a refund if this had been known ahead of time. The experience was OK but we will not be going back.

This is what I heard from management of a large liquor store chain.

I cancelled requesting a full refund. The departure port of San Diego (great place!) was a big reason we booked the Diamond 16 day Hawaii cruise. If I wanted to leave from LA on a lame ship with one less day, I would have booked it in the first place. No way am i leaving thousands of dollars on the books with this outfit. This was to be our first Princess cruise but highly unlike to try them again.

The fine print said refunds should be expected 30 days from submission or 30 days from the (September 8th) deadline to chose - whichever is earlier. I submitted the online form requesting a full refund yesterday. The response said the request was received, but please be patient because of blah, blah, blah. The countdown has started....

No taco bowls on the Vista last week.