Hi I'm Gary Bembridge of Tips for
Travellers, and I'm about to take you on a
tour of a balcony cabin onboard the
Caribbean Princess. The Caribbean
Princess is part of Princess Cruises and it
was originally built in 2004. It had a
big revamp in 2017. There are 1556 cabins
holding 3,100 passengers, but 40% of them
are balcony cabins like the one I'm
going to show you. So let me take you
through the cabin where, as you can see
upon entering, it's a pretty bright room.
One of the things you should note is
that in the revamp the only real change
to the cabins were the beds. The beds
were replaced with special new Princess
beds which are very very comfortable. So
I have it set here as a king-sized bed,
but of course it can be set as a twin
beds. Now it's not a massive room but it's
a good size and the decor, look
and layout is a fairly traditional
cruise ship layout. You have the bed
area then across on the other side you
have a little work desk / dressing table
area. To the right of that is the
television, glasses etc and a minibar
underneath. If you're an Elite
passenger the minibar is actually
stocked complimentary, if you're not an
Elite passenger then you obviously have
to buy your own drink. Being an Elite
passenger comes from being the highest
level there is on the loyalty program.
One of things you should also take a
look at is the television. The
television has a whole mixture of
internal channels, so their own "Wave"
channel with all the announcements
about things that are going on. It also
has a cross section of news channels
from the US the UK and shows movies
throughout the day and into the night. So
now let's go to take a look at the
storage area and the bathroom.
It's an open storage area, so there's no
doors on the cupboards, but there's a lot
of hanging space as you can see here. To
the left of that is some cupboard space
which has a safe as well. The bathroom
is relatively small and it is only a
shower room. So there's a show, there's
a toilet obviously and a basin. Although
it's a premium line, you don't get
brand name toiletries, so the toiletries
are Lotus Spa toiletries. So again taking
a look at the room it's a decent size.
It's quite a nice bright room, fairly
traditional look and feel with those
very comfortable beds. The balcony I
really liked. It's a good sized balcony.
There's two chairs and a table, nice
glass sided balcony. So it's a really good
sized balcony and great obviously for those
nice sunny days sailing in and sailing
out of port - or just relaxing on. A nice
touch is the complimentary tote bag which
everybody on board was given the
Princess Cruises tote bag. Also in the
room every night you get left a daily
program which is called the Princess
Patter, which has the events for
the next day. And also if you're
in port, you get a port guide. So for
example the one here for when we stopped
in Dublin. It is really good and has
maps and suggestions on must-do things
to do, contact details and lots of advice
for finding your way around the city that
you're visiting in. So there you have it
that's the balcony cabin. As I said 40
percent of all the cabins on board the
Caribbean Princess are balcony cabins, so
the bulk of people are going to be
staying in these cabins. There are seven
grades ranging from suites on board the
ship all the way through to inside
cabins, so there's a wide range of choice -
but balcony cabins are the main option.
Now if you want to find out more about
Princess Cruises and also the Caribbean
Princess then watch my other videos
where I do ship tours and also give you
various tips and background on Princess
Cruises,
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