As you can tell if you read the rest of these entries, we enjoyed ourselves very much on this ship. It was very classy, and among the best ships I’ve ever had the pleasure to sail.

There was never a moment where we had no activities available to us. From the Movies Under the Stars to the miniature golf on Deck 19 (yes, 19 decks!), there was always something to do. In fact, after a week, there were still places we had not had a chance to go on the ship.

The disembarkation process was relatively simple and much easier than in years past. In some cases where the customs people would come on board the ship, in Port Everglades, you stop at the customs desk after retrieving your luggage off the ship. This made things so much quicker.

We also took part in the Princess transfer program to the airport. Although we were pretty close to the airport, having the transfer entitled us to priority disembarkation and a nice bus to get us to the terminal. In fact, we got to the airport so quickly that the airline wouldn’t check in our bags for another hour.

Overall, I was extremely pleased with the Crown Princess. It is a remarkable ship, and I look forward to sailing her again. This summer the Crown Princess will sail the Mediterranean.

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UPDATE: I’ve added a bunch of photos to the gallery below…

We decided to go to the beach, but we were sucked in to a movie on the TV — “Terminator: Salvation.” Once the movie ended, we finally got off the ship.

The resort on the island is run by Princess itself. In fact, many of the bartenders and dining staff from the ship were working on the island.

They provided a BBQ buffet on the island, but ironically this meant hot dogs and hamburgers… not actual barbecue.

I took a mountain of pictures. Actually, I filled up my camera’s memory card.

We had a great time in Princess Cays, and I must say that it was probably the highlight of the trip.

In the next day, we will arrive in Fort Lauderdale and disembark the ship.

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The sea day began very lazily for me. We woke up, ate a delicious breakfast in the dining room and planned our day.

There were several activities planned for the sea day, but there was no way we could attend them all. We watched “Transformers 2″ on the Lido Deck and then dominated our second TV theme trivia contest.

That’s right. I watched too much TV as a kid, and we won both contests during the cruise. We also won a movie poster trivia contest as well.

It was formal night, and the menu selection in the DaVinci Dining Room was extraordinary. The entire table ordered lobster except for me. I’m not really a seafood guy.

In the next day, we will arrive at Princess Cays in the Bahamas.

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It was another gloomy day, but it cleared up fairly quickly. The sun came out near noon, and it never went away again!

The port was quite full of cruise ships. We parked next to the Carnival Legend. Also in port were the Navigator of the Seas, Celebrity Equinox, Norwegian Dawn, and Carnival Imagination.

There was also a ship from a German cruise line named Aida. It’s ships have eyes painted on the side and lips on the front of the ship. Very odd.

We did the requisite shopping, of course. We also took a tour that included wall climbing, zip lines and repelling.  Here’s a short video featuring our adventures.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2OvMmYb84M

After the excursion, we returned to the pier and shared some drinks with some new friends.

One of the great things about cruising is meeting new people and making new friends. We met a very nice couple from Vancouver, B.C., and they have been really terrific. I imagine that if we lived in B.C., they would be in our local “circle of trust.”

We will spend our sixth day at sea on our way to Princess Cays, which is a private island in the Bahamas.

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Mahogany Bay was built by the Carnival Corporation for the exclusive use of Carnival and Princess Cruise Line passengers. It features a terrific shopping area with all of your usual shops, and it also features a beach resort reachable by bridge or a chair lift.

The chair lift is very much like a ski lift except that it dumps you on sand instead of snow. However, it was very slow. I presume this was by design as you don’t generally have as many older people getting on ski lifts in Colorado. Or maybe you do. I don’t know having never been to Colorado.

When we arrived, it began to rain a little bit. It wasn’t a heavy rain at all, and it only lasted about an hour. The rest of the day was very pleasant and sunny in parts.

After shopping for a couple of hours, we arrived at the meeting point for our shore excursion. It was an island sightseeing tour, which also took us to an iguana farm. We made a few other stops as well, which included a home an American family built six years earlier.

It had an amazing view of the beaches from atop the hillside it was built into. They were very welcoming and offered our group drinks and allowed us to walk through their beautiful gardens.

In the garden, they had a hummingbird feeder that was swarming with these green hummingbirds. It was a very rich green, and I don’t recall ever seeing a hummingbird that color before. They buzzed around the feeder and had no issues with us being so close to them while they were feeding. I snapped a bunch of photos, but this one was my favorite.

The next day has us heading to Cozumel. The only other time I visited Cozumel was on my first cruise back in 2003. It was the Carnival Fascination. Although it was nice, the Crown Princess is a tremendous upgrade from that very first cruise we took.

I can’t wait to see how much it’s changed since then.

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Our captain made the decision to port us in Spotts Bay, Grand Cayman. It was literally 10 minutes away from George Town by taxi.

We reached the shore via tenders. In this case, the tenders were our life boats, which hold a very large number of people.

Unfortunately, many of the shore excursions were cancelled due to weather, but we were lucky enough to be on an excursion that still operated.

We did an Atlantis submarine expedition. Because of our change in venue, we weren’t able to explore shipwrecks near George Town, but we were able to see some amazing coral and wildlife under the sea.

We descended down to 100 feet below the surface of the water. The sub is certified to go down to 150 feet with passengers, but according to the crew, the sub is quite capable of reaching about 800 feet before they have to worry about the sub crushing under the pressure.

The temperature was colder than expected. It was about 60 degrees, but the high winds made it feel much colder. During the summer months, I expect that the temperature is perfect for snorkeling and scuba diving.

We departed Grand Cayman in the late afternoon on our way over to Roatan, Honduras.

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These are great days for relaxing and participating in the many events scheduled on the ship.

My wife spent a bit of time at the Lotus Spa on Deck 16 while I played cards. We also participated in a TV Theme Trivia event. It turns out that I spent a lot of time watching TV as a kid because my team tied for first place. We only missed one theme song.

I mentioned that we were going to head to the Crown Grill in yesterday’s post, so I won’t dwell too much on this except to say that the food was unbelievably good. It rivals the best steakhouses in America, but the prices are extremely reasonable. In fact, it was only a $25 cover charge, and you could order whatever you wanted from the menu in whatever quantities. Want a filet, a ribeye and a lobster? No problem.

As if the dinner weren’t enough, we spent an evening watching a “Movie Under the Stars.” The photo here doesn’t do it justice, but the experience was terrific. We lounged on deck chairs with a couple of blankets and watched “Star Trek” on this big LED screen.

We woke up this morning ready to enjoy Day 3 in George Town, Grand Cayman.

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No matter how much time you spend looking at deck plans, sometimes you just have to go exploring to find things. I found the poker table.

I truly enjoy a good poker game. I haven’t had the opportunity to play much poker recently. In fact, I think the last game I played may have been in March 2009.

Crown Princess, along with many other Princess ships, feature something called “Poker Pro.” It’s essentially an electronic poker table. It serves as the dealer and manages the entire game for its players. Although the system supports multiple tables and a wide variety of games, Crown Princess only has one table playing a single no-limit game.

Tonight is formal night, and my wife and I made reservations at the Crown Grill, a specialty restaurant on board the Crown Princess. The food here is amazing, and I’m looking forward to stuffing my face with a giant piece of steak.

Later, we will be watching a “Movies Under the Stars” presentation of “Star Trek.” Not the one with the whales or the one where God asks for a starship, but the one from Summer 2009 with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. There’s a giant screen up on the Lido deck. Movies under the stars… get it?

More stories and pictures to come!

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While I was deployed to Iraq, my wife and I decided that we were going to celebrate my return by taking some time off to enjoy the Caribbean.

So, we will be enjoying our cruise to Grand Cayman, Honduras, Mexico and the Bahamas. Throughout our journey, we will be posting blogs here and Twittering our adventures.

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(Photo courtesy Princess Cruise Lines)