Chose this cruise as it worked with our travel plans for larger vacation and took advantage of end of year offer as had cruised on Princess before.

We drove to cruise terminal and parked as had driven to Florida from NY with stops along the way in Washington, DC and Charleston and norther Florida and Southern Florida. Easy to park in garage but there is construction work in terminal area so you need to plan to allow time for that. Signage could be better in Port but we figured out where to go.

Had not scanned passports into Medallion prior to leaving as had no idea how to accomplish this and Princess never sent information plus would not have received before we left anyway. Took all of five minutes. Only about 50% of people arriving same time as us had done what needed for medallions, some never had heard anything about it. There were plenty of Princess people in terminal and when we boarded telling you about events to learn how to use Medallion but not clear to most people that you needed internet package to use. Plus you were given a printed card indicating either anytime or traditional dining and which dining rooms were designated. You needed to bring at least for the first 2 days. Read more