If you’re pretty much anywhere in North America, you wouldn’t
know it by looking out your window but spring is coming. It’s just having a
hard time poking through the many feet of snow. With spring, the high season of
cruising begins to make its way towards the door and the great pricing starts
to enter.
Princess Cruises has announced some flash pricing rates and
you have some time and flexibility to find your right cruise. Their seven night
Western Caribbean cruises out of Houston, Texas, onboard the Caribbean Princess
have been reduced to as low as $349 per person for an inside stateroom, based
on double occupancy. The great thing is that the rate applies to the April 5,
April 12 and April 19 sailings in 2014.
The Cruise
Choose your Saturday in April (except the 26th...)
and it’s the same great price to get on the Caribbean Princess. The ship
embarks from Houston at 4pm on a Saturday and makes three port calls in the
Western Caribbean before returning home to Houston at 7am the following
Saturday.
The first stop for Caribbean Princess is on Monday at the
tropical island of Cozumel off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
The ship is docked here from 8am until 6pm. The following day brings another
island, this one belonging to Honduras. On Tuesday, Caribbean Princess docks at
Roatan, the island belonging to Honduras. She is in port from 9am until 6pm.
Wednesday brings the only mainland port of call. The ship
arrives at Belize City in Belize at 7am and departs at 5pm. The three port days
are sandwiched by one full day at sea, crossing the Gulf of Mexico, at the
start and two full days on the return trip from Belize.
The Price
An inside stateroom onboard the Caribbean Princess for any
of these three sailings can be had for as low as $349 per person, based on double
occupancy. Adding in the $75 per person in government fees and taxes, the total
for two would be $848.
Other levels of stateroom on the ship are quite reasonable.
An outside cabin without a view starts at $379 per person. $499 per person will
get you an ocean view while $649 per person gets a balcony included. Even some
suites can be had for as low as $849 per person. Of course, these prices are
also based on double occupancy and the same $75 per person in taxes applies.
Princess doesn’t offer a military discount for these cruises
but they do offer an excellent perk. Current and former members of the Canadian
and U.S. armed forces receive an onboard credit of $100 per person, regardless
of the level of stateroom.
The Ship
Caribbean Princess is a Grand Class ship built by
Fincantieri on the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea in Italy. She made her
maiden voyage in April of 2004. This is a large ship with a gross tonnage of
112,894. The Caribbean is 290 metres or 951 feet in length and has 15 decks
accessible to passengers. The ship has a capacity of 3,080 guests and typically
has around 1,200 crew members onboard.
These three dates are pretty much the last to enjoy this
itinerary out of Houston. After April 26, the ship repositions to Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida. For the rest of 2014, Caribbean Princess will alternate between
Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises out of her new home port of Port
Everglades.
The Small Print
·Because of the nature of last minute deals, the pricing printed here is fleeting and could change at any time.
·Prices are in Canadian dollars.
·Most meals are included in a typical cruise price but DRINKS ARE NOT!
·Also not included are gratuities.
·Cruise pricing does not include air fare, ground transfers and hotel accommodations before and after the cruise.
