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jacketwatch

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    Suburb of Chicago
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    Travel, golf, history, cooking
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Caribbean

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  1. We start out of SF actually. We have been awarded to the USS, Missouri and Honolulu. We live near Chicago and have been to the museum of science and industry where they have the captured World War II German submarine do U 505. That’s incredible just to be on that thing and see how those poor guys had to endure such cramped and basically unhygienic and filthy conditions.
  2. We’ve seen the USS Yorktown in Patriots Point, Charleston, SC. My uncle served on it in WW II.
  3. Wow! That sounds wonderful. I assume the Midway museum is actually a ship? Is this correct? I would love to be able to go on it if so. my uncle served in the Navy in World War II and we were able to go on the USS Yorktown, which is in Charleston South Carolina, at Patriots point. Thank you again for some great ideas!
  4. Thank you for the replies. It’s no wonder I couldn’t find much in the way of private tour guys for these ports. I did look at Viator who we used for our Iceland cruise a couple years ago but this time I found their prices really high. I did see one excursion offered by the ship for Los Angeles, which I think it’s pretty good for us. We go to the place where they have the walk of fame and we have two hours to walk around so I think I like that. If we can just stroll into town in San Diego and Santa Barbara, that may be good enough. I don’t think our friends who are going with us. Want to be energetic about this. My friend does have Parkinson’s and he can’t get around. It’s not that easy for him. We definitely are going to take a ships tour in Ensenada, though we haven’t decided which one yet. Again, thank you for the replies. Larry
  5. Hello. We will be doing a cruise of the California coast in April. We have stops in San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ensenada Mexico. Specifically for the US ports, will there be tour guides or private tour people available once we get off the ship like they usually are for just about everywhere else? we usually prefer just to get off when we feel like and wing it. I haven’t been able to find anything such available, but I would imagine there should be. What is your experience with getting off in these ports and meeting people to sell you tours? Thank you. Larry
  6. Actually, two cruise planners gave me the information about free dining at the buffet only. Yes two. it was the person at the 800 number or general number who gave me the right information. Well, I just don’t know how people are trained anymore.
  7. I should’ve come here first. 😂 You know, it’s utterly amazing that you can get incorrect information like what I got from at least three different people from Princess and get the correct information here. thank you again!
  8. I actually found on the app and I can make reservations for the main dining room so I called the cruise planner back and I said please double check. He had said he talk to visor and I said talk to another one! he did that and then he confirmed the main dining room. The funny thing is I talked to another cruise planner, and she said the same thing as he did. I have no idea what they’re doing. I called the main 800 number and the cruise planner number and was told that yes I can go to the main dining room and in fact she tried to help me make reservations for those venues. we can only use pizza twice for our casual dining. Is it true that we can only have pizza twice without paying for it? Thank you again very much!
  9. I was just informed by my cruise planner and other cruise planners that the only available dining for us on our cruise in April out of San Francisco is in the horizon buffet. They were telling me that everything else is extra. We have the Princess plus package which includes Wi-Fi, a beverage, package and gratuities. It also includes dining at two casual restaurants. Do you mean to tell me that you cannot go to anyone of the other main dining venues anymore? Thank you
  10. Hello; we are a party of six who will be cruising out of Reykjavik in June with stops in tree ports in Iceland, Isafjordur, Akureyri and Sefdisfjordur. Usually tour operators are in ports but can anyone confirm if thius is true for these ports? Thank you Larry
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