Emerald Princess Cruise Blog with TONS of photos, videos! Caribbean 10-Day Jan 18-28

Hi everyone! We just got back from our cruise aboard the Emerald Princess from January 18-28, 2014 and I've started to write about it on our cruise blog called Justin Plus Lauren - it's where I blog about all of our trips! We have so many photos and videos, plus many stories to tell from our cruise. It would be awesome if you would like to check it out. I gather so much information and travel tips from these forums, so it is my pleasure to share everything back with the Cruise Critic community from our vacation. :)

Please also if you have any questions about the Emerald or any Princess questions in general, feel free to ask them here and I would be happy to try my best to answer them!

It will take me a long while to post everything since we have 11 days worth of pictures, journal entries and video to sort through, so bare with me! I'll try my best to get everything posted as soon as possible and will post here when I have new entries.

The first blog entry is about our flight from Toronto to Florida, waking up bright and early to embark on our adventure!

http://justinpluslauren.com/caribbean-cruise-flying-to-fort-lauderdale-fl-pre-cruise/

Thanks for posting. Enjoyed the read so far. Can't wait to hear about the Emerald.

Thanks for posting. Enjoyed the read so far. Can't wait to hear about the Emerald.

Thanks! Yes, the Emerald stuff is soon to come - just gotta get thru the pre-cruise hotel stay first :) We enjoyed the hotel stay but of course, the trip was all about the cruise :D

I've posted the second blog post! It is all about our pre-cruise stay at our hotel in Fort Lauderdale - Cambria Suites. If you're thinking about staying overnight before (or after!) cruising in Ft. Lauderdale, I've posted a review of this hotel (we loved it there!). Hope everyone enjoys! Will be getting to the posts about the actual cruise very soon!

Thanks for the blog! Totally enjoying reading and seeing the pictures. Please continue on your wonderful adventure!:)

Thanks for the blog! Totally enjoying reading and seeing the pictures. Please continue on your wonderful adventure!:)

Thank you so much!! We had a blast - I'm having a lot of fun so far re-living the trip, too! So much more to come!

I love IT!!!!!!!!!!!! We will be on the Emerald in March. :D

Thank you so much!! We had a blast - I'm having a lot of fun so far re-living the trip, too! So much more to come!

We were on the same sailing and had a wonderful time. Looking forward to reading your blog on the cruise itself:):)

Me too. We board on Feb 7th.

Hi everyone! We just got back from our cruise aboard the Emerald Princess from January 18-28, 2014 and I've started to write about it on our cruise blog called Justin Plus Lauren - it's where I blog about all of our trips! We have so many photos and videos, plus many stories to tell from our cruise. It would be awesome if you would like to check it out. I gather so much information and travel tips from these forums, so it is my pleasure to share everything back with the Cruise Critic community from our vacation. :)

 

Please also if you have any questions about the Emerald or any Princess questions in general, feel free to ask them here and I would be happy to try my best to answer them!

 

It will take me a long while to post everything since we have 11 days worth of pictures, journal entries and video to sort through, so bare with me! I'll try my best to get everything posted as soon as possible and will post here when I have new entries.

 

The first blog entry is about our flight from Toronto to Florida, waking up bright and early to embark on our adventure!

 

http://justinpluslauren.com/caribbean-cruise-flying-to-fort-lauderdale-fl-pre-cruise/

Wowwwww. It looks good. I will think about it.

Thanks everyone!

Here's a brand new blog post, and the last pre-cruise one before boarding the Emerald! We ate a restaurant called Sublime in Fort Lauderdale and it was amazing!

http://justinpluslauren.com/caribbean-cruise-sublime-restaurant-fort-lauderdale/

Next blog posts will be all about boarding the ship and embarking on our 10 day adventure aboard the Emerald!

Looking forward to it, thanks! :)

 

Next blog posts will be all about boarding the ship and embarking on our 10 day adventure aboard the Emerald!

Looking forward to your blog so I can relive the cruise. Home only 4 days and already going thru withdrawal:D:D.

We were on the same cruise as well as on the Bonaire Snorkeling excursion together...awesome experience. Brian & Ann.

Thanks everyone!

 

Here's a brand new blog post, and the last pre-cruise one before boarding the Emerald! We ate a restaurant called Sublime in Fort Lauderdale and it was amazing!

 

http://justinpluslauren.com/caribbean-cruise-sublime-restaurant-fort-lauderdale/

 

Next blog posts will be all about boarding the ship and embarking on our 10 day adventure aboard the Emerald!

We board the Emerald in March for Eastern Caribbean (our first cruise)... Looking forward to your blog.

We were on the same cruise as well as on the Bonaire Snorkeling excursion together...awesome experience. Brian & Ann.

Yes it was!!! Can't wait to write about that day.

I've had to work long hours this weekend including Monday (2pm - 2am ugh!) So I won't be blogging again until Tuesday. Can't wait to start up again then!

Thanks everyone so far for reading, wish we were still on board!

Alrighty....the first blog post of the actual cruise has been posted! All Aboard the Emerald Princess! Getting on board was a breeze and before we knew it, we were in our cabin -an aft cabin on the Riviera deck, R709.

http://justinpluslauren.com/caribbean-cruise-aboard-emerald-princess-embarkation-day-fort-lauderdale-fl/

Coming up....sailaway party and our first night on board!

Also, a quick note - if you're wanting to follow along and don't want to miss a post, on the blog itself on the right hand column, you can write your email address in to subscribe to the blog! There are also links to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram on there, too! Would love to "friend" you on those platforms, too! :)

Hey Lauren! Following along on your blog and enjoying the review! Great pictures!

Just wanted to say hi!

loving your blog! we are sailing on Emerald in April.

Hey Lauren! Following along on your blog and enjoying the review! Great pictures!

 

Just wanted to say hi!

Tyler!!! Hello how are you doing! Thanks for reading along :) hope you're doing well these days!

loving your blog! we are sailing on Emerald in April.

Thank you so much, you will love the Emerald, she's a fantastic ship!

Loving this blog. Your pictures are great. So inviting on this below zero day here in the Mile High City. :)

I'm going through more photos today and it is keeping me warm on this chilly day! Thankfully I have the day off work but Justin had to go in....there is a big snowstorm today in the Toronto area and all I can see out the window is snow blowing around. Brrrr! Stay warm!

I'm from Cambridge, Ontario and we have a storm too. I am so sick of snow!!! Emerald, take me away, I'm done with snow!!!

We are going on the Emerald in May, this will be our first cruise, so really looking forward to reading your blogs.

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