Itchy&Scratchy

I've read on this forum that umbrellas for a fee were added only recently. I would gladly pay for them, since shade is very hard to find on Princess Cays. It's very nice of RCI to provide them for free on Cococay...

we find them to be a must, since our kid sliced his foot open on a hidden rock on the beach. I've suffered several cuts as well.

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I just turned 50, and believe me, newer Princess ships provide plenty of Wow for our entire family. My 13 yo's favorite line is Princess. For example, Enchanted is a fantastic ship, and we are really looking forward to sailing on her again next month and then next year.

This will be our second time in Belize, but the first time with both our kid (who didn't even exist during our first time in Belize) and my parents. I would love to go cave tubing again - it was a lot of fun, but my dad can barely walk, so a 40 minute walk would be impossible.... I'd leave him on the ship and take my mom with us (she is in better physical shape than I am), but I am sure she is not going to want to leave him on the ship alone. I probably wouldn't want to leave both of them on the ship alone either, although my mom tells me it's fine.... Which brings me to the next question - is there a nice beach not too far away (umbrellas or palapas are a must) that we could take a taxi to? How much would a taxi be for 5 people? Is it relatively safe to venture out on our own? I searched this board for any info on beaches and came up with pretty much nada.

and around here it's usually last week of March - first week of April. And my BFF's Chicago school's spring break was March 23-30. Interestingly enough, this year there were 500+ kids on Celebrity Reflection on the sailing during the last week of March, and only 200 or so during Easter week when we sailed during our spring break.

It would be fair to say that in November, the water at Playa Palancar beach was definitely as crystal clear and aquamarine colored as it is in your photos.

Princess keeps those cabins for 3 people. It's not a game.... Celebrity is even worse at it. They charge more than double for a solo passenger, and recently they insisted on moving me to an inferior cabin because I have 3 people instead of 4, even though their website allowed me to book a cabin for 4 with only 3 people on the reservation. It's not limited to Princess and it's not really a game.

why? It is my personal opinion. What's to hate about it? You may have a different opinion of Caribbean Princess after you sail, but it doesn't cancel out mine. I give praise when praise is due and I do mention the bad and the ugly alongside the praise. The crew on CB was the best, but the ship itself was underwhelming and dirty. All opinions are subjective, of course.

we sailed on Caribbean Princess once - in 2016. I know it was refurbed after that, but even back then it was old, tired and dirty. We will not sail on her again... I'd go Royal class and younger (Royal Princess, Regal Princess, Enchanted, Discovery, etc.) Also, March is the time for spring break in some states. There will be lots of kids, if that's something you want to avoid. so are we, but still.

here is my review of the airtag wrist bands I bought on amazon: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2897524-enchanted-thanksgiving-2022-southern-caribbean-review-with-patters-menus-and-pics-of-food/#comment-64399784 Basically, my DH and I had to have it on the last hole, but my DH hates anything tight on this body (socks, shoes, clothing, wrist band), so even though his wrists are smaller than my fluffy ones, I found the wrist band comfy, while he thought it was too tight. Also, read the reviews on amazon - they will tell you whether the wrist band is too tight.

Surprisingly, I do not like Princess' escargot's butter flavor. Too many spices. However, I couldn't get enough of it on Reflection - simple yet delicious. X Princess And you simply cannot go wrong with nutella crepes served during dinner buffet on Enchanted. ETA We love the Medallion system.

It appears, though, that OP thinks X doesn't have plastic glasses in the buffet...

we've just sailed on X with $300 of non-refundable OBC from X. All of it was applied to gratuities (total of $432) and a purchase of wifi for 1 day ($37). The rest of charged to my credit card.

Reflection has plastic glasses in the buffet. As far as I know it's normal.