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What brand of tea bags are in the buffet?  Trying to decide if I need to bring Twining.

 Thank you

We had an uncovered balcony in late September and it was almost unusable for me.  I can’t tolerate direct sunlight. I’m not a vampire, lol.

It also made the stateroom hot. 

We loved our Alaska cruise on the Coral Princess last year.  Have never done NCL. 

I had acupuncture that actually hurt. I canceled the rest of my package. I had had it previously and it was fine.

I may try the scrub. 

7 days until we leave for Copenhagen. 10 until cruise. Eek! Coming fast. 

We love the Coral, too.  Have been on her through the Panama Canal and in Alaska. 

Sorry your our daughter is having trouble. 

We were able to get ‘Ocean Ready’ thanks to help here! 

I would always recommend the longer cruise, even though it misses your actual birthday. 

Oh a Christmas cruise is an exciting first cruise!  We loved the Christmas cruise we took. 

53 until we leave for Copenhagen and our Baltic cruise.  It’s my dream cruise.

I like the soufflés. I’ve never tried the Creme Brûlée,  I need to.  

On our Coral cruise in Alaskain July  they said they were not giving the cup anymore with the package. I use my cups a lot so I was a little disappointed. 

Ugh! I was hoping the Regal had the new mattresses. We had one on the Coral last summer and I’m considering ordering one I liked it so much.  

We’re on the Regal this summer for the Baltic.  

Any dessert soufflé and in 2014 the International Cafe on the Coral had the cross between a donut and croissant that was wonderful but they weren’t around in Alaska this year.  

We did a Princess excursion to the Everglades and a wildlife area of some sort.  It was nice but our flight didn’t leave until 10:00 pm so we still had way too much time at the airport. 

Your flight is nicer.  I’m glad to know about the water taxi. 

We cruised over Christmas on Princess and it was lovely. We had our adult daughter with us, though. 

I love the trivia on Princess!  I did the cruise long trivia on our Panama Canal cruise and our team came in second. It was a lot of fun. I won chip clips that I use all the time.  And pens. 

Our first cruise on Princess was in 1994 on the “old” Regal. It was our 10th anniversary and everyone kept asking us if we were on our honeymoon. When we told them it was our tenth they all said we were babies when we got married.

I think my favorite is the Coral, we did a fourteen day and a seven day on her. 

New Regal next. 

I didn’t know about Trident Grill, either. And we were just in Alaska. 

I learned about Shareholder credit. $450 so far.  

Ultimate Ship Tour- I wear my bathrobe everyday. 

The turtle farm in Grand Cayman was interesting.  

We really liked the ABC islands. Bonaire snorkeling was the best I’ve ever done. 

I would second the advice to join activities. I met people by playing trivia. 

We just did an Alaska land/sea trip with Princess and the moving to each different hotel was indeed irritating.

Also agree with GUT that my health isn’t the best and I can rest if need be.

In Cozumel, you might try Nachi Cocom. We have been there twice and it is fabulous. :)

 

http://www.cozumelnachicocom.com/

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This looks so nice!

That's really an unfortunate experience. We have done both private, and ship excursions. I'm partial to the ship tours and here's why. In Naples we were on a private tour, we got stuck in a terrible traffic jam, and barely made it back in time before the ship left. Then in Greece, our tour guide kept talking about the horrible political situations, and disappeared for quite a while as we waited in the van for her to return. In Egypt our driver almost hit a pregnant woman, and people began to shout and scream at us. It was quite frightening. Our excursion in Istanbul was ship sponsored, however, our guide didn't realize that we were delayed because the entrance ticket machine got jammed up, and left without us. We tried to reach our group, but just couldn't catch up with them. On our Caribbean Cruise, all our excursions were thru the ship, and I was much more relaxed knowing the ship would wait for us, no matter what the delay was. I must add that on all the private excursions, we meet some extremely nice fellow cruisers as we were planning the tours on the Roll Call boards. I guess it's whatever experiences you've had concerning excursions that determines your preference.

I made my DH do a private tour in Alaska and we ended up running so late, he couldn’t enjoy the float plane at all. I just won’t make him that uncomfortable again.