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4 minutes ago, Ombud said:

On the Enchanted (sister ship) the production Muppet show was in the Vista Lounge. Is there also one on the Discovery?

4 minutes ago, Ombud said:

On the Enchanted (sister ship) the production Muppet show was in the Vista Lounge. Is there also one on the Discovery?

Good morning Gayle!   Grand daughter  and I will be on Discovery on Jan.6, when is yours?   Grannyp/Sherri 

If Mazatlan is on your schedule there is a pharmacy right in the port terminal you have to walk through to get outside.   We have bought amoxicilan and water pills there every year.

On 9/21/2023 at 11:38 AM, Ombud said:

Hi Sherri (aka @grannyp). January break from what's supposed to be a VERY wet / snowy winter sounds so good! Have fun

Well you have quite the year of adventures!  Good for you, Gayle!  

Love you Ombud!  Will miss you on our Jan. Cruise.  Taking our adult grand this time!

Is cannery beach in Cabo still open and walkable?  I heard that the area has really changed in 3 yrs.

6 hours ago, MissP22 said:

In all of our cruises from Florida in the past 5 years I have yet to see my room or halls being off limits before a certain time. Even if it were, I would only drop off my luggage & proceed to lunch ASAP before the crowd begins forming. 

I'm not sure but I think they have stopped that practice.

Last Oct. I tried to get to our room, and the hall doors were closed.  Guess I will check luggage after all.  

On 3/16/2023 at 3:24 PM, MissP22 said:

We always carry on our luggage so it's waiting on the bed as soon as we get back from lunch. We hate waiting for it which can happen sometimes. 

I would like to do that as well.  Miss P22, but how do I go about it after I board?  Sometimes the room/halls are closed.  How do you do it?  Thanks in advance.

THANKS TO ALL WHO RESPONDED!  VERY RELIEVED.

Just heard on Let's Go Travel Tips that we NEED show reservations now.  Does anyone have experience with this?  Thanks

On 1/27/2023 at 3:10 PM, CruisinChris said:

I watched a vlog on YouTube last night of a woman who is a travel agent and vlogger.  She was talking about a problem that's going on with the princess website where it is showing low fares and apparently they're wrong.  Princess will not honor those prices no matter how hard ones tries.  Apparently many people including agents have been having the exact same issue.  Hopefully they will get it fixed soon.

I saw this on 'Let's Go Travel Tips' as well.  They really should honor those prices.  Airlines do!

We did this a few years ago because we needed the space for all of us.  We had a blast!!!!  Great guys.  However translation for the way back was hard, and driver took us to wrong port , anyway we made it.  Suggest bringing a post card of your ship for communication purposes!  Fun Time!

On 1/27/2022 at 11:55 AM, scottca075 said:

Try Karmel Shuttle and also try Uber XL, which can pick up curbside at LAX. Neither should be over $100 + tip, one way.

 

No taxis do NOT pick up curbside and PrimeTime would be my last choice of possible shuttles.

Prime Time was EXCELLENT  FROM LAX.....HORRID AND VERY DANGEROUS ON RETURN TRIP.  WON'T DO IT AGAIN!  The driver was texting the whole time and swerving to all lanes on freeway!!!  One driver was absolutely wonderful, and the other could have gotten us killed.  

When checking it out in Oct. it was going through renovations, updating, etc.  Hopefully it will be finished by Sept. for our cruise.  We stayed at Best Western & were pleased with it, but the location and traffic are horrid.  Will spend the extra $ this time for Crowne.  B.T.W. the clerk at Best W. said the owner also owns Crowne.  We have stayed at Crowne before and absolutely love the museums, The Green Onion, and Trolley!

Anyone tried booking b2b's recently for 2021?

Can anyone tell me the cost of uber/lyft from Westlake Station to Pier 91?

Hank you are full of great info. We have used the buses in P.V. many times & love them. But have seen the info. posted that bus fare is now 10 pesos to accommodate the new vehicles. My question is, do they STILL take US dollars? In the past we have just used like $3 for four of us. Of course that would be a little more than 10 pesos each. Should we still try to use US. And would $4 Us be acceptable? Also THANKS for the 'heads up' on flashing our Cruise cards. Will hide the 'stuff' from now on!

Well O.P. looks like you have a lot of humorous people answering. I don't know the weather in Hawaii at that time. But we did this cruise in March and I can tell you the weather on the Pacific was cool, windy, and swells of 15' the first 2 days out, both directions. Have a great time. No one can do anything about the weather, just take layers.

Wow. Sorry you are unhappy. I think my wife's favorite cabin to date was an aft-facing Caribe deck balcony. As I told her on that cruise, "We used to have to put a quarter in the bedside box to get this nice vibration." :D We have booked aft cabins on purpose. We booked an aft balcony (not aft-facing though) for 28 days last October and loved it. We had an aft-facing ocean view for 17 days in 2015 and loved it so much I have booked the same cabin for an upcoming 19 day cruise. Some folks seem to hate forward cabins and others hate aft cabins. We love them both but, of the two, prefer the aft cabins the most.

 

I sincerely hope you get your cabin issue worked out to your satisfaction. Not all people are the same and I am infinitely grateful that not all that many are like me. I'm guessing that the majority of people would also be grateful that most people aren't like me. :rolleyes: Enjoy your cruise and, if you don't get the ideal cabin, please don't let it ruin things for you. Just spend more time out of the cabin. If the aft vibration upsets your sleep just drink a few double bourbons before you go to bed and all will be well. (OK, that might not be great advice depending on who you are but it works for me. ;p)

Thrak, you always crack me up! Nicely done. :')

All the bars and lounges OPEN during the day for a quick book getaway, or games. Other ships lock theirs up.

Lots of nooks for reading, and quiet, both inside and out.

We sail on April 10' date=' I received first email yesterday. DW received one last week.[/quote']

 

Looks like we are on the same sailing. We used AAA as TA this time, as opposed to doing it ourselves. Perhaps this is the reason? We have not rec'd an email either.

Unless you are receiving free nights, or unless you arriving very late in the evening, I would not recommend staying at an L.A. airport hotel the day before the cruise. I would select a hotel in San Pedro, Crown Plaza, Doubletree, or the Sunrise hotel which is a more economic hotel. They are very close to the pier and all have free shuttles to the ship. This is what we have always done. We take one of the shuttle services from the airport to the hotel, Super Shuttle or Prime Time, around $20/pp. You can also select a hotel in Long Beach, a little further away and maybe no free shuttle to the pier.

 

On embarkation day you can also take one of the shuttle services from the pier to the airport hotel. The shuttles are lined up outside the terminal. You can also use Uber. Lyft, or taxi.

I agree! We had a dedicated Super Shuttle because we had 6 family members, which meant no stops. We chose Crowne Plaza on Hotwire, great deal, everything walking distance, and even have a free trolley on weekends. Did some research before, and couldn't see everything in S.P. Best part of our trip, and plan on doing that again! Tour museums within walking distance, and the Crowne has complimentary shuttle to ship.

One of the things we miss about not sailing on NCL. They had them every time we sailed away! Also miss the outdoor grills everyday, with salads, fries, burgers, dogs, not having to special order, but ready made. But still love Princess!

Thank you, but I was trying to find out what movies were being played on Muts and who the entertainers were that were on their cruise. I realize it can change but we will leave in a couple of weeks.

We are sailing on the Grand in a week. We received notice from them on Entertainment, MUTS movies, and other items of interest for our sailing. The MUTS has Pirates of C. Dead Men tell no tales, 2017, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Alex Ramon Magic; Scott Wyler comedian; Born To Dance. And celebrating Oktoberfest with various things like Polka Music!

Actually, yes in February I boarded at San Pedro. We checked in fairly early (11am?) but then went over to the USS Iowa battleship before returning the rental car then boarding about 2pm or so.

 

 

 

I am not sure what you mean. The ship offers the same things no matter when you board. So I missed a lunch by not boarding super early. But there were sea days right after we sailed, so we had plenty of time to take advantage of all the ship offers during that time. We couldn't have taken advantage of the things in San Pedro once we were on the ship :D

I agree. We spent 2 days in San Pedro and loved it! All within walking distance of the hotel, museums, trolley car, fountains, nice dining areas, and Port O Call. We did a lot of research first. We are a law enforcement, fire dept. family and we could not see everything that pertained to those careers. And the hotel transferred us to the port.

Please don't count out walking at least one way, as mentioned. It is an easy, level, beautiful walk through residential neighborhoods filled with trees and gorgeous flowers. The shuttle bus is there to capitalize on making people think it is a long walk to the downtown core, but it actually isn't.

 

You can cab it back if you get tired. Enjoy your day! :)

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Thanks Karen, it does sound wonderful, however one of our group cannot do the walk. Might take a taxi for the 4 of us if they take Credit card. ;)