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Loving your thread and the pictures. Thank you very much.

@lifes-a-beachThanks for your firsthand assessment. It is much appreciated. Walking is no problem for me. I'm 75 but walk all the time and do an aerobic class (not a seniors class but an all ages one) 5-7 days a week. I have been looking forward to seeing Lamanai for quite some time so sounds like it is a go for me. And yes I saw your recommendation for the Deep Woods Off Wipes and couldn't find them around my area so ordered them. My cruise is on 2/25. Thanks again.

@lifes-a-beachOn the Princess excursion website in the tour reviews section, someone posted that their step counter said that they walked 7 miles on the excursion to Lamanai. That is not what the tour description section says. Based on your firsthand experience, is it really 7 miles worth of walking involved? Thank you.

@We_like_to_cruiseIn 1972 we were flying from McCord AFB in Washington State to Taipei, Taiwan. Left on Aug 31st and crossing the IDL arrived in Taipei on Sept. 2nd. My birthday is Sept. 1st so I did not have a birthday in 1972. I joke that I should be a year younger than I am!!

@sallywizHi, I might have a suggestion for your friend. If she has more than one flight segment to get to the port, is she entering each of those separately or is she trying to just put the beginning city of her trip and the ending port city? I have found that when entering my private flights I must put in each flight segment separately or it does not recognize any of the information. Just a thought. I made that mistake the first time I tried to complete the info. Hope you figure it out for them.

Thanks so much for your great detailed review. I will be sailing a Western Caribbean 7 day itinerary on the Caribbean Princess in April and I appreciate all your comments and observations.

I've been having problems with getting the excursion pages to load for the last few days now. Just get a white page but find that if I let it sit there for a few minutes they are loading but it definitely takes awhile. I also found that some of the excursions for my upcoming cruises show one price on the main page and when you click on the specific excursion, the price is higher.

@We_like_to_cruiseBefore this thread gets too long, I just want to thank you so much for your reports and pictures of everything. A World Cruise has always been my fantasy but alas it is not in the cards anymore. So I am going to do this vicariously through you guys! Have a wonderful cruise and time seeing the world that you haven't already seen.

When we were in Ocho Rios last March, I made a call to San Diego, CA from our cabin on the Caribbean Princess and I am Spectrum. It switched to the Jamaica phone system and the call went right through and was very clear. I was on the phone for about 3-4 minutes and it only cost me 39 cents. I was very surprised it wasn't more.

@HBCcruiserYou are right, those towel animals are fantastic. I've never seen them like that either. Sailing with my son and his gal friend in Feb on the Sky she has never been on any cruise. I hope we have a great steward like yours and I can get them to slip a few towel animals in their cabin. Thanks for your great pics and report. Much appreciated.

I burst out laughing when I read this. Totally showing my age since I had no trouble getting this!! Too funny.

@Itchy&ScratchyThanks so much for the detailed information on the Crowne Plaza. Very much appreciated. I also read the review of the bed bug and was pretty freaked out too! I have IHG points so am considering this hotel. Thanks again. Glad that the rest of your stay was fine after the shuttle fiasco.

Looking for a hotel for night before cruise 24 Feb. Other than the shuttle problem, how was the hotel? Was it clean and were beds comfortable? Thank you.

On the excursions page it says that two additional people can be added for an additional charge. But does not say how much. Your best bet would be to continue to check to see if anyone cancels and you can grab the additional cabana. If that doesn't happen, I would go directly to the shore excursion desk upon boarding and explain the situation and hopefully they can do something for you. The only time I have booked a cabana there were only 4 of us. Maybe someone else has had this situation and will have the answer. Good luck.

Thank you so much for this video. May I ask you if your tour was a private tour with only the two of you or were you in a group? Stopping at Roatan twice next year and am looking at tours to do. Other times we have been there, we just went to the beach. I have been looking at Bodden tours on their website. Thank you.

Thanks for the firsthand report. Hope some of the short comings are rectified before we sail on her 4-1-2023. Mainly the staffing. If staffing is up to par, then the other things will probably fall into place as they should be. My son and I were on her late Feb-early March this year and everything was wonderful but we only had 1400 passengers on board. I love the Caribbean Princess for the layout, larger balconies than the newer ships and the wide promenade. Thanks again.

@LilsleepymeOh man the info that you have provided is above and beyond anything that I could have hoped for. Thank you so much. I am printing this off for my grandson who is the one who will be diving and I'm pretty sure that he will select Roatan Divers since you say it was the best of the sites and operators. He says that he is only going to dive at one port this cruise as he wants to spend more time with me. I live in CA and he lives in TN and we don't get to see each other very often as he works long hours plus his volunteer time with the fire department. But if he does decide to do more than the one port, then based on your firsthand experience, I'm guessing he will choose the operator in Belize. We will be doing these ports aboard the Caribbean Princess April 1st. Also, glad that you had a wonderful time aboard the Sky Princess. My son, his lady and I will be sailing the same itinerary aboard the Sky Princess on Feb 25th. While this will be my 27th cruise with Princess, I have never been aboard the Sky nor any other of the ships in it' class. So, I am very excited to see my son after a year and meet his lady for the first time in addition to being able to sail on a new ship. The cruise April 1st with my grandson and his wife will be her first ever cruise but will be my 5th time on the Caribbean Princess. In fact, it is the same ship that my late husband and I took my grandson on when he was a little kid in 2005. Thank you again for all this wonderfully detailed information. My grandson will be thrilled when I read it to him on the phone today.

OK I guess I wasn't clear. There seems to be no way to reserve the umbrellas versus the loungers with clamshells on the cruise line's excursion booking platform. So I thought that someone who has been there recently, might know how it works. Last time I was there in 2019 there were only the loungers, loungers with clamshells and the bungalows.

Last time I was at Mahagony Bay, there were only loungers with clamshells, regular loungers farther back and the beach bungalows/cabanas. I have seen pictures more currently with some beach umbrellas along the water area but I can't find any way to pre-reserve one of them. Does anyone who has been there recently know how one reserves one of these? Thank you for any and all information.

Thanks Robin. I will talk to my son and his lady friend since they will be sailing with me.

Thanks so much for your quick response. I really appreciate the firsthand information. It will allow me to revise some of my plans and reservations.

@Mittens101I have a couple of questions if you have time to answer. We are on the Sky Feb 25th for Western Caribbean. I notice in the Patters that you have posted, that the Estrella Dining room is Club Class. Do you know if it is exclusively Club Class or not as I have made reservations for us in that dining room each night. If it is exclusively Club Class, then I need to change them as we are not in Club Class. Also, did you have a champagne waterfall? If so, could you tell me what time they did the pouring as my son's lady friend has never been on a cruise before and I would like to make sure that I don't schedule dinner at that time so she can take part. Thank you for your pictures, patters and info. It is much appreciated.

@LilsleepymeOK I just checked and where I found the scuba and snorkeling info is under "Cruise Discussions and Topics" then Scuba and Snorkeling. There are some people there who have made dives in the Western Caribbean and they have operator recommendations. Also there is one post about Carnival Corp and Royal Caribbean not having diving excursions and that this person was told it was an insurance/liability issue. So check there and see if there is anything that appeals to you. Good luck. Also, I searched the Caribbean board for several ports and did not find anything useful about scuba. I remember now it was in the scuba section of the Cruise Discussions and Topics" section that I was browsing that day.

@LilsleepymeYou are quite welcome for the suggestion of checking out the Caribbean Ports board. Since our cruise is not until April 1, I haven't checked in several weeks but rather did one day when I did not have much to do. I did find a couple of recommendations. Also, on the board where the special groups are listed such as Seniors etc. there is a scuba section if I remember correctly. I might have gotten some recommendations on there. I will make a note of your cruise dates to read if you do have recommendations. My grandson is a trained rescue/search and recovery diver but he is in rural TN and his training and dives have been in lakes, rivers (murky most of the time) and quarries. He just recently was able to make an ocean dive down off Panama City, FL and loved it. So I am anxious to get him at least one more ocean dive down in the Caribbean. Take care and I hope you find someone to your satisfaction and have a wonderful time.

@Lilsleepyme Did Princess give a reason for cancelling your scuba excursions booked with them? When is your cruise? I'm asking as I have a Western Caribbean cruise scheduled with my grandson and his wife for 4/1/23 and he is planning on diving in at least one of the ports. I would hate to book a Princess excursion and then be in the position of trying to find an alternative at the last minute. There are some private operators listed on the Caribbean Ports board here so guess I will make note of them. Would appreciate it if you would come back and let me know who you finally booked with and how they were. Thank you and good luck.