pmck

I see that you opened a Roll Call thread on Feb. 2, but you didn't put the date in the title, so others on your sailing may not look at it.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2452173

 

You could probably drop the Mods a note and ask to add the date.

I would, but I clearly have no idea what I'm doing on this message board yet. I belonged years ago, but it's been a while and I need to acclimate myself again!.. Thanks for your input...:confused:

Why is there no Roll Call for Empress of the Seas? The ship isn't even listed in the list of RC ships! That doesn't give me a very warm and fuzzy feeling!!

Hi All,

My husband and I are celebrating my "60th" birthday on the Empress of the Seas, sailing on 03/27/17 from Miami to Cozumel and Cocoa Cay.. We've been on 5 different Princess Cruises, but wanted a shorter one this time and found this one. Any comments or suggestions for us new timers to RCI?

Thanks!! :):):)

Rain in Costa Maya??? We had perfect weather in Majahual. Could it really have rained in Costa Maya, just 3 minutes down the road? Huh! I only remember rain in Galveston.

It poured!!!:( We paid alot of $$$ to go to the Beach Break Excursion at Maya Palms Resort. It took the driver forever to get there (we had to drop someone off in town first), seemed like almost an hour! We got there, laid out the ca$h and within minutes, the skies opened up... We sat under a tent for a few hours (still raining) and drank 2 beers each, while the kids ate nachos and salsa, then we headed back to the ship...It didn't look like it rained back there. It was the only part of the trip that I wasn't crazy about.. I wish we had stayed back and just did some stuff closer to town or the ship... Oh well,, live and learn!:)

Please tell me what does "hokey" mean?

We have also sailed with James, we think he is a fine young man with a very good sense of humour, even if its an Australian one :D

Hi there,

"Hokey" doesn't really MEAN anything..I guess just a little silly and goofy. Which is not to say that we didn't like him. He was very nice and funny!! Last year, we were on the Caribbean Princess and I really enjoyed that CD and I guess I was just comparing them in my own head...Different styles!!

Patti

Hi,

 

I will be on the Grand on April 28. Do you recall if the dining room was open for lunch on embarkation day? Sometimes, it is posted in the patter. Thank you for posting the information about the CD.

I seem to remember that it was open that day...but I'm not 100% positive. If no one else remembers, I can get my patter and check for you. The Horizon Food Court was definitely open. We ate there and it was really good!

Patti

Patti, I'd say Captain was a bit younger even than that, mayber early to mid 40's. But it was a great trip wasn't it, except maybe for the rain in Costa Maya

You're probably right, I'm so bad with ages...He was young and I was impressed by him. We had a WONDERFUL time on the trip. We were discouraged by the rain in Costa Maya and our excursion choice for that day (we did Maya Palms), but the rest of the week more than made up for it...Now, we have to figure out where to cruise next summer. It doesn't look like Princess goes out of Florida after April ' 08!! We really don't want to go out of NYC eventhough we're close by!!

Patti

Patti,

I have a few questions for you,

 

How was the walking on deck? Does the promanade deck go completely around the ship? Or must you go inside to make a complete loop?

 

How was the gym? Equipment all working?

 

Were there daily (no charge) exercise programs?

 

Did the in-room safes operate with a key pad or with the swipe of a credit card?

 

Did they show movies every day? Current movies?

 

Hi Roger,

Sorry, the answer to your first question re: Promanade Deck is I don't know..We jogged on the jogging track, but never walked on that dec.

 

The gym was great. We found it smaller than the Caribbean Princess, but all of the equipment was working when we were there..

 

There were excercise programs atleast on "Sea-days" and I believe that there was a charge for them.. Pilates $10, spin class, yoga (not sure of $$) for those.

 

The rooms did have safes that had key pads.

 

I think that they did show movies every day (with the exception of Monday night when they showed the NCAA final, I'm not sure if they showed that on MUTS or not, we watched it in one of the lounges).The movies were fairly current, I think. We saw "The Illusionist" one night. "Little Miss Sunshine" also played.

 

Hope this helps...Let me know if you have any more questions.

 

Patti:D

Hi Dave,

The Captain's name was Ed Perrin (British man), extremely nice and genuine. We shook his hand at the Coctail party. He seems to be pretty young. I'd put him in his forties or early fifties... The cruise director's name was James Ibriham..from Austraila...Also, very nice, if not a little hokey...He was just silly every morning on the television with his assistant Julie. I didn't see too much of him around the ship, but once in a while, he's show up at an event that we were at...Young man too!

We had a wonderful time on the ship and always felt like we were in very capable hands. The ship was in great shape, immaculate and well maintained. The food was good, I wouldn't say "fabulous", but we enjoyed it every night. The shows were very good (maybe the magician wasn't the best), especially the comedian, Jay Moore. I have posted my entire review on the "cruise Critic" review board if you're interested.

I'd be happy to answer any more questions.

Patti :)

Hi All,

We just got off the Grand on 4/07..had an AWESOME time.. If anyone has any questions..ask away!! I will post a review soon.

Patti:) :)