Yehootu

Oh how I wish they'd change over the Bayou on the Coral and the Island to a Churrascaria.

A very good tool to have when on a private excursion is the port information you can get from your in room TV or one of the hall boards near an elevator. If a problem with your arrival time back to the ship occurs you can call the local ship agent and advise them of your updated return time and they could possibly help.

4 hours ago, 555 said:

I tested them our last time in Cozumel with an orange peal wrapped in a napkin and breezed right by. 

Why?🤔

Our favorite cabin on the Grand/Crown class ships is the farthest aft Emerald deck mini suites. We have cruised in these cabins several times, and have 2 coming up. Recently we've sailed on Royal class ships in mid forward cabins. I've found the difference to be the more pitching movement and the banging of the swells in the fwd, as compared to the yawing motion in the aft. If we chose a balcony cabin, we prefer a Caribe deck room for the larger balcony.

Here's a picture of a "bed in the ceiling". It's the square you see above the sofa. This is on the Majestic Princess.

15 hours ago, cocosmum said:

We don't always enjoy the party atmosphere at the main pools (fun sometimes though),

We just finished a Trans Pacific on the Majestic and the pool area was never a party atmosphere. The only day there was a crowd was for the crossing the equator ceremony. You could always get a pool side lounger.

Favorite cabin location on Grand and Crown class ships. We did 28days in E730 last year and have done several cruises in the very farthest aft cabin on those class ships. Still have another 50 days booked in those cabins. Quiet being at the end, not much traffic. Club Fusion  is directly below on deck 7 and we've never had a problem with noise. Some engine vibration, but not too bad we actually like it as it soothes us to sleep. Fully covered, nice location!

Crossing the IDL screwed up the Princess app pretty good last month.

Go to the State Dept travel site and see what level Nicaragua is at. We skipped it a few years back due to unrest over retirement plans. Felt sorry for out bartender who was going to be able to go home for a “conjugal” visit😃. Tendering is sometimes not able to be done if rough

My wife and I did the 28day South Pacific cruise. We met in Pago Pago on a layover and wanted to return. The hotel we met at was torn down long aga,so we couldn't replay that night as we would've been arrested in a park..Apia was one of our favorite ports. Loved reading your perspective of the 2 Samoa ports. We just finished a B2B 40day Trans Pacific cruise with only 13 days in ports. It was very relaxing. My wife would occasionally have the specialty desert but with only the gelato and nothing else. The chocolate coating on the rim of the glass never melted. Looking forward to the 32day Trans Pacific from Asia coming up.

What times are the fixed dining times? I forgot.

9 hours ago, suzyed said:

Right now I have all my dining reservations in place for our Oct.17th sailing...nothing as changed so far.

We are on same cruise and ours have been wiped.

2 hours ago, lahlah57 said:

not a first world problem but why is there a shortage of washcloths?!

Had to call, message and beg for a couple of washcloths! Took 12 hours to get this precious item. Our steward was apologetic but not his fault.

We just got off the Majestic after 40 days and the washcloth shortage showed up a few times. Our room would be serviced then later he'd come by and give us washcloths.

4 minutes ago, skynight said:

This site will give you specific information on the balconies

https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/Princess/odell/res76zxu/princessbalconies/id2.html

2 minutes ago, nini said:

Those balconies are the same.I am not sure about coverage from the photos I can find.

1 minute ago, reedprincess said:

Island and Coral aren't tiered sides/wedding cake style like Grand/Gem class ships.

Balcony would be same size..

Mahalo for replies. Website good for checking in covered or not.

Deck Plan site photos make them look the same.

That was my thought. Not tiered. 
Guess I’ll rebook to Baja for my knees.

7 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

We stayed on Caribe and loved the lg balcony.  Don’t remember the Dolphin deck on Coral class ship.  Great question. 

On Grand and Crown Class I know the balcony on Caribe is partially covered and larger. Not sure about Coral.

We are booked in a forward mini suite on the Caribe Deck. It's fully covered. The same room on the Baja deck also fully covered is available. Will keep the Caribe deck mini if the balcony is larger. Like Baja as only 2 flights of stairs to get to Lido. Any info? About to re-fare and trying to decide.

21 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

The scene this morning was quite the "Ship Show!"  We felt sorry for the poor servers.  I think we probably should have disembarked in Vancouver.  No more short legs in our future cruises!

"Ship Show", Love it. Glad we got off. Our only concern was that we hate the lines at YVR, but got lucky and there were none. Enjoy your last day! 

3 hours ago, BEAV said:

@YoPhilly @Yehootu, is this in the port of Apia? 🤔

Yes it is.

 Our 40 day adventure has come to a close. We will be getting off here and flying back to Long Beach to spend time with our grandchildren. It was nice meeting you Raphael and Debbie and we look forward to seeing you again in Singapore. We will be arriving on the 10th. We might not qualify for the MTG luncheon but bartenders nominated me for the MTBS award ( Most Time on a Barstool ). They said they might even have my name engraved on it. It's been a fun trip. Looking forward to October. Aloha! Tim and Suzanne

3 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

ALT for breakfast (avocado, lettuce, tomato), yum!  Have to eat light today, Crown Grill for dinner tonight!

Chilean Sea Bass, my favorite. Broke a tooth taking a bite of Suzanne’s filet last time. Good thing you don’t have to worry about that.

Not much wind, just rolling

Went to Harmony last night. The food was so-so. Service was awesome. Don't think I'd repeat as for the price, Crown or Rudy are so much better. Rolling this am and just hoping sun comes out. Day 38 for us, time to start some SLOW packing as we get off in Vancouver on day 40.

10 hours ago, Outerdog said:

 

That seems like a problem. Bringing outside food into the ship's food preparation areas seems like a Bad Idea™. No way that's allowed.

 

My duck noodle soup tonite was ono. It's just putting a cup of my duck into a bowl of soup. Nothing different from someone bringing something from the buffet to have put into their soup which I've seen. I've brought cans of spam ( gotta love spam, eggs and rice) and have asked the buffet line to cook half for me and they get the rest. They've been more than happy to do it. I always give them an extra can for later. 

Bringing food ON board isn't a problem. I've gotten roast duck at 3 stops and take a cup up to the noodle bar and they make me Duck Noodle Soup.

1 hour ago, LACruiser88 said:

It is very windy

Doing 18kts on a NE heading with a 20kt East wind. I'd say it's a little windy out there.😀