LawDog61

Hello from the Emerald Princess. Yes, we did have on bumpy night and day, but seas are now very smooth. Looks a little overcast today. I hope then sun comes out. Tomorrow is Honolulu, our first port. All good on board. My one complaint (hey, this is Cruise Critic right?) is the entertainment. My main activity at night is listening to the music in the lounges. No traditional Wheelhouse singers. A guy playing a Steel pan……what ever that is. This Hawaii cruise is kind of a one off for Emerald and the Music is mostly Latin and Caribbean ( lots of Reggie from the party band). Not a real “Hawaiian feeling” on board. I guess I miss Tiki Dave LOL.

Thanks for the report Canadian burger. That’s what I expected, unfortunately. Really enjoying your live-on-board. Cheers.

Is the wheel house an actual venue, like on the old Grand class ships or just a small area called “wheelhouse” like on the discovery class? Music and dancing at night ? Thanks for any info

I always hit the beach in Honolulu and Nawillwilli

Yes, Fidelity worked great for this. When I was looking using my Schwab account, a pop up screen called “plad” wanted my log in credentials for Schwab. No thanks.

I opened my ccl dedicated broakerage account with Fidelity, because as far as I could see, that was the one which Stockperks accepted an uploaded ( and redacted ) photo of account, The notice of PW leak came to me as a message with a list of my compromised passwords. It was not fro m Stockperks.

Like many people here on this forum, I was reluctant to give Stockperks ( a third party vendor I have never heard of) access to my brokerage accounts to show ownership of CCL stocks to receive SHC. I set up a dedicated account with a brokerage holding only 100 shares of CCL and provided that to Stockperks. Within a week of setting this up, I received a notification that my PW had appeared in a data leak and I need to change it. Glad I set it up this way. BTW, it had been a while since I took a good look at CCL stock. I bought a little extra (for my regular account) and it is doing nicely. Ships seem full with lots of spending so hopefully they are overcoming the huge debt cliff incurred in the COVID years.

As a lap swimmer, I keep a close eye on the pools. Usually they are heated , although frequently not too warm ( which is ok for lap swimming). Always check the different pools, as the temperature can vary a significant amount. The best heated pools on the old Grand class ships with the enclosed pool. Nice and warm.

Trying to enter my pw for account in the pop up screen which occurs on plaid. My paw has numbers in it and the number function key is greyed out.

I was working my way through the app, but I must say I am not comfortable giving so much information about my brokerage account. So, my plan is to open a new brokerage account holding only 100 shares of CCL. Does anyone have a good experience importing the data into Stockperks from any of the major brokerage? Vanguard? fidelity? Robin Hood etc? Thanks guys.

I think another option may be to open a dedicated brokerage account (EZ on line) with just 100 shares of CCL in it. Let the bad guys HACK away.

Yes, there is a box to check…..but it doesn’t mean a darn thing. As suggested, make it know to the restrauant manager and they will take good care of you. The buffet is iffy. I am celiac and have gotten poisoned twice in the buffet, despite having the chef walk me around and show what’s safe. I suggest you stick with the MDR. Good luck, and understand….it is all on you. Be vigilant and assertive,

Fasted boarding ever. 15 minute Uber from home, 20 minutes through checkin and on board. Nothing but our passports in hand. It’s a massive waste of time playing their game with their app.

Princess is well aware of and , assumedly ok with the sound level. You will see the tech support staff walking around the atrium, even on deck 6 and 7 measuring the volume.

It looks like Discovery is going to be late arriving in San Pedro because of heavy fog. Anyone on board have an update? I am following closely as we will be boarding her today.

Is this now the required way to submit or another option?

I am doing an experiment this weekend. Saturday we board the Discovery for a 7 day cruise. It’s kind of a last minute decision to go, and I have been extremely busy the last few weeks doing a remodel, so I have done absolutely NOTHING on the app. We will just show up dockside. I have found the app time consuming and frustrating, although it seems to be getting easier to use. I will report back about how my “just show up” works.

I Agreed that volume in the piazza is probably disturbing to many guest. As someone who enjoys most of the musical performances, piazza is my least favorite venue. The old Explorers lounge worked much better.

So Sapphire leaves on her 32 day South Pacific cruise today. My dream cruise on my favorite ship. I hope some one does a live on board or blog.

Happy to hear the jazz trio is back in Take Five!

Thanks for posting the live on board. I am following with great interest as we have a couple of Discovery cruises coming up ( a costal and a Hawaii). I know the Discover well, as we mostly sail local port (I.e. Pedro) and we really do enjoy her. I didn’t think I would like Royal Class ships as much as the Older smaller Grand class ——but I do 😄 I always bring my own pillows with me. Thanks again for posting!

Really enjoying your post. Thanks for posting. Sapphire is my favorite Princess ship I think. I got to agree with you about the buffet. Generally the buffets on the Grand class ships are lacking, although I find the buffets on the Royal class ships to be outstanding.

Have a great cruise, I really enjoy your blog!

Plus for Discovery: Great buffet. Great mini-suites. Lots of room in atrium where most entertainment takes place (this is a negative for some as atrium is loud) Great Gigis