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27 minutes ago, minnesotasisu said:

We are on the Emerald Princess now and will be sailing through the Panama Canal later in the week. I want to go out on the observation deck above the bridge but I want to know what time they open the doors to allow access to this area?

Early, I went up just after 6AM and the chairs were already half full when we did it on Emerald at Christmas time

14 minutes ago, d9704011 said:

And then what happens?

If they are sick, denied boarding

I’m wondering if they shouldn’t be as a minimum be doing temperature checks and watching for people with wet coughs on embarkation…

I have lived in both Montreal and Quebec city and both are great places to visit.  If you wanted to stay in Montreal and travel to Quebec city by train you can do it from $120 for two in economy class or $250 for two in business class.  The business class comes with a meal drinks included (wine and alcohol are included for trips at lunchtime or after.  I would suggest business class for you as it is one way and the seats are a bit nicer.  There is a train that leaves Montreal central station  at 08:36 and gets you into Quebec (Gare du Palais) at around 11:52. Check here for allowances Train baggage allowance | VIA Rail.  We regularly take the train from Ottawa to Montreal and Quebec city and it is a nice ride.  The Gare du Palais station is right downtown a 5 minute care ride from the pier.

10 minutes ago, karatemom2 said:

I'm also curious about the references to flying into Quebec. There are a couple of good flights for us from LAX that fly through Montreal and connect to Quebec, both are just $17 more in price than just flying into Montreal, so it seems to make sense. Just wondering if there is a reason for concern?

 

When you are flying through to Quebec as your final destination with your luggage checked through, would you go through Canadian immigration in Montreal before your connecting flight, or at your final destination in Quebec?

 

Just wondering in order to assess the timing of the layovers.

 

You clear customs in Montreal, prior to flying on to Quebec city, you may not need to pick up your bags, you have to ckeck with your airline.  Usually plan at least a 2 hour layover or a bit more if you can arrange it.

Just saw this coming from MSN

Cruise Line's Private Islands in Bahamas To Lose Tax-Free Status (msn.com)

14 minutes ago, Nina On The Sea said:

Hmmm, I wonder why? We were just on the Ruby in July and the cigar lounge was always busy, couldn't find a seat, although it was slightly small. 

Were people buying and smoking cigars or just cigarettes?

5 hours ago, Nina On The Sea said:

Is the cigar lounge disappearing for good? Shucks, my hubby was looking forward to enjoying a cigar there. 

They have apparently been disappearing on all the ships

2 hours ago, Wishing on a star said:

It seems that Dining reservations have only opened up for the first sailings.

With the new Three Tier system, and the new venues onboard, I think that maybe getting the dining reservations system sorted out has been a work in progress???

Three tier system?

We have booked Sun for November, I have been unable to make dining reservations onboard in the app.  Has anyone else had this issue?

On 2/1/2024 at 3:01 PM, Nina On The Sea said:

Such great pictures and information, we are thinking of this itinerary and ship for next year. I hope you enjoyed the ship. Thank you!

We did the same itinerary at Christmas and ran a thread here

9 minutes ago, lx200gps said:

Are they still available upon request on the ship? I would think that once in your cabin, if you ask Stewart nicely, he/she should be able to supply one?

Not anymore

12 minutes ago, MissP22 said:

It's the same way thought-out the fleet. Casual on every night no matter where you dine. 

Casual I wouldnt mind most of the time, but shorts, t-shirt and baseball cap at the table during a formal night ?

2 hours ago, Skye1999 said:

Just off the Emerald Princess on the Panama Trip ending in Fort Lauderdale on Monday.

What's happened to the MDR dress policy of no shorts.

On this cruise there was more men wearing shorts and tee shirts than trousers and shirts also noticed guys wearing what looked liked swim wear, flip flops baseball caps and my wife also intimated that some of the women's dress sense was just as bad.

As for formal night I would say about 25% dressed for the evening but shorts were still in abundance in 

the MDR.

 

 

Same thing on the cruise before yours Ford Lauderdale to LA, I am not sure if it is fleet wide but the Emerald Maitre D's are not holding any sort of standards in the MDRs.

37 minutes ago, fpsphil said:

Slow transit today about 6 knots. Clario locks around 3:15

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About the same speed as us 30 days ago, the Captain is in no hurry, you should be out the other side by about 6 PM then drop anchor for the night before Puerto Amadore tomorrow.

Anyone else miss the blue cloth tote bags they used to give out?  We still have a few and always bring them onboard with us to tote things around in.  We always get asked where we got them.  You can’t get them anymore that I can see, it would be nice if they at least had them available to buy.

6 minutes ago, Josie201 said:

I have never seen the indication that non alcoholic drinks are excluded.  Would be nice if true as we drink lots of bottled water in a day.  

On our cruise a couple of weeks ago we were ordering up to 4 bottles of water each per day and we payed nothing for them. We had the plan.

59 minutes ago, Lady Arwen said:

Alcoholic drinks max 15 per day with unlimited specialty coffees, teas, water and sodas. 

46 minutes ago, Lady Arwen said:

As @voljeep mentioned earlier “ at Princess’s discretion” for additional alcoholic beverages.  

Does the Discretion mean if you are still standing after 15 drinks ? 🙂 

On 1/20/2024 at 9:45 AM, broberts said:

 

Sadly, to some mask wearing is a political statement rather than the health choice it really is. 

 

Sadly also the people who should have been wearing masks, notalbly those who were evidently sick, were not.

They do have sommeliers in MDR, however I also noticed that our regular was also working in the IC, the kitchen and up at the coffee shop by cones on emerald during the day.

On 12/13/2023 at 1:44 PM, turnin50 said:

I've just spotted The Riverside online, have stayed at the Hilton Marina a couple times in the past but I like what the Riverside looks like (at least on their website) and the price is reasonable for Oct 2024. Is it close enough to airport and cruiseport to make it worthwhile?

The Hilton Marina is a nice hotel, but higher prices, breakfast is not included, the buffet comes to $70.00 for two people with gratuity added.

We just got off emerald which has pizza slices at no extra charge up by the pools, am I understanding that is not an option on the Royal class ships?

They had equal, Splenda and sweet n low on emerald, we just got off

4 minutes ago, Nukesailor said:

 

You laugh (and it is funny), but on a past cruise I have seen crew wearing hazmat suits enter a cabin just down the hall from us.  Noro.  An eye-opener.

I remember having issues once after eating bad food, when I went to the ships med center I asked if it might be noro.  She asked me if I made it to the toilet, when I said yes, she said no it’s not noro 😳