JasmineB

I am perfectly happy spending some port days on the ship. even when I travelled with my late husband, we often didn’t get off the ship. Most of our cruises were to the Caribbean in the dead of winter so we were just happy to be someplace warm. After the first five eastern and western Caribbean and Panama Canal, there’s not really a lot that we want to see a second time in a lot of those ports. I’m definitely an introvert, and I totally get the social anxiety, meds have helped me a lot with that. I have any time dining and I’m pretty sure I can get seated at a table with others and I think that will be enough socialization for me. But I will definitely go to the solo meet up and see if I meet any friendly folks that might want to meet up for dinner. I have created a rollcall on a different site. I’m thinking I might find a few people there to meet up for a meal or a drink. I’m just looking forward to spending 10 nights and being pampered. Check out my avatar above that’s my room service breakfast on my balcony of a princess cruise long ago. That is one of my favorite things.

Thanks for the patters, I will open them up when I’m on my laptop but just a quick question … Do they still do the pub lunch in the wheelhouse on one sea day? That was always a favorite. I really do like trivia and that’s a good suggestion, it would be a good place to join a table of others. I know this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I wish this cruise had more sea days. I believe we only have two along with eight port days. I love hanging out and pampering myself on the ship.

Thanks for the info. I might want to check out the first one and see what happens or I might not but I know I’ll have a wonderful trip anyway.

I'm a huge Princess fan, Elite now. But I've never sailed solo. My late husband and I did all the cruising. I've just booked a September Boston-Quebec City on the Emerald and it will be my first solo. I'm okay alone, I'm a bit of an introvert anyway, but I really wouldn't mind meeting a few solos who would like to join me for a meal or some drinks/music occasionally. Is there typically a solo meet up the first night? Where would I find out the time and location? I'm in a rollcall here and also on another site but so far it's not very active and it's all couples. Hoping that between now and September I meet some solos, but I'm interested in how Princess publicizes these meetups. I feel like years and years ago I've seen a sign on an easel somewhere in the atrium announcing this but it wasn't really of interest to me at the time.

I'm staying the night before my March cruise at a downtown hotel and would assume I could get a taxi to the port. True? I'm wondering if, upon return, there will be a taxi line at the port to take me to the airport. There has been one for every other port I've visited. Or do I have to make an appointment for a taxi? I don't know how I'd know in advance what time I can get off the ship. Thanks