Hi, I’m Julie McCoy, Your TR Director Review of the CB

[jenseib]

I am heading out of town for a few days but I hope to get back Sunday and start posting again.

[Homosassa]

As we sailed by these apartments we saw a few guys out waving. One had an air horn and did a few blasts. The ship then did the same rhythm of blasts back. Now I am not sure if this guy knows the routine and just blasts right beforehand as he knows what is coming or if our ship was truly answering him, but he did it several times and each time we would blast the same way. It was kind of cool. My friend, Brook, said she could hear it on the webcam too

 

I have sailed on various cruise lines out of Ft. Lauderdale. The guy in question does this with all the various ships and the ships' captains always answer him back.

 

I actually looked for the guy on each cruise. When he is not there, the captains do not do the repeat rhythm.

[metairiegal]

Beautiful pictures!

[lynwar]

I never tire of sailing out of Port Everglades. Thanks for the photos. I was right there with you.

 

Lynne

[jenseib]

I have sailed on various cruise lines out of Ft. Lauderdale. The guy in question does this with all the various ships and the ships' captains always answer him back.

 

I actually looked for the guy on each cruise. When he is not there, the captains do not do the repeat rhythm.

 

That is so neat. I thought it sounded really cool and put me in a fun spirit!

 

Beautiful pictures!

 

Thanks

[jenseib]

I never tire of sailing out of Port Everglades. Thanks for the photos. I was right there with you.

 

Lynne

 

I thought it was very pretty to sail out of. And the water is pretty there too. At Port Canaveral it isn't si pretty and when I sailed out of Galveston....well that water was nasty looking.

[jenseib]

Lots of boats out at sea.

We walked out to see what was happening with the sail away party on deck. They had music playing.

It’s not quite the same fanfare that Disney does.

But I wouldn’t expect it to be like them either.

Mom headed back to the room and I was still getting signal on my phone as we sailed out and I messaged back and forth with Brook till it started going in and out and then I turned my phone on airplane mode.

I headed back to the room and unpacked and got things organized. I also once again took pictures of the room.

[jenseib]

For an inside room I really thought it was spacious.

Mom was going to take a shower so I went back outside to just enjoy us sailing away.

There goes the Vision.

After a bit I roamed around a little bit and ran into a pirate.

Who knew Princess had a pirate night? Of course it is nothing like Disney’s and no one dresses up like pirates, but it was fun to see one none the less.

[jenseib]

I headed back to the room and took my shower as well. We were trying to decide on whether to catch the show or go to dinner first. In the end I didn’t get ready quite fast enough to make the early show and we didn’t want to be a few minutes late for that, so we headed off to dinner around 7:15.

We found my pirate friend and his gal at the entrance of the Coral dining room and had our picture taken. Like I said before, my Mom hates her picture taken so I was surprised she agreed. I was even more surprised a few days later when she actually bought the picture.

We then proceeded to the dining room and told them we had two and we did not want to share. They always act like they are upset we don’t want to share, but we just don’t like eating with strangers for the most part.

We were seated at a table for 2, but there was another table for 2 almost right next to us. Basically about 4 inches separated the 2 tables, but at least you didn’t feel obligated to talk to others. Though I will admit a few nights we did talk to the tables next to us and they were all very nice.

We were served rolls. I love rolls…and I do think these were better than the ones on the Disney ships.

Many nights the butter was a little melty. They didn’t keep up with the ice in the holder and the dining rooms were a little warm. (I never once had to wear a sweater, even in short sleeves or sleeveless tops).

I wish I would’ve taken pictures of the menus every night as I no longer remember what I got each night. I think I only did it the first night.

[jenseib]

The menu changed nightly but they had a few items that you could get every night and they were decent choices too. I do think DCL might have a few more options on their dinner menus, but I never had much of a problem deciding what I wanted each night.

I believe this was a spinach artichoke dip and it was very good.

And I believe this is the clam chowder…..also good.

Mom went for the spaghetti. She said it was some of the best spaghetti she has ever had. I thought this was one of the items that would be on the menu every night so I figured I would try it tomorrow. I was wrong and it never showed up on the menu again.

I think mine was prime rib. I really hate that I don’t have site to go and look up the menus.

It was very good but the corn was nasty. I don’t why any place bothers to serve corn on the cob unless it is freshly picked. It just also is so nasty.

[scubacruiserx2]

The menu changed nightly but they had a few items that you could get every night and they were decent choices too. I do think DCL might have a few more options on their dinner menus, but I never had much of a problem deciding what I wanted each night.

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I think mine was prime rib. I really hate that I don’t have site to go and look up the menus.

It was very good but the corn was nasty. I don’t why any place bothers to serve corn on the cob unless it is freshly picked. It just also is so nasty.

 

It's good to have you ( and your photos ) back !! Thanks for sharing your dinner with us :) We're looking forward to more .

[Vacationdreamer<><]

Hanging on every word & picture. Leaving Friday for FLL!!

 

 

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[jenseib]

It's good to have you ( and your photos ) back !! Thanks for sharing your dinner with us :) We're looking forward to more .

 

Thanks. We had a nice little weekend get away at a waterpark. I took my daughter and her friend and they had a blast.

 

Hanging on every word & picture. Leaving Friday for FLL!!

 

 

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I'll try to get this day finished if I can for you! ;)

[jenseib]

While we ate another young couple were seated at the table next to us. We did end up talking to them a little bit and they were very nice. This was the girl’s first cruise and she was so excited about everything.

Time for dessert.

I went for the Princess Love Boat Dream ….and it sure was! I loved this so much. I wish I would’ve ordered it more often but I wanted to try so many different things and my darn stomach kept getting full.

I think Mom got ice-cream. She got it most nights and it was really good ice-cream.

After dinner we headed out to see the late show.

We got seats towards the front but not too close as there was a comedian tonight and my mom feared we would get talked to.

[jenseib]

It started with a little song and dance with the Caribbean dancers and singers.

I was so happy you could take pictures (no flash of course) during the shows on Princess.

Then our comedian came out. I believe his name was Miguel Jackson (I am not currently looking at my Princess Patter to double check, but I am pretty sure that was his name).

[jenseib]

I thought he was pretty good. Not the best I have ever seen but I laughed and enjoyed the show and it was family friendly.

After the show we headed out towards the atrium. There was a little show starting there and a lady told mom she had been on the cruise before and so were these guys and they were amazing so we stood and watched.

This guy did most of the early stuff of the show and he was really good and funny.

They played music throughout the show and this guy made the funniest faces. Here is doing a Titanic impression and of course they changed the music to go with it.

[jenseib]

He pretended he didn’t want to ride the unicycle but his partner convinced him to do it.

[Nee Nee and Biddy]

I am really enjoying your review!! I am also a Disney travel agent, but since my mom only books Princess Cruises (at least 4-5 a year), I became a Commodore too and it was so much fun having Elite status on our first Princess cruise last year (also on the Caribbean Princess!). It is a lot of work and don't listen to anyone who says you don't deserve it!!

 

We have always sailed Disney so, like you, I spent a lot of time comparing the two lines. I have been dreaming about the pizza on Princess all year! The thing that totally blew me away and surprised me so much was that my children liked the Princess kid's clubs so much more than Disney's. I was shocked. It was very personalized and it seemed like the crew really got to know the kids. My kids would get very angry when I came to pick them up! LOL They asked all of the children if they would like to perform in the Christmas Eve Show, and the ones that wanted to practiced all week. It was such a treat to see my little girl on stage singing with all of the other professional performers! They still rave about the club and that's one of the reasons we are sailing on the CB again this January. Can't wait to hear the rest of your report!!

[jenseib]

I am really enjoying your review!! I am also a Disney travel agent, but since my mom only books Princess Cruises (at least 4-5 a year), I became a Commodore too and it was so much fun having Elite status on our first Princess cruise last year (also on the Caribbean Princess!). It is a lot of work and don't listen to anyone who says you don't deserve it!!

 

We have always sailed Disney so, like you, I spent a lot of time comparing the two lines. I have been dreaming about the pizza on Princess all year! The thing that totally blew me away and surprised me so much was that my children liked the Princess kid's clubs so much more than Disney's. I was shocked. It was very personalized and it seemed like the crew really got to know the kids. My kids would get very angry when I came to pick them up! LOL They asked all of the children if they would like to perform in the Christmas Eve Show, and the ones that wanted to practiced all week. It was such a treat to see my little girl on stage singing with all of the other professional performers! They still rave about the club and that's one of the reasons we are sailing on the CB again this January. Can't wait to hear the rest of your report!!

 

 

Hi!!!!

I do love Disney. Most of my business is that but I have done some Princess as well. My mom plans to take dad on Princess now too as she was quite impressed and many times not as expensive as Disney.

 

I have a friend who likes the kids clubs there better too....well her kids do.

 

The pizza was so much better than Disney ships. Heck so much better than many places

[jenseib]

His buddy then came out to play.

They both had amazing strength.

[jenseib]

[jenseib]

This is where it got crazy.

That guy is going to have a lot of aches and pains when he gets older.

They interacted with the crowd and were so much fun. One of the best things I saw on the cruise. Their name is Duo Push. Super amazing and if you are on a cruise with them, be sure to catch at least one of their shows. We ended up seeing them several times.

[jenseib]

After the show we took a walk through the Casino and I think Mom might have played then a little bit.

We then browsed the shops and I bought a really cute sailing themed top (that I have yet to wear since it is short sleeve and it is getting cold here). The price was pretty affordable too.

I found Mom in one of the jewelry shops. This was her favorite spot during the cruise and she spent lots of time and money in there. She found earrings that she thought I must have. They were cute! And they were on sale too! She ended up buying them for me. She became friends with the sales girl and in a couple of days there were on a first name basis.

[lfk60]

Enjoying your review!

 

We just got off the Regal Princess, where we had cocktails with the REAL Julie McCoy. :)

 

She was lovely, and very interesting. The whole Love Boat cast was on board, including Charo!

 

We've sailed on the Caribbean Princess twice and enjoyed both trips! It's great to see it through your photos!

[jenseib]

Enjoying your review!

 

We just got off the Regal Princess, where we had cocktails with the REAL Julie McCoy. :)

 

She was lovely, and very interesting. The whole Love Boat cast was on board, including Charo!

 

We've sailed on the Caribbean Princess twice and enjoyed both trips! It's great to see it through your photos!

 

That would be really fun! I am a little bit jealous. Charo probably looks the same? :D I have read that no one really knows about her actual age because she has lied to make herself older at one time and now she lies to make herself younger.