Review Emerald Princess British Isles May 9-26, 2022, plus one week in London!

[ROWSE]

3 hours ago, Kenosha Cruiser said:

Kitty & Jim, thanks for doing your review! I'll be following along as we board the Emerald Princess August 25th to the British Isles with Liverpool. Like you, this will be our first time overseas and we have completed 40 cruises with Princess mostly throughout North America. It was funny to see we have the same obstructed oceanview cabin booked for August (E702) as you. We are also flying Delta booked with Princess EZ-Air. Milwauke to Minneapolis and then to London. Loving your thoughts and pictures, thanks for doing this. 

 

Cheers - Ken & Darlene

 

Thank you for reading along!  Small world sometimes isn't it!!!  We loved E702.  No obstruction other than a walkway below window which really didn't count to us.  August should be amazing!  

[ROWSE]

3 hours ago, mike&elena said:

Could you tell us about the showtimes (Princess Theater and lounges)?  Any long lines on the ship?  How well did the water shuttle process work?

We only went to a few shows and I will report along the way.  We were never in any lines to speak of. The water shuttle is my favorite (said no one ever)!  Being elite, we were lucky to get to go on the water shuttle whenever we were ready.  Will be reporting on that soon.  Getting back on the ship some of those lines WERE long.   

[ROWSE]

2 hours ago, cruisegal415 said:

For some reason I am so excited about shopping at the woolen mills, even though we live in sunny south Florida and would NEVER have a chance to wear them! Maybe if we get some at the beginning of the cruise we'll be able to wear them during the cruise but we're going in August, so...

Enjoy your August cruise! 

[ROWSE]

May 10, 2022-Port of Guernsey St. Peter Port

Slow but sure we found ourselves getting on the current time.  We woke to a glorious sunny day with only a tiny bit of spittle once or twice today.   Grabbed some coffee and a couple things from the International Cafe for breakfast today.

Then it was off to the Michelangelo Dining room to get on the shuttle.  There was only us waiting.

 

 

We were up quite early so I am sure it was more full later.  

We got on an open deck on the shuttle.  It took about 15-20 minutes over to the port.  

 

 

Thank you for the welcome Guernsey!

 

 

Thanks to our roll call we found out about a walking tour and booked that ahead of time but we had some time before meeting time.  We walked around the port for awhile.

 

 

 

 

There was a lovely church to visit there called the Parish Church of St. Peter Port.

 

 

 

What an amazing stained glass window!

 

 

On one of the higher streets we took this interesting cut through to get back to the water front.

 

 

This was a view of Castle Coronet 

 

 

And a look back where the ship is anchored. 

 

 

Loved this harbor area!  

 

 

[1emerald1]

34 minutes ago, ROWSE said:

Thank you for reading along but we are home now.  We believe this Nelson was from Philippines.  

Okay thanks, enjoying your review and the pics!

[BuckeyeMark]

These reviews and pictures are wonderful.  That stained glass window!  WOW!

[ROWSE]

Guernsey St. Peter Port continued...

We had booked with a few others off our Roll call with Annette Henry Tours.  We met her at the tender drop off.  Just a FYI, there is a bathroom here that we used before the tour.

 

We met Annette, who I can't praise enough.  She brought all the history of this place to life and while she is not a fan of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society movie, as she says they did not film it here at all, I loved the movie and was fun to know a little of Guernsey's history of the German occupation before we came.  

Annette's walking tour is filled with wonderful drama, and intrigue!  

 

This is Annette pulling a lot of us in to her stories 

 

We walked up up up

 

 

The view was lovely.

 

This has to be the skinniest building I have ever seen.  

 

Telling us of the tragic history and gory details of the past!  

 

 

 

 

 

Just too horrible to imagine!!  

 

Later we walked through some of the shops in the area.  Can you guess what this shop may have sold???

Note the scales on top, it was FISH.

 

 

These steps were not there at the 1500's but this was the hill to climb to be executed. 

 

The donkey is one of the national animals of Guernsey.  

 

Another narrow building. 

 

 

Annette  (she may be a magician also) described how they would severe the arms of soldiers for insubordination and fighting with someone with a higher rank than themselves when talking about Castle Cornet.  

Despite all the tragic stories, we had so many laughs and fun along the way.  

 

Loved her tour!  

 

[ROWSE]

Guernsey port continued...

After saying goodbye to Annette we had more time before boarding so we did a walk out to Castle Cornet.  It is called a castle but really more of a war fortress.  We were lucky enough just to gain entry before the 12:00 noon cannons.  

 

 

 

 

The procession of the guard to fire the cannons.  I missed the real shot as I had my hands over my hears.  

 

 

The procession out.

 

 

There were many areas in Castle Cornet to explore and museums too.  

 

Flags flying!

 

The light house from above. 

 

We walk out to the light house. 

 

Some fishermen were trying their luck out here. 

 

I wanted to touch the water of the English Channel.  It was cold!

 

It was time to head back to the ship.  This is where the line was long to get on the tender but they were very well organized!

 

Tonight was formal night!

 

 

 

Appetizer 

 

 

Salad

 

Shrimp meal 

 

DH also had some fettuccini.

 

Followed by the Chocolate journey dessert.  

 

We were tired and did not attend the show but popped into Club fusion when we hear this amazing music.  Another wonderful day in the books!  

 

 

[MissSBS]

Enjoying reading your recap. I'm on the August 25 trip and will be staying at the Moxy in Southampton on August 24. Looks like it is close to the terminal. 

[ROWSE]

4 minutes ago, MissSBS said:

Enjoying reading your recap. I'm on the August 25 trip and will be staying at the Moxy in Southampton on August 24. Looks like it is close to the terminal. 

Thank you for reading!  The Moxy was right beside our hotel.  It is close to the terminal, but with luggage we felt it would beat up our wheels on our rollers too much.  Taxi was so easy and so inexpensive!  Enjoy your cruise!  

[cruzin4us]

21 minutes ago, MissSBS said:

Enjoying reading your recap. I'm on the August 25 trip and will be staying at the Moxy in Southampton on August 24. Looks like it is close to the terminal. 

Ok, so I just have to ask......what's with the toilet paper roll on the table?  (In the video of the beautiful woman playing the violin?)

[cruisen JJ]

7 minutes ago, cruzin4us said:

Ok, so I just have to ask......what's with the toilet paper roll on the table?  (In the video of the beautiful woman playing the violin?)

I was wondering the same!

Really enjoying your review. We were supposed to have been aboard but got covid on our previous TA cruise on the Wonder of the Seas so had to spend some time in Barcelona. Now I can see what we missed.

[ROWSE]

8 minutes ago, cruzin4us said:

Ok, so I just have to ask......what's with the toilet paper roll on the table?  (In the video of the beautiful woman playing the violin?)

LOL!!!  I did not notice it!  So funny!  Maybe it was part of a game or something before the violin show.  

[ROWSE]

2 minutes ago, cruisen JJ said:

I was wondering the same!

Really enjoying your review. We were supposed to have been aboard but got covid on our previous TA cruise on the Wonder of the Seas so had to spend some time in Barcelona. Now I can see what we missed.

Thank you for chiming in!  I was so sad for you guys when you wrote you had to cancel.

Hope you didn't have too bad a time!  

[High C's]

Enjoying this IMMENSELY!!!!  Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us all!

 

[dockman]

So lucky you are...i was on the trans atlantic and then the may 1-9 version in spite of being super cautious tested positive covid on may 2 so was quarantined on deck 12 with lots of others and missed every single port on the second leg.  There were a lot of covid cases ; masks were few and far between on passengers on May 1 sailing with busloads of people having to further quarantine  May 9 and up to a week or so in London before flying back to usa...not a lot of fun...more like the cruise from hell

 

glad your's worked out.

 

 

[ROWSE]

23 minutes ago, dockman said:

So lucky you are...i was on the trans atlantic and then the may 1-9 version in spite of being super cautious tested positive covid on may 2 so was quarantined on deck 12 with lots of others and missed every single port on the second leg.  There were a lot of covid cases ; masks were few and far between on passengers on May 1 sailing with busloads of people having to further quarantine  May 9 and up to a week or so in London before flying back to usa...not a lot of fun...more like the cruise from hell

 

glad your's worked out.

 

 

Thank you for sharing your experience.  I am so sorry that happened to you!   We were also extremely cautious and obsessive with our mask wearing, but I know in the end it was pure luck that we made it without Covid.  So sorry to anyone that had your experience!  

I sincerely hope you will have a wonderful time if and when you go cruising again!  

[BuckeyeMark]

Your review and write up is just great stuff.  Really enjoying reading these!

[PacnGoNow]

4 hours ago, ROWSE said:

Thank you for reading!  The Moxy was right beside our hotel.  It is close to the terminal, but with luggage we felt it would beat up our wheels on our rollers too much.  Taxi was so easy and so inexpensive!  Enjoy your cruise!  

Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.

How does the Holiday Inn compare to your hotel?

TIA

[rurn0321]

Love reading your review as we are on the same cruise August 25th.   Looking forward to it even more now.

[caribill]

11 hours ago, GloriaF said:

Oh my!  Elite amenities only by request.  Good grief!

 

I guess the Elite mini-bar amenity should also only be by request.

[caribill]

7 hours ago, ROWSE said:

 A little hint on those horrible automatic night lights that go on whenever you get up at night.  The sleeping mask  can  be place over the top of the hall way one's sensor. 

 

Another reason to cruise and cruise until you reach Elite status.

[1emerald1]

Loving your review, you look like you'd be a lot of fun to cruise with!

[ROWSE]

14 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.

How does the Holiday Inn compare to your hotel?

TIA

We usually stay with airbnb's so haven't been in a Holiday in for years.  Sorry I can't compare.  

Maybe someone else will answer.  

[ROWSE]

13 hours ago, rurn0321 said:

Love reading your review as we are on the same cruise August 25th.   Looking forward to it even more now.

Thank you for reading along!  So glad it helps to heighten your anticipation!