We'll be on the Crown for the 12/22/23 Hawaii sailing. Our Lahaina stop has been changed to an overnight in Honolulu. Personally I would prefer Kona but will enjoy wherever we are. Still grieving for the people of Lahaina and all they have lost.
I also love the promenade deck around the ship, I don't mind going up and down the stairs at the bow especially when it's windy. It adds some excitement. Fortunately the ships we take still have that.
Thank you @PrincessBuffy, we did the balcony dinner in April on the Crown. Wanted to do it this winter on the Crown again but the Crown isn't listed on the available ships. Oh well, will see when we get on board.
I did the whale shark snorkeling tour with La Paz VIP tours several years ago. I took the shuttle bus from the ship into town. I was on Princess. I met up with the guide in town and there was one other couple that had driven over from Cabo. So just them, me, the guide and a very nice young man driving the small boat (called a paloma). It was the best excursion I have ever taken. I'm not a strong swimmer but ok for snorkeling. We were right us close to the whale shark and then went to another area and snorkeled with sea lions. Absolutely wonderful. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
We were in an aft facing suite on the Emerald deck of the Emerald Princess for a full transit and loved it. We've had those suites a few times but have switched to midship suites for our upcoming cruise because of my husband's mobility problems. It's a long walk from those suites to the elevators so midship is easier. Enjoy!
We have never flown in SFO, we take Amtrak over from Reno. We usually stay at the Holiday Inn Express and just take a cab over to the port in the morning. Easiest way for us. In your situation I would not attempt Bart.
On our cruise Mar/Apr of this year on the Crown, it was held in Club Fusion. I go by myself as my hubby is usually napping. I thought the nibbles were just fine and since we had the Plus package I could order whatever drink I wanted. Sometimes I just read my Kindle and other times chatted with other passengers.
That doesn't sound right, we've always gotten 2 cruise credits when in a suite, most recently March/April 2023. You might want to try an email to captainscircle@princesscruises.com That's the email address given on the cruise history page. Good luck!
We have a Hawaii cruise scheduled for Dec/Jan. Someone on our roll call was checking our other ports and the Ohau port schedule shows we are now overnighting in Honolulu.
We have cruised 3 times in the last year, July/Aug 2022 B2B Ruby/Alaska 20 days, Dec/Jan Panama Canal B2B, 30 days and 28 days South Pacific Mar/April this year in full suites and have never been invited to 360. Doing Mexico/Hawaii B2B 26 days,in Dec/Jan coming up, so maybe then.
All our previous suites have been aft facing, which I love, but it's getting to be too much for hubby so we switched to midship. It makes it further for suite breakfast but can't have your cake and eat it too🙂
We'll just take our time getting there. Happy cruising!
I cruise with my hubby but he has mobility issues and usually doesn't get off the ship so I do Princess excursions by myself. There are usually others alone on the bus and I've shared the time with them and had a lot of fun.. I am fine with walking around town on my own if there are no safety concerns. It actually gives you more flexibility to see and do what you want. I hope you have a great cruise.
We did B2B Panama Canal last year (LA/FLL/LA) each 15 days. The first leg was the Christmas/New year one. There were more children than usual but not overly so. We hardly knew they were there. The Captain read the Night before Christmas over the PA system (not in the stateroom) and Santa was in the Piazza on Christmas afternoon, each child was able to sit on his lap and received a stuffed animal. There will be more children on your trip as it is a 7 day segment. The ship was beautifully decorated.
it's been a few years since we were there but I remember there being seating areas along the water side walkway. I also remember donkey pulled carts but this was all pre-covid. The videos on YouTube do show the seating, it's a wonderful port if he can handle it. Good luck!