Itchy&Scratchy

not really true - we usually sail without any packages and the only ship we felt nickeled and dimed on was MSC Seascape. In any case, you could have purchased Plus package instead of Premier. It's cheaper and more cost effective for most people. not free. 🙂 You literally pay $60 pppd day for them.

you can call them in advance of your cruise and get the match. We did that for me and my husband before our very first X cruise earlier this month. So, on our very first Celebrity cruise we were already Select.

there will be other young people onboard, if she is an extrovert. My 13 yo loves Princess, even though he is an introvert and doesn't do kid's or teen club. He is never bored.

Blue Kay. We are very low key and would simply like a few chaises in a shade for a price that is not exorbitant. Before the pandemic they charged $12 pp and that included 2 drinks of your choice and a chaise. I can't find any info about present charges.

we'll be there right before you with 5 people (June 1 sailing). Been there before the pandemic, at Blue Kay beach club. We really liked it then... I hope they didn't change much or start charging a ton of money pp, but we are willing to try them again. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

Man, their website is glitching big time. It's back to $60/$80 just 10 minutes later. That, and the 3/4 person which is supposed to be free, is so not free. Not even close.

not what their website says right this moment:

when did Princess change the price to $70/$90 pppd? I could swear it was just $60/$80...

there is no such thing as a TEEN plus package. It costs the same for everyone. $60 pppd. We don't even get the Plus package for adults, let alone for our teen.

No, it wasn't. We did Blue Kay on our own a couple of times before the pandemic. We really liked it. I have been looking at cc to see if there were any newer reviews, and so far they are not promising. They probably raised prices as well. Pre-pandemic it was a reasonable $12 pp, with 2 drinks of your choice included. I guess we'll find out next month. 🙂 As for the Beach Escape ship excursion, I was just looking at the excursions for our upcoming Enchanted cruise to Costa Maya out of sheer curiosity. When I saw this particular excursion, I thought - for $50 pp with alcohol included, how bad could it be? Well, it had as many 1* reviews as it did 5* reviews, that's how bad. People's reviews said the beach they were taken to for this Beach Escape was horrible. It was not Blue Kay for sure. Oh, and the kid price is $45!!!! Ridiculous.

I will be able to check that next month! 🙂 When people say "on our last few cruises" I really can't tell how much time may have lapsed. For us it's 2-3 years. 🙂 And 2022 was only 16 months ago.

IC had salads in Nov 2022 on Enchanted: Not that I personally care about salads.... Sigh.... This is what I was there for: these were heavenly: and in the morning they had these small egg muffins, like broccoli cheddar, ham and cheese, and mushroom and cheese which were beyond delicious.

of course, it is.

if you say so. I search for 3 people and didn't notice its presence or absence either way.

I used Chrome today, and the option for 1 was definitely present.

we loved both of these. Will definitely watch them all again next month. Don't skip based on somebody else's opinion. 🙂 No, the main production shows do not change for years. Headliners and guest performers do.

just an FYI - Princess is offering the same excursion to the same beach, and it has as many bad reviews as good ones. Rocky shore lined with chaises so close to each other and the water that no one can even play in the sand...

you are probably guaranteed a Premium Deluxe balcony for 2 somewhere on the ship.

if you have a chance to snap a pic of the Sushi place menu, I'd really appreciate it. Especially if it shows the items included with Plus/Premier packages.

I've read on this forum that umbrellas for a fee were added only recently. I would gladly pay for them, since shade is very hard to find on Princess Cays. It's very nice of RCI to provide them for free on Cococay...

we find them to be a must, since our kid sliced his foot open on a hidden rock on the beach. I've suffered several cuts as well.

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I just turned 50, and believe me, newer Princess ships provide plenty of Wow for our entire family. My 13 yo's favorite line is Princess. For example, Enchanted is a fantastic ship, and we are really looking forward to sailing on her again next month and then next year.

This will be our second time in Belize, but the first time with both our kid (who didn't even exist during our first time in Belize) and my parents. I would love to go cave tubing again - it was a lot of fun, but my dad can barely walk, so a 40 minute walk would be impossible.... I'd leave him on the ship and take my mom with us (she is in better physical shape than I am), but I am sure she is not going to want to leave him on the ship alone. I probably wouldn't want to leave both of them on the ship alone either, although my mom tells me it's fine.... Which brings me to the next question - is there a nice beach not too far away (umbrellas or palapas are a must) that we could take a taxi to? How much would a taxi be for 5 people? Is it relatively safe to venture out on our own? I searched this board for any info on beaches and came up with pretty much nada.

and around here it's usually last week of March - first week of April. And my BFF's Chicago school's spring break was March 23-30. Interestingly enough, this year there were 500+ kids on Celebrity Reflection on the sailing during the last week of March, and only 200 or so during Easter week when we sailed during our spring break.