ABliss

You've conflated 4 different things.

• Princess@Sea is intranet, and its mail server is as good as anyone else's (to damn with faint praise)

• MedallionNet is their internet. (i.e. off-the-ship to Facebook, Drudge, etc)

• TV, on Regal at least, suffered because they kept re-adjusting the antennae for MedallionNet.

• The swarming ***** folks are still trying to figure out how to make medallions work reliably.

Lol...I was just saying. Caribbean is still in the throes of having ***** fully installed - at least that is what I was told. And usually, although technically different, there is a tie in between all the technology - you fix one thing, something else could suffer. Anyway - was just my experience on board. I'm just a tech on land - on the seas I'm strictly vacation mode.

We were on the Caribbean Princess for her June 9th sailing. Internet was spotty at best. A couple of times my messages to husband went through - just a bit too slowly to be useful though. The on demand in the cabins would freeze and hang. At times it went out completely. I found that if I rebooted the TV (pull out the power plug, count to five and re-plug in) it would come back on. Often we saw techies in the hallways working in the hallway networking panels. Upgrades are always a pain and the bigger the upgrade, the bigger the pain! Gotta keep pushing forward - cause going back ain't an option!

Check this out:

https://www.cruisecritic.com/cruiseto/cruiseitineraries.cfm?port=121&depcity=148&length=3-5

Get a balcony (at least) for maximum romance. Cruising has all the elements of romance just waiting for you to unleash. Don't be shy about talking to the cruise line coordinator to see how they can help you take it to the next level. Flowers in the room? No problem. Chilled bottle of wine? Ditto. Romantic balcony dinner for two? They can help!

Drop and go is a great way to save money! Yes, usually it is quoting just the inside cabin rate. The only thing I watch for is airline cost. We found a drop and go 7 day Caribbean for $49 pp! We had almost booked it - but decided to check airfare first. Glad we did...it was over a 1K pp - Yikes! It was spring break in Fort Lauderdale...

East or West Caribbean - not much difference. All have beautiful beaches and great activities. Warning - these beaches will ruin all others for you - at least those I've been to in the US!

Key West falls in the East itinerary (usually). West has more ruins. It depends on what you want more of or want to see.

We also start our search based on dates. Half the fun is searching out the best itinerary for your group!

Hi There!

Take a look here:

https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=1614

They list it out for you!

The only public nude beach I've heard of is in St Maarten. The southern side of Orient Beach is clothing optional.

Check your itinerary through the cruise ship online. It should give you a heads up if clothing is optional or not.