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I just got the $50 Casino offer too. I was able to look at availability…balconies started at $100 but only for forward & aft. The 16 day TA that included Morocco would be great…if only we were retired!

I like the variety of entertainment. There are comedians, production shows, contemporary singers, classical musicians, usually an entertainer that reflects the itinerary ie, we had a steel drum player on our Caribbean cruise, & a first for me at least, a very corny juggler! The jazz bar, Take 5, always has top notch musicians & an excellent bar menu. Also another first for me, we had a deck party with the party band two nights when we were at sea! The live entertainment is just outstanding!

We cruised on the Sky Princess in early December in 2021 & they had stuff to make an ugly Christmas “sweater” using what ever article of clothing you wanted to fix up…some interesting entries to say the least.

They found my Captain’s Circle number from 1985… We had only been on one cruise, at the height of the TV show Love Boat, hated everything about that cruise & swore we would never do that again… Fast forward to 2018…decided on a whim to go on an Alaskan cruise. Had no idea about planning such a trip, the local TA, asked if we had ever cruised before & when we said yes she proceeded to call Princess & acquired our loyalty number. We enjoyed that cruise on the Coral Princess so much that we have been on 6 more Princess cruises since. Heading out tomorrow on Sky Princess…

I booked our upcoming cruise onboard our previous cruise last year. I was pleasantly surprised when booking excursions for this years cruise that I had excursion credits that I knew nothing about…ended up spending only $49 for all of our excursions!

I had the Princess Plus as part of a package booked last fall. My page now has a section on the bottom in red that states, “all benefits might not be available with your package.”

I did a keratin treatment on the Sky Princess last winter & I was happy with the results. I have “virgin” hair (never been colored or permed) that is thick & fine. The treatment is put on somewhat like color, with a brush, in small sections & then it sets for a while, it’s rinsed out & you are done. They recommend that you do not wash it or go swimming for 48 hours. It takes about 2 hours. The results lasted for 8-10 weeks. It was less expensive on the ship than what my stylist would have charged me. It wasn’t as effective as I had hoped & I opted not to have my stylist do a repeat treatment.

Take 5 Bar It is rarely crowded and has some interesting cocktails.

They had it on the Encore last summer. I like amaretto old fashions and the bartender had two amarettos to choose from. There was also Kailua and other flavored liquors behind the bar.

Personally I like the first one better. We did a 14 day cruise last summer that was almost identical to these two cruises and the ports the first week were so much more interesting. The excursion to Ephesus was incredible. Istanbul was unlike any city I had ever been to.

Yes, there is a place to enter your AAdvantage number.

We were on the Enchanted in mid-October. I asked for a blue Princess bag & was told that there were none available but that they were hoping to have them for the Caribbean cruises.

On the Encore in May, Greece/Turkey, with lots of tender ports. The elevator took you to the exit area but there were probably 5-6 metal steps to go up/down to the tender platform.

I wish we would have taken our kids to Alaska when they were pre-teens. I thought the promo video hit the spot. It would depend on the family dynamics as to whether they were bored or underwhelmed. We never did amusement parks so I feel like as long as the family had an off ship experience everyday and access to a pool we would have been fine. Dining looks to be Princess biggest weakness when it comes to families; MDR is too fussy but buffets are not ideal either.

My bad…