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Thank you! I’m a Diet Coke gal!

Not to hijack this thread, but is Princess a coke or Pepsi ship?

I have no idea about the PCA one, I just mean the Fuji one on the first half of your trip is likely not a giant group.

I actually kind of love the idea of a Polka cruise. I grew up in an area where every weekend Germantown would host dances and people would go and listen to polka music, dance and socialize. It was kind of neat and it seems like it is a dying genre anymore. I bet you will be able to strike up some interesting conversations as well as see some extra entertainment. Maybe make a drinking game where whenever you see or hear an accordion you do get a drink? That might go south quickly though. 🙂

On the bright side, I don’t think it will be 500 people or anything, I’d be surprised if it was…. And if we get attacked by pirates, then we have a bunch of people who can go all Liam Neeson in Taken as they all have is “a very particular set of skills…” Jokes aside, most people that my husband has interacted with over the years of training, and many in the sport aren’t people who will be disruptive from a personality perspective or be obnoxious. At least for BJJ, it is a really disciplined sport, and many people train for years and years with no greater desire then to maybe do amateur competitions and just learn the skills to achieve black belt, which for BJJ can take 10-12 years of consistent training. Heck, my husband is 41 and didn’t starting training until he was an adult. He is considered “old” in the sport but he keeps training and working towards that black belt!

Perhaps you are already aware, but there is also a group on the December 2-9 portion your dates. It is for Fuji BJJ/Judo/GTMA adventure cruise, which is also via a partnership with Princess Though we are booked on it, I have no idea of the group’s size. At this point we have not seen a schedule of workshops or events, but based on reviews from an earlier group cruise, I assume they will be closing some areas at times due to workshops, training sessions, group dinners, etc. It also sounds like they will have some activities in PC on the beach and so some areas could be roped off there at times. If I receive any sort of itinerary of events, I can certainly share it with you.

What I would like is boarding before 2pm. It is a real pain to find something to do between hotel checkout and ship boarding.

For those of you who bid on room upgrades, how soon did you hear? We are booked at end of September and are already mega rockstars, but had the option of upgrading the suite. We bid but haven't heard anything yet. I was just wondering what others have experienced with this process.

I wondered the same thing on mine. We have double the loot and I have only given my referral to one person and didn't use any when booking. We are mega rockstars, if maybe that makes a difference?

Thanks for the review. We sail in September! I noticed the comment about capacity and have seen that a few times. Any idea on if they are limiting capacity or is it kind of just sailing by sailing it varies?