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Is there a way to find what production show will be on your cruise?  Sailing Majestic to Alaska in June. 

Be careful purchasing vanilla in Mexico.   Pure Mexican vanilla is wonderful but there are some sources made with Tonka beans not vanilla beans.  Tonka beans contain Coumarin which can be toxic to kidney and liver.  It is also the chemical  that Coumadin (a blood thinner) is derived from.  So just read labels carefully.  

Thank you.   I think you are correct about Bluetooth for him and WiFi for me.   Stubborn husband-taking you off his list.  I’ve called mine from work before too for a low that he didn’t treat.  I do t think they realize that it’s unsettling to see from a distance

My husband wears a CGM-specificities Dexcom to manage his diabetes.  It communicates with his cellphone and mine via WiFi.   Does anyone know if Princess will provide a WiFi package to allow him to use this device on our cruise?

Thank you for your help.   I did search this forum and the only suggestion I found for where to purchase vanilla was in Puerta Vallarta.   I was only wondering if anyone had suggestions other than Stone Island.  The Segway tour sounds fun!

Hello, I asked this in my cruise roll call but I know there are many knowledgeable folks here.  
We’ve planned our excursions and have decided to do our own thing in Mazatlan.  One thing that I would like to do is purchase some vanilla (specifically beans and paste).  Do any of you who have done this itinerary before have any suggestions on where to purchase it?  Any suggestions for things to do/see in Mazatlan also appreciated!

Has anyone done this?   Planning on doing it on Ovation in July.  Just wondering about the size of the samples.   Are they decent sized or “communion cup” sized.   Not looking for a full sized glass but enough to taste!   🙂

Thanks!

We are so excited for our cruise.  I’m wondering when I’ll be able to reserve onboard activities like Northstar and ifly.  

Thank you all for your help!  Made a request through special needs

Thank you everyone for your help. 

I would love to follow your posts!  We are on the July 26 sailing.   Our first RCCL Cruise (2nd Cruise ever) and first time to Alaska. I’m curious about the solarium and if you need to book your time there.  Actually I’m curious about everything!  

I can’t find answers on the RCI website and the travel agent is very responsive to questions so any help would be appreciated.  My husband uses a CPAP machine; when we cruised on a Princess in December (first cruise) our stateroom attendant provided us with an extension cord and offered distilled water for the machine.   In July we are on the Ovation out of Seattle so will be flying in So won’t be carrying distilled water.  I would like to know if we can make arrangements for an extension cord and distilled water.  I can’t find a place to request it on the cruise planner.   Although after watching some you tube videos and looking at pictures online of an Oceanview stateroom I think there may be an outlet beside the bed negating the need for an extension cord.    Thanks for any insight! 

Thank you for taking time to share your review.   My husband I were on the Ruby in December for this itinerary.  It was our first cruise ever.  We absolutely loved it.   Because we hadn’t cruised before we purchased Princess excursions for Mazatlan and PV.   Your tips and descriptions have given me ideas for these ports when we do it again in December-this time on Royal.  

We just got off of the Ruby 12/15.  There was breakfast/brunch and lunch served in DaVinci on sea days.   No lunch of course on port days.  I don’t recall what the patter said about breakfast.  Perhaps someone on board soon can check Princess Cravings on the Princess at Sea app as that seems to have the most current info?

Thank you all for your answers.  Very helpful!

My husband and I will be on first cruise next month.  We are sailing on The Ruby for a 7 day Mexican Riviera Cruise.   I’ve been reading a lot here and on the Princess website.   (I feeling like there should be a class on embarkation day-Cruising for Newbies). I have a few questions about dining: 

 1.  Am I correct in my understanding that since we registered for Anytime Dining, that is for the MDR and we would need to make a reservation for when we want to dine there?   Is that only for dinner or all meals?

2. Do we need to make reservations for the buffet?

3.   As far as what is included in the cruise this would be MDR, buffet, pizza, some choices at IC and Salty Dog and room services?

4.  Are the menus for the MDR and buffet included in the Patter?

thank you so much in advance for taking the time to respond!