gooch47

On NCL the doors are on the blank wall across from the bed and next to the closet, at least that was where it was on the Pride of America. But I'm a little concerned about our January b2b on the Jewel. Our cabin will have a connecting door with strangers next to us. I'm a little concerned about noise.

Nice, balanced review. Thanks.

If everything goes smoothly you might make it but that's not how I want to end a cruise. ;)

Exactly. That is why we now stay an extra day before and AFTER our cruises. I know not everyone can do that, but I very distinctly remember sitting on cruise ships watching the clock waiting for our color to be called.

I think it was just me. We specified we wanted side-by-side cabins. We also cruise a lot with NCL and their ships often have inside doors between cabins and I must have just assumed that we could get the same thing on Princess.

So please go back to your regularly scheduled programs and excuse the ravings of this senior citizen.

I see. I just got around to putting it on CC. It was taken in November.

So either our TA was misinformed or we just misunderstood from the start. No biggie.

I meant connecting inside the cabin, not the balcony. Or were we wrong to begin with to think that was what we were getting?

Why did you think it was Saturday?

Unless the deck plans are wrong, what were supposed to be connecting cabins (A-530 & 534) for our Christmas cruise on the Caribbean Princess aren't.

I previously told my granddaughter that they were and she was so excited.

Not sure if our TA messed it up or Princess steered her wrong. Either way it won't ruin our cruise, but it sure would have been nicer.

Now if she just keeps to her schedule ...

Taken from the 25th floor of Harrah's Hotel in NOLA.

I should know this, but where are those .jpg's coming from?

I'm beginning to think we picked the wrong cruise. We leave next weekend.

The only problem we've ever encountered was finding room in luggage packed elevators.

Looks about 2 or 3 blocks to a Denny's. Should have no safety problems in daylight or early evening. Sunset will be soon after 5 PM at this time of year.

How sweet of you to look that up, but I had checked out nearby places before we booked. Our last cruise with the extended family my dear husband booked a hotel almost a mile from the nearest restaurants. I had to walk uphill both ways. LOL Seemed like it anyway.

Ok. We planned to do just that. Stay at the Comfort Suites on Airport Blvd. and walk to fairly nearby restaurants for dinner and maybe lunch.

How bad would that be in broad daylight. There will be five of us including a 10 year old girl.

Am I the only one who thinks this just isn't that big a deal?

They definitely don't keep things really cold.

I think they are against smuggling.

They were doing it on our Jewel cruise last November.

Sorry to be a grouch but it went on so long and so loud it gave me a bad headache.

I forgot about the guy who was next to us who would go out on his balcony every morning and yell down three or four cabins to see if they we're awake yet. Ever hear of the telephone?

On our last cruise there was a family of seven in the three cabins adjoining us. The parents often left the children there alone in the evening. A couple times it sounded like a riot was going on. Slamming doors and crashing into the walls was common. But fortunately the noise would stop whenever the parents returned so at least we had peaceful nights.

Every time I see a post about parents planning to move their children into a single cabin I cringe. Even just across the hall could be a nightmare for their neighbors if they acted anything like these brats.

The only other really noisy neighbors we had were a group of 20-somethings in two cabins, a balcony and an inside across the hall. These guys did NOT know how to shut a door, balcony or otherwise without slamming them. And of course the balcony cabin right next door was party central until the wee hours.

I think I would be so panicky I wouldn't be able to function.

I've always wondered how you would make reservations on such short notice. At least you could do it from home. My nightmare would be standing on an empty dock in a strange city and wondering what to do next.

We always go in a day early, but twice now missed a connection where we still didn't make it to the ship until sailing day. We once got to the ship on Barbados 45 minutes before sailing time.

I agree that Chin Chin was a big disappointment. The service was great but the food was so bland and just not appetizing.

Since we will be on the Jewel for four cruises this winter we will definitely skip that one.

We didn't try Azura in November. We also didn't care for the buffet, but everyone's taste is different, I suppose.

We, too, find the casinos on ALL cruise ships regardless of the cruise line to be much tighter. But you do see some winners, so maybe we just don't choose wisely.

One observation puzzles me. According to what I've read, video poker machines in land based casinos are supposed to be totally random. Just like shuffling a deck of real cards. But while I do ok otherwise, on ships I cannot get decent hands ever.

I've never been impressed with their turkey offerings.