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I guess that is the coroner and their helper, not the body they are working on. ,😃😆😆😆😂😂😂

Just curious, I'm on a cruise in the middle of the ocean. What do I need Wifi for? If there was an emergency at home, what an I going to do? Jump off and swim?

Roulette... Inside $5. Outside $10. But don't have to be all 5 or 10 in one bet, just total.

Well there are other cruise lines, but I wouldn't say better (for the same price point.). But to each their own. But Jim, of you don't like Princess, why are you bothering to check out their boards?

We are taking our first Holland America Cruise (Baltic States) this fall. We will be travelling by train through Europe prior to this cruise. Then we are on a Princess Cruise (after another train trip) for a Transatlantic home. We will be very limited on luggage. Question, we will not be able to pack a Suit coat or even a sports coat, as we are limited. Will this pose a problem in the main dining room? We will not be sloppy. No Jeans, no t-shirts, etc. Slacks and Collared shirt for me, slacks and nice top for DW.

We rented a car in Skagway and drove up the mountain to Emerald Lake. Then over to have a nice lunch somewhere in Canada. Saw a bear on the side of the road, along with other wildlife. They had given us a map of what to see. Much less than the train, and we really enjoyed it. Had a group of friends that took the train up a few years later and said that was the highlight of their cruise (other than cruising with me, lol.) So, you can't go wrong either way. However, I would do the car rental as you can make as many or as few stops as you would like. If you do a car rental, go early. Try to be one of the first up the mountain. That way you have a much better opportunity to see wildlife. If the ship offers a small boat tour in Icy Straight, I would take it.

They called it a tangerine. It was just a cheesecake ball. It was good, but I was expecting an orange flavored something. I didn't know what I was ordering, just saw it and had to have it, lol.

American Express Credit Card. While eating there, local guide say at the table next to us with a couple that paid before us. They were going to pay with dollars. He told them they would get a better rate with credit card, and he was correct. Everything at this ship was priced in Columbian pesos. Just used phone to get the conversion rate. It was very inexpensive (I thought) but a really nice shop.

I am just the opposite. The smoked salt was the highlight of my meal on the Emerald last month.

I to was on this cruise. I agree mostly. But I don't feel it was bad by any means. I mean, I was on a cruise vacation afternoon. However, I thought the food in the MDR was always good to great. I was unimpressed with the food in Crown Grill. I ate my weight in prosciutto from the buffet. And Sabatini's was wonderful. Showers were very small, but about what I remember. Princess is still my favorite line, buying giving HAL a try in September, and am wanting to go on Allure of the Seas just to see Mama Mia. And don't really care for RCL.

There is a beef of some time just about every night. If you utilize the same table and same waiter as we did, then you can ask to see the next days menu. They do that for the people with Dietary restrictions. Talk to the maitre d if you need to. They can be your friend. We were about to order a souffle ahead of time on a night there weren't any on the menu. Granted, we wanted orange, like on embarkation day lunch in the MDR, but they brought us vanilla. It was super fresh and we had to wait, but was excellent. I highly advise going to the MDR for lunch on embarkation day. They will probably give you a list of places serving lunch right after you check in on the terminal. The MDR will not be on that list, but one of them will be open. More relaxed and less crowded than the buffet or pizza place.

No, there wasn't.

No parade, but it was offered.

For those following, I forgot to post the menu the last night. Didn't get a picture. But they did have Prime Rib and it was delicious. DW had the saffron seafood risotto and she loved it. I finally ordered the volcano for dessert (which isn't on the menu). It was good. I did get a pic.

Yes, I was in both performances of the pop choir. No on the sports cup or the Olympics. The final ceremony was the same time as the voice of the ocean finale, so we went to The Voice. It was really neat. I did play some pickleball in that atrocious court they had. But we made do. I did get onstage for the yes no game show. I only wanted a coaster, so I went out early. Yes, he would have gotten me before the 3 minutes where up, but I went out just to get a coaster. We did not play the progressive trivia. We usually win way too many prizes. Didn't win anything till the last night on this trip. Didn't win one trivia. We did meet some neat people on this trip. No, probably won't keep in touch. But it was a great cruise. Our first 15 day cruise. We have 2 more 15 day cruises planned this year.

Tomorrow's patter

Tonight's menu

Lunch menu

Tomorrow's Patter

No trivia winner here. My wife marks things she is interested in. Then decided later which she will attend. Little white lies was hosted by Lucia and the panel was Cruise Director Dave, Georgia and Andrew. Andrew just came onboard at Huatulco, and this is his first contract. He is very good, a natural.

I have also failed to mention that we are doing the dine my way. We have turned that into traditional dining. Kind of nice, because we don't have to wait in line. We might pass the line and walk straight to our table. Very very nice. And of course we have a great waiter. I realized that everyone thinks they have a great waiter, and I've never had a bad waiter. Some just seemed better than others. And this one is pretty good. And he goes on vacation when we get to Fort Lauderdale. He will be off the ship for 2 months, then come right back to the Emerald.

Tonight's menu. Also tonight I realized I was not providing the dessert menus. Sorry, I can't go back. However, we also found out that you could request a special item. We asked for a orange souffle like they had on embarkation lunch. Actually, I asked our waiter if they were going to serve that again. He said he didn't know, but to ask the major d and he might be able to get it for a special. He said don't tell him I told you to ask. I asked the major d came back the next night we would like it. So tonight, we had our special souffle that no one else in the restaurant was able to get. We had to wait about 10 minutes for it because it was made to order just for us. We were pretty happy. I don't think it turned out to be the orange to play, but just a regular vanilla souffle. But it was delicious

The Salsa and Salsa tour from the ships excursion in Cabo was a blast. Lots of tequila and lots of fun making different Salsas. Victors in Mazatlan. No need for an excursion. Beach and good food. Easy walk and a short water taxi. Highly recommend both of these. Restaurante Victor's https://maps.app.goo.gl/M3UXLBhR7Yt3hRqN8

Of the Emerald Princess, we took the old city and your on your own. It was about the only thing left that didn't involve a boat. Got on a bus right outside the ship. They took us to the old city and narrated along the way. They parked, and then we did a walking tour with narration. Then we got to the meeting point and he let us all go out own way. He took most of the group to an emerald museum (included) but we didn't go. We just wanted to sit in the AC somewhere and get a cold drink and a small bite to eat. We had almost 2 hours on our own. We went back to a little cafe we saw along the way. It was wonderful. 2 ham sandwiches and fries (which we couldn't finish), a coke and a cheesecake for less than $20. I was happy. At the meeting point, we walked a short walk back to the bus, then drive back to port. I would go again just to get off the ship. But it was hot. December 30th. 90 degrees out, feels like 100. That's what the weather app said and I believe it. There were plenty of vendors, but they weren't nearly as bad as we expected. If you said No Gracias, they left us alone. None came in the cafe. https://erase-un-cafe.cluvi.co/erase-un-cafe/subcategories?maincategory_id=503