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1 14 day and then an additional 7 day on top. I have a live from thread going as well

About to board the Enchanted for a 3 segment cruise. Will post if we get the mini bar after each 7 day

I knew it was going to be hot but for June this is on the high end of temps

Funny they have a proposal package. I dropped the question in Alaska with a photographer near by and got the perfect shot without paying $800

Rome Day 1 and 2 Recap: It’s been a bit struggle during the day with Rome locked into a heatwave (99 degrees today plus humidity). We’ve managed to hit everything that we’ve wanted to do so far despite some curve balls thrown at us by tour operators from Viator. Our large forum-coliseum-pantheon tour got canceled at the last minute which was a bummer but we were lucky enough to squeeze into another Coliseum tour to salvage the afternoon. We’ve made the decision to bite the bullet and take a private ride to Civitavecchia tomorrow as we are already feeling drained enough due to the high heat and a crowded train for an hour with all our bags is not something we are ready for right now. It also gives us a lot more flexibility tomorrow as the hotel will hold our bags after we check out at 11 so we can get another almost full day out of Rome. We are excited to be boarding in less than 36 hours and move into our “home” for the next 3 weeks! Here are some photos!

Tommorow when we leave out of there I will scout it. We will be having quite a few bags so ramps will be nice.

We are currently in Rome about to board the Enchanted. I wouldn’t bother with the high price of a princess transfer unless you have excess baggage. You can take a direct drain to St Petrio next to the Vatican for $10 per person. That is how we will be getting to the port Saturday

Welcome to Rome. We landed this morning at 8:20 Rome time. In typical Italian airport fashion we weren’t in our arranged car to the hotel until almost 10AM. If you have Princess transfers they are extremely easy to find. We saw people with Princess signs even in the baggage claim area before you exit out through the declaration area. Checked into Luxury on the River and wow we love this place. Amazing room for a extremely reasonable price. Off to the Vatican for our Sistine chapel and museum tour now

We’ve made it to Chicago. No delays or issues thus far other than a medical evacuation off the plane after we landed. Have 2 more hours on the ground here before we board the big jet to take us to Rome. Did get confirmation from the hotel in Rome that we got the room we really wanted so super excited for that. Was this post dry dock?

The Day Before we Fly! It’s been a long time coming but we are now less than 24 hours from boarding our flight. Packing wise we decided to see what we could do with using only 2 checked bags. So far everything is perfect in that regards our 2 bags are around 47 pounds. Thank god for elite laundry onboard which we plan on using daily to cycle through the clothes that we have brought. We are usually pack everything and then more than you need cruisers since we have been blessed to go on so many cruises out of LA over the past 2 years. Not too worried about the Italian air strike happening on Tuesday. With our flight landing on the 21st and the provisions in Italian law requiring services to aircraft during 2 time periods a day (including when when we land) hopefully all will be fine when we land at FCO. Rest of the day today will be spent tying up loose ends around our home, getting the keys to our cat sitters, and off to bed early as we have to head for the airport at 5 AM.

San Fran was not that bad in March when we were there on the Discovery. Part of it tho was we stayed well clear of the sketchy areas

Sapphire princess in Oct CSL… went down to dining room “meet area” was immediately taken down to a tender Discovery Princess in January this year, CSL… take 5 lounge went down as they were passing a group down and sat down for less than 10 minutes before they brought me and my fiancé down

No notice. Had showed in personalized the day before but when we got to the dock they had us back in a normal mini. We ended up back in M107

Always print or screenshot your travel summary. First time on the majestic I had spent 5 hours on hold getting into M107 and the day we went to board they had switched us back to our original cabin. Was able to take the paper to customer service onboard and they got it straightened out and gave OBC because of the confusion.

Will post reviews of our flight experience. Going to be a bit interesting flying in the day after a massive strike so could get some interesting experiences as we ride the ripple effects of the nationwide shut down

I will say it doesn’t look completely out of place or forced like it does on some ships

Will post speedtests once we board. I will be attempting to get some work done on it so I will be putting it to the test

I know last year when the slide first happened they were borrowing tenders from other ships. Might be a liability around dropping the tenders on the starboard (docked) side before they actually dock. Majestic only has 2 tenders on the port side if I recall correctly.

I keep seeing the newer renders still with the high glass on the forward reserve cabanas 🤦‍♂️

Just a small area. It was still day out but the light coming off it was no more than a older incandescent flashlight

We are taking a group tour that was organized over on the Roll Call forum that includes the full around the rock tour as well as top of the rock. All the ship side excursions were sold out months ago. We have a few Viator tours booked for places like Naples (Capri with Blue Grotto tour) and Marseille (full e-bike tour)

Emergency flashlight. We were on the Sapphire when we had the black out at the Port of LA and it was lit up during it

It’s a pipe dream

I would love to see Princess dust off the blueprints of the Sapphire/Diamond and build something similar again

We received that notification as well this morning. We land there on the 21st so hopefully we will not be affected. Edit: Here is an article I found https://www.thelocal.com/20230608/calendar-the-transport-strikes-to-expect-in-italy-in-summer-2023/