RNRcruisers

We board the Caribbean Princess on February 10th. Hope it gets cleaned really well before then!

In my experience, people put a little more effort into their dress for the formal nights. I don't usually see tuxes and long gowns though. My DH wears a suit for formal nights and looks very handsome if I do say so ☺️ Shirt and nice pants for the other nights.

There are many times I have booked a cruise during a snow storm 😄 Gotta have something to distract me!

Anecdotes from here sound like early dining walk-ins aren't a problem. Couldn't you do that the first night and, if you like your table and server, ask to be seated there every night? I know a reservation would be preferable but doing this might work just as well.

I totally agree about MUTS during the day. It would be much nicer to hear soft music playing or something like that. You can't see the screen anyway. We look for loungers away from that area.

We have only done the Sanctuary once and it wasn't hard to get a seat so I was hoping for a few afternoons on our upcoming cruise. Sounds like I better lower my expectations. 😬

Thank you for the great review. We will be on this cruise next month and you are helping me get excited! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the food. Were all of your excursions with Princess? I actually like older ships, mainly because I like a full promenade deck. British Isles sure would be fun...

DH and I leave on a 10 day cruise next month so decided to get boosted that past weekend. I'm thinking that was a good decision. We both came down sick in September after a trip to London, tested negative for Covid but the symptoms sure seemed like Covid. We were only actually sick a few days but had coughs that lasted a while. I think we got it at the airports - they were really crowded and no masks in sight. If it was Covid, then it was the first time for us. We also cruised last January and I appreciated the precautions that were in place. Too bad there aren't any now.

So reassuring to see a good review of the Caribbean! We are on her in February with 3 couples, 2 who are new to Princess, and I was worrying about all the negative posts. We are pretty sure it will be fine but it is nice to see your post. We are hoping to have the same table every night too. How did you go about getting that? Did you have to stop at the reservation line before going in or just enter the DR?

I've never heard of this site but their prices do look good. Have you used them and had a good experience?

Cute! Much needed smile on this gloomy winter morning.

Received passports today! Took 4 weeks with expedited.

We mailed ours Priority Mail on December 10 for expedited service, they received Tuesday 12/13 and it was in process a few days after that. I just checked and the status says shipped on 12/6. So if we receive it by tomorrow that will be 4 weeks. The site says 3-5 weeks so right in the middle. We also signed up for email notifications but never received any. We cruise February 10th so I will be very relieved to have it in hand! 😅

OP - did you have to ask for the towel animals? We will be cruising with first-timers in February and I think it would be fun for them.

I'm surprised to hear that. We cruised on the Regal last January and found the food quite good.

Thank you for your response. We were hoping for the Palm, thinking we might be more likely to have the same table every night there. Not sure that is true anyway.

I will be following with interest! We will be a group of 8 on this cruise in February. When I booked our dinner reservations all that was available was the Coral starting at 7:00. Was that the case for you?

Not sure how you got that I am monitoring anything from my comment. My observation was that plenty of people dress up.

Agree. I sometimes think the non-formal-dressers want everyone to think that is the norm so it BECOMES the norm 😝. I see plenty of people dressed up on formal nights, maybe not too many in tuxes and formal gowns but lots of sparkly dresses and men in suits.

Ooh I wonder if they will have Alfredo's on the Caribbean in February? That would be awesome! We loved it on the Regal.

I don't THINK I have had it. Had some of the symptoms in September, after returning home from a trip to London, but tested negative. I still think it's possible that it was a false negative. Of me, DH and our three kids none of us have had it. Maybe some sort of record! 😁

This is the first I've heard of the Plus package going up again. I like the beverage package and prepaid gratuities. I really liked them at $40 a day, can handle $50 a day but $60 makes me think hard about it. I'm not sure I drink the extra $10 a day which is all that is valuable to me. Not happy.

Does Caribbean Princess have the usb ports by the bed? That is about all we would need.

I didn't like the arrangement of those tables even before Covid - now they just make no sense.

I am relieved to see Covid is being handled well for you. Maybe Princess will learn to do this for all their ships... We are supposed to sail in February and I am nervous about it. We went last January without problems but the ship was half empty and precautions were being taken, as opposed to now. Love your attitude and I am enjoying your posts 😁