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3 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Good morning Cruise Day #30 and our last sea day before we arrive in Vancouver!  The seas have been much calmer since last night.

 

 

 

 

I have so enjoyed following along on your cruise....thanks for doing such a wonderful live report!

We really enjoy going to the Veteran's get togethers.  Both my dh and I are veterans and have met so many nice people.  Love hearing everyones stories.

On 3/12/2024 at 1:26 PM, LACruiser88 said:

The Sanctuary situation sounds horrible, even for those in suites!  We are re-thinking our 50-day cruise in Oct/Nov of next year on the Sun.  The Royal class ships are looking better every day!!! 🤷‍♂️

Mike and I were just saying the same thing.  We love to book Sanctuary (with our desired location) for the whole cruise and this new situation in Sanctuary sounds terrible!

On 4/5/2024 at 12:19 AM, LACruiser88 said:

We had a very nice 3 hour visit with our friend at our hotel.  We had not seen each other since our Med/TA this past Nov/Dec on the Enchanted Princess.  

 

Afterwards, we took an Uber to the downtown Westfield shopping center.  It was pouring koalas & kangaroos!!!  🦘🐨🦘🐨

 

That did not stop Debbie!  I was very lucky though, only one small purchase at H&M!  

 

It is still pouring, so we are having dinner at the hotel tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

Sydney has some great shopping!  Much to Mike's dismay I did some damage last weekend at the end of our trip.

We usually book Sanctuary for our entire cruise but after seeing this new design I think we will be forgoing Sanctuary on our upcoming (haha not until 2025) Sun Princess cruise.  No cushions is no good!

Leaving in a few weeks for a 2 week cruise around Australia and NZ (with a week driving around NZ afterwards) and really have no idea what to pack.  Any suggestions/recommendations would be most appreciated.  Thanks!

Looking forward to watching and I just subscribed.  Thanks!

We have never eaten lunch in the MDR on any of our more than 20 cruises with Princess.  We like the buffet or the the poolside grill.

On 12/15/2023 at 3:36 PM, kazu said:

 

You can buy it now by logging in and then choose packages.  Under packages, you will see laundry and you can purchase.

 

You can also purchase it once on board.  whichever suits you the best - either can be done.  Hope this helps.

Thank you so much!  I found it.

On 12/8/2023 at 4:55 PM, kazu said:

OP - just log in to your booking and the cost for unlimited laundry is there.  The other option is choosing the “by the bag option”.  The price for it has gone up, I believe.  It used to $20 - $30 per bag (the $30 was in Europe and a couple of other exotic places).  

 

HAL does a great job on laundry and it’s the best buy there is on the ship.  Other lines are much pricier and don’t do as nice a job as HAL IMO.  

I just logged into my account but cannot find how to purchase the laundry package.  Can you tell me where specifically I can find that or do I do it once we board?  Thanks so much!

On 12/1/2023 at 7:51 AM, LACruiser88 said:

Another beautiful day in our Happy Place!  🙂

 

Absolutely our favorite place onboard!!

On 11/21/2023 at 3:18 AM, Rfzz38W said:

So true! our strategy onboard and in general is social distancing, and masking up when this is not possible e.g. elevators, bus enclosed spaces in addition to hand sanitizing etc.

Just find it really inconsiderate and irresponsible those passangers to not self-isolate when sick.

Agree with you completely! We were on the Regal in Sept/Oct for the British Isles/TA cruise and there were so many people we saw hacking into the hands and then grabbing serving spoons for food in the buffet.  We washed our hands before going into the buffet and I brought hand sanitizer that we used after getting our food and before eating.....Sadly I still got COVID.  I was good and stayed in our cabin for 5 days.  My husband never got it luckily!

On 11/1/2023 at 4:22 PM, LACruiser88 said:

Today there have been questions regarding Paxlovid on our two roll calls.  Whether you should bring it from home or depend on the onboard Med Center to provide it if you contract Covid.

 

We are bringing it from home, as you can never depend on the Med Center to have sufficient supplies of it and it will be very expensive onboard.  For us, our Medicare coverage paid for it.  So, nada out of pocket. 

 

Having come down with Covid on a Panama Canal cruise early last year, we feel it is better to be safe than sorry!

Good plan!  You mkight remember that I got COVID on our T/A with you last November on the RegL.  Well....I got it again on the Regal last month.  I had a Rx for Paxlovid (Medicare covered the cost fully)  with me and took that as soon as I tested positive (the day after my symptoms began) and I think it definitely helped me.  The downside of it is the most horrible taste in your mouth for the 5 days that you take it and 1 day after you stop.

13 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Vines is one of our favorite venues.  We sorely missed Vines on the Discovery Princess and will miss it in November on the Enchanted Princess.  😥

Absolutely agree with you LACruiser88!  We really missed it on our last Enchanted Princess cruise.  Like you, we spend every evening in Vines and wish it would be included on all of the Princess ships.

17 hours ago, teenieleek said:

What if it turns out to be cold and raining on these expensive sea days?

So far we have been lucky enough to not run into this problem.

We try to get onboard as early as possible and then we run, not walk, to Sanctuary to book loungers for all of the sea days.

We used to be huge CG fans but after our last 2 cruises with very disappointing meals there we have given up on CG. The steaks were not of a higher quality and the waiter could not have been more disinterested in what he was doing.

Sabatini's, on the other hand, started off iffy for us but we now love it!  The food has  been consistently good to excellent and the service is wonderful!

On 8/18/2023 at 3:39 PM, LACruiser88 said:

This past November, we were on the Regal's Med/TA.  The crossing occurred during the first week of December.  We had perfect warm weather for all 6 sea days to Ft Lauderdale.  We spent the whole time in the Sanctuary!

We were also on this cruise and the weather was perfect for the crossing.  Like LACruiser88, we spent all 6 days in Sanctuary and it was wonderful!

43 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

The time has arrived to start thinking about going home, so sad.  😥

 

 

 

Always a sad day!  Thanks so much for sharing your journey with all of us!  I look forward to following your "live from" on your future cruises!

4 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

UH OH!!!  This is what we have outside our neighbors door this morning!  😬

 

I remember that all too well from our November cruise!  Except I was moved to an isolation cabin on a different deck.

On 8/22/2022 at 7:56 PM, Culinarycruiseguy said:

The twice baked goat cheese soufflé has always been my favorite (I've managed to have it up to 4 times on a cruise, even on nights it is not on the menu).  I also love their breads, French Onion Soup, and a number of their pastries in the International Cafe.

You're making me hungry!  

On 6/25/2023 at 2:55 PM, Wishing on a star said:

Love the retreat pool and Sanctuary on Regal.

IMHO, they have ruined this area on the newer ships by closing this area in with cabins on each side.    This seems like it would make this area, anywhere near the pool, to be smaller and more crowded.

 

I completely agree with you!  We loved the Retreat pool and Sanctuary on the Regal but really disliked the retreat pool on the Enchanted.  Felt much too closed in for our liking.

We have purchased the Enclave for our whole cruise multiple times in the past.  While we enjoyed it we found we were not using it enough to justify the cost.  So we will not be purchasing it going forward.

On 6/25/2023 at 9:12 PM, phroggie said:

A few days ago I booked a cruise for July, 2024. I specifically selected the choose-yer-own-cabin option (because cabin on our last cruise was awesome). In spite of this the booking became a Guaranteed Booking. Yuk.

 

Is selected your own cabin not an option anymore? Am I booking too early? Did I catch the website on a glitchy day?

 

And the live chat was no help. 

Same happened to me for a October 2025 cruise!  Only option was a guarantee which is not something I am willing to take a chance on!

We always book Sanctuary but really think that Sanctuary on the Royal class ships are so much better than Sanctuary on the Grand class ships.  The crew seemed to be so much more attentive and friendly on the Royal class and we liked the layout much more.