Be careful with the taxis in FLL - from the port, they often do not put the meter on - it is a really short ride..less than $20, then they will try to rip you off with a much higher rate. If we take a taxi, first thing we do is check to see he put the meter "on".
They are cutting back on the offers. we are just off the Crown Princess where I had 14,000 plus points and got a free balcony offer with $600 casino free play - no princess plus as I have usually had in the past.
I guess with the ships being more occupied the need for casino players is going down.
The last time we boarded in Vancouver, it took a very long time. We will be boarding again on this coming Tuesday.....not planning to get there early as the wait will be only longer.... we will just get there whenever and plan to sit and wait.
Gloves do absolutely NOTHING - any germs are still on the gloves and you are ingesting them...wake up people - Unless you are a medical professional and actually know how to wear gloves , just forget it.
We don't do any of those things either and have cruised just about every month since the return to cruising.....never got covid either. I do like to wear my mask in the casino to block some of the smoke so it does come in handy and of course we had 5 vaccines so well protected. The best advise I can give is to wash your hands frequently.
Obviously some of these people do not understand the perils of sailing into storms....it is so easy to blame Princess for everything in their little negative minds. We cruise a lot and have missed ports due to storms or high winds and have always been thankful that the captain placed the passenger's safety over getting in to a port....disappointed, yes but thankful indeed.... All the whiners need to stick to land based vacations...then they can complain about flight delays and cancellations.
We recently completed 18 days on the Emerald via the Panama Canal. It was one of our very best of 45 Princess cruises.....our room steward was outstanding. We never had any problems finding a table at the buffet or getting drinks of any kind there.....we had room service deliver our coffee every morning exactly at the time ordered and the correct order of one coffee and one decaf coffee....The original poster should just stick with NCL - a line that we tried once and would never go back....
The Emerald is a great ship!!!