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Sounds good! There aren’t that many tour companies in Skagway, especially when avoiding large cruise ship excursions. I like to plan in advance to ensure I get a seat on my top choice tours before things sell out. I’ll be in touch in the fall to book the tour!

Wow, that's great news! We were booked with Dave back in 2020, but we all know what happened to those cruises 😞 We will finally be getting our chance to cruise in Alaska in July 2025 and would love to book this tour again. I know it's still early, but do you know when you will open up bookings for the 2025 season?

Great start to the review! Your writing style reminds me of my own reviews haha Wishing you a wonderful trip and I can't wait to follow along. We just booked this same itinerary for 2026 for our 10 year anniversary. When I looked at the travel agent list of the ports, it included Santorini, Istanbul, and Kotor. When Princess officially posted the itineraries on their website, they dropped Santorini and Istanbul and replaced it with Naples and Kusadasi. I was heartbroken as they replaced 2 of my bucket list places with 2 places I have already visited! And now I am hearing that Kotor is being replaced with Bar. I seriously considered booking something else, but Princess doesn't have any other similar itineraries, so I'll make this itinerary work. Plus, DH hasn't been to most of these ports so it will be fun to see them through his eyes. My cruise is still over 2 years away, so I look forward to living vicariously through you! Safe travels!

Oh wow, that is very different from what I was expecting based on the other sideways inside cabins on the last few ships. It still seems like it will feel bigger than a regular inside cabin with all of that floor space when you first enter. Too bad it doesn't have the extra closet and desk space of the other layout! I watch a ton of TV at home, but on a cruise, I never even turn the TV on while on a cruise. There's way more exciting things to do! I do agree that is an absurd place to put the TV for people who do want to watch it.

Thank you for your reply and the schematic of the cabin layout! That is very disappointing since it seems to have way less counter and shelving space versus the Royal class’s sideways interiors. Has anyone actually stayed in one of these cabins who can verify for certain what the layout is? Also, the deck plans on princess.com show 11617 as a mini-suite, not an inside cabin… I can only hope that it is a different layout 🤞🤞

I have seen lots of great photos and reviews of the sideways inside cabins on many Princess ships, but I can't find any details on these sideways cabins on the Sun. They only have a few of them on decks 15 and 17 aft, and 10 and 11 forward. Has anyone stayed in one of these cabins on the Sun, and can you please share some photos of the layout? Is it the same layout as the ones on other ships where the entry door is in the middle of the cabin, and the bed is on one side, and an elongated desk is on the other side, with the bathroom, closet and lots of shelving around the corner behind the desk? I am seriously considering one of these cabins for an upcoming cruise, but just want to know what I'm signing up for! Thanks in advance!

OMG! That story about losing your GoPro had me on the edge of my seat! I'm so glad your instructor was able to find it and return it to you safely!! It reminds me of when I went stand up paddle boarding in St. Kitts on my 2012 Carnival Victory cruise, and the instructor offered to take my camera to take photos of us SUPing. Towards the end of the tour, he put it in the cargo pocket of his swim trunks and when I asked for it back at the end of the tour, I saw a look of horror on his face as he realized he no longer had the camera in his pocket. One of his friends took him on a jet ski to backtrack along the route we had taken and an hour later, he returned with my camera! I had a floating wristband attached to it and he saw it bobbing along the shore near where we had stopped to take a rest break. That was over a decade ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday because nearly losing my camera with all of my vacation photos was so traumatic! So I definitely feel your pain and know exactly how you felt on that boat waiting for your guide to return!! Whew!! I am making a mental note about this scuba tour... it will be a few years before we can take Ian on a DSD tour, but I am sure we will take many more Mexican Riviera cruises in the years to come with living in Arizona, so I definitely want to visit that site one day!

Yea, that is pretty much my rationale as well. Plus, Ian will still qualify as an infant on this trip so we may as well go while he is still free!

I'm so glad you guys went to the aquarium! We will be back in Mazatlan in January as we are sailing on the Discovery Princess for New Years (switching it up instead of doing the same Panorama cruise 2 years in a row!). We will be in Mazatlan on New Years Eve day and wanted a half-day activity to make sure to be back on the ship around lunch time so Ian can take his nap and hopefully not have a meltdown again like he did last year! I had looked into going to the aquarium last year in case our day pass to Hotel Playa fell through, so now we are planning to finally get to the aquarium next year. There really wasn't much info about it when I was doing my research last fall, so I am bookmarking this page of your review. Did you think it was worth the $30 per person for admission? That seems a little steep for an aquarium in Mexico (especially considering we only paid $12 per person to go to the zoo in Puerto Vallarta). Did you think it was a good value?

Kim, JerseyGirl and I were on the same New Years Eve cruise. She posted in my review about her insane day in La Paz when she went out on the boat to see whale sharks and it was horrible seas and very dangerous and they were so late coming back that they nearly missed the ship. You definitely read about it when she posted in my review in January! Just thinking about her day raises my heartbeat!

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I just got caught up. I’m so sorry your La Paz tour was cancelled. I was looking forward to living vicariously through you swimming with sea lions and whale sharks! It’s weird that it was so chilly for you in early April. I think we had warmer weather in early January!

Looking forward to reading your review! I loved my ABC cruise on Celebrity back in 2018!

Great start to your review! I look forward to following along as I just did this itinerary for the New Years Eve cruise!

Yay!! I have been waiting for you to post your review! I can’t wait to see how you liked the Mexican Riviera!