cruisenfreak

What is “progressive water color painting”?

Worked like a charm!  Yesterday my first fax attempt showed an error.  Refaxed and got a confirmation it was sent successfully.  Just a couple hours later, the credit appeared.  Thanks to this posting, it was so simple.  Mary Jsne

We’ve done several Atlantic crossings and one Pacific crossing.  We like all the days at sea.  Our transPacific was from Tahiti to Pitcairn to Easter Island to the west coast of S America through the Canal to Fort Lauderdale.  There were lots and lots of activities during the day - lectures, trivia, arts and crafts, wine tastings,  knitting/crocheting group, book reviews, etc.  I participated in many, but also enjoyed meeting and talking with fellow passengers, sitting quietly and reading, watching the sea, etc.  Never bored!  As we approached S America I remember a new friend commenting it would be nice to turn around and do it all again!

By far our favorite Princess ship!  With the small size, fellow passengers quickly become friends.

This is our favorite Princess ship and accounts for most of our 153 days on Princess.  We have also cruised on identical ships with Oceania and Azamara.  We love these little ships.

We are Elite members.  Several years ago we were travelling on the Pacific Princess with our friends who were new to Princess.  The first couple of days, we would have them meet us at the door of any Elite activity, then we would ask someone at the door if our friends could join us even though they were not elitte.  They were always welcome.

It’s been quite a few years ago, but I do remember sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti in a Deck 4 Forward cabin on the PP.  We thought it was one of the quietest locations we had ever had.  We had booked B2B and moved from Deck 4 to a balcony on Deck 7 and said several times to each other that the Deck 4 cabin was larger, had more storage and was definitely quieter.  Enjoy.

30 minutes ago, puppycanducruise said:

Thanks Chief.

I always learn so much from you (and a few others like Capt_BJ and Heidi13)

Ditto.  Imparting your knowledge is very much appreciated.  I have eagerly read these posts.

1 hour ago, Pushka said:

No they aren’t. As Monty has indicated. You will be asked to declare any food and if you don’t you will be fined. Nuts and cheese especially. Wrapped sweets might be ok. 

Well, that ‘s interesting and good info to have.  We’ve never been to Australia and New Zealand.  We do not take anything from the ship like open nuts and cheeses, just packaged snacks.  Of course we will listen to our ship notices and follow whatever is said.  Getting arrested would not be any fun at all!

We always carry packaged snacks - breakfast bars, nuts, cheese crackers, hard candy, etc. I think these are okay everywhere.

These pictures may help you decide if your flowers will take up too much space.  The Christmas tree is 18 inches.  The Poinsettia is in a small pot and grew during the time we had it in the cabin.  Now one of the lovely bar staff ladies has it in her cabin.

5 minutes ago, bap said:

So cruisenfreak, did you not need Euros for other things like public toilets in the Mediterranean?

Yes, bap, we did need some for postcards, souvinirs, coffees at sidewalk cafes, restrooms, etc.  We don’t buy much, but we did use the credit card a few times.  

We ordered 125 Euros from our credit union before we left and came home with 20 Euros.  I call that pretty good planning.

Obviously if we hadn’t used USDs for tipping, we would have needed to take more Euros.       We did  bring lots of ones and fives and I would recommend that.  At one time we wanted some extra small bills but Viking had none at that point.  Later they did and we could break larger bills for more ones and fives.

4 hours ago, Islandbc said:

Sun had drawers in the closet on DV.  Lots of room for 2 of us on a 13 day cruise in December.

Ditto on the sun (30 days for us).  On the Sea a year ago - no drawers in the closet, but we did just fine with the three drawers below the safe, the two drawers plus shelves in the bathroom, a small drawer in each bedside table and the lift up vanity in the desk.

On our recent Viking cruise in the Med, we were told we could use USDs for tips, and suggested we add a bit to our regular tip since the guides and drivers would have to convert the dollars.   We saw many fellow passengers doing the same.

That worked well for us and no one seemed disappointed to be tipped in dollars.

Bon Voyage, y’all!  The Sun docks early in the am.  We fly back home tomorrow.

I will love following this thread.  In the meantime,  we are aboard the Viking Sun (Cabin 5066) and will keep it nice and neat until we vacate on Jan 3.

We love the buffet which always had a wide variety of seafood including sushi.  Also they had great salads - some made to order.  And..check out what they might be grilling in the middle of the buffet area - great stuff! (Hubby is not a big eater, asked for 1/2 a steak, and it was available, grilled just right!)

We established our own routine of going to the bar behind the buffet, ordering the included beer or wine, finding something great for our own “happy hour” appetizers from the buffet, conversing with the bar staff ( who were so interesting and wonderful conversationists), and then eating dinner from the buffet.  We never went to the restaurants - not our “thing”.

Mary Jane

We are traveling in January with 2 other couples.  We could book excursions first, did so, tnen let our friends know we had gotten exactly the ones we all wanted at the times we wanted them.

Our friends contacted tellus to ask for assistance for all of us to tour together.  An immediate response suggested waiting until their designated booking day to see if their choices were available.  Then said if some were not, to contact tellus agsin and they would assust in getting us all on the same tours.  As it turned out, all our choices (tours and times) were still available, so there was no need for further assistance.

We have done several “behind the scenes” tours on various lines and have always found it very, very interesting. Last year we toured the bridge on the Viking Sea and this year I will check on board to see what might be available. If it is the kitchen and/or the laundry I will sign us up, for sure.

Like you, I was getting that same message yesterday and this morning, but it was working fine this afternoon.

I also sent a question to tellus today (on a different subject) and got an answer back very quickly. Very impressed with response time!

Yes, last December in San Juan following the October hurricane. Of course, our flight was changed also. I think we were informed 3 or 4 weeks before the cruise. Mary Jane

We went to the desk the day we boarded and asked to be put on the waiting list. We got on the excursion at the time of our first choice.

The crafters/stitchers also got together for an hour or so every sea day.

So glad to hear this! :)

Thank you.