tulok

Last night was very low key. Second formal night and if I was to guess I would say 60% were dressed up. Saw a few tuxedos and formal dresses. Also saw tshirts and shorts. One person had a faded tshirt and very worn shorts walking into the reserve dining room, I just watched to see if he was turned away, and he was not so almost anything goes on formal night. That wasn’t a dress code opinion just a statement. I do love seeing all the lovely dresses especially on the other people that seemed to have embraced dressing up. I would say 90% of the teenagers and younger were dressed up. Some in what could have been prom dresses.

I was not impressed with how Princess holds formal night. Depending on your reservation times, you miss anything in the Piazza and the menu is not anything special. The only thing that is noticeable is all the photographers taking up walking space to hold small photo shoots. 

Vines was able to make us a small plate of vegetables, cheese, and olives to share. It was a nice small plate before dinner. I will say almost everyone has been very friendly and accommodating. 

Vines menu-

3 hours ago, Nattyg1723 said:

Thank you for investigating! Filthy Martinis it is, then 😆

Slightly dirty for me 😜

@MsSoCalCruiser This picture is for you. IC they get the order from a back tray not the case. So why they couldn’t have a tray of sandwiches or egg muffins without cheese 🤷🏼‍♀️. 

Pool chair hogs was up and out this morning. This was at 745a. All chairs around all the pools were taken (saved) Who knows since when? We wanted the shade so we came upstairs and around a corner so we are away from morning to mid day sun.  I am not chair hogging, they have gone to get a drink and will be right right back.

Planks was one of the best meals while on board. Even beat Santinis and Crown Grill for service and taste.

No Pickle Martinis to be found on the Emerald. 
 

Today was Tortola and it was a beautiful day. Took an excursion to The Baths and it was a nice tour. A little physical for a few but most were able to hike without any issues. We had 45 mins to swim and it was refreshing on a hot day. 

Tonight was Crown Grill. It was good but service was slow. Don’t have to worry about eating too fast. I would recommend making a reservation as everyone without one tonight was turned away while we were there. 

Make sure you go to Fusions early as it is packed by show time. 

Vines is a great place to relax when everywhere else is crowded and you just want a glass of wine and talk.

I just realized I didn’t take a

photo of the food for the UBD. As others have said, it is a lot of food. It was good, not great but not disappointed that we tried it. Our top and 2 door down neighbors decide tonight was a good night to open and close the sliding glass door over and over.

St Kitts was a perfect place and 6p

was a great time. 

I asked for my DH to have a martini with appetizers but they served it with dessert. Only hiccup. I asked for steak and grilled shrimp instead of lobster as I don’t eat lobster and received it. We had a lot of photos taken and fresh flowers on the table. 

It was a lovely but rainy day on St Kitts. We booked with Blue Safari tours for the Catamaran, Snorkeling and Lunch excursions. It was so much fun. Open bar, music and the crew made it fun. We did snorkel early into the catamaran cruise. 

St Kitts is a beautiful island. I would come back here in a moment. 
 

Tonight we are having the Ultimate Balcony Dinner for our anniversary. (It was right before we left) We have it starting at 6p when the ship

leaves port which is a good thing because our balcony is facing the sun now. 

7 hours ago, gsmith2424 said:

Have to call the dining line.

That is what we did. We went to a house phone at the Excursions desk and I asked for the dining line number. They were able to get us into all the casual restaurants and even move our Sabatinis reservations so we could make Planks work. Steamers and Planks are on opposite days.

Tonight we are watching Ashlie Amber from American Idol for a Whitney Houston review.

We saw the comedian in Club Fusion and he was funny. They seem to get good talent for the evening shows.

I am still looking for a bar that can make a pickle martini. Fusion was a no.

The dessert sampler was a hit with my SIL.

The funny thing is for dessert I ordered the fresh berries and it was a bowl full of blueberries.

Sabatinis was good but service was slow. They let me order Baratta Capri twice as I don’t eat pasta. Then I had the rosemary chicken. It was good, not great but good. My DH said that same thing about the veal tenderloin. 

Just now, tulok said:

We had 2 couples so almost everything was ordered. I had brisket and pulled pork. My DH has the sausage and ribs. Everyone enjoyed the meal the most

The coleslaw is actually carrot and raisins

3 hours ago, In Toronto said:

e plan to have dinner at Planks.  Do you mind telling us what your ordered?

We had 2 couples so almost everything was ordered. I had brisket and pulled pork. My DH has the sausage and ribs. Everyone enjoyed the meal the most

this is what you see once onboard with the app. under shipmates you can locate anyone that approves you locating them. It has been great as I can see where my DH is after the gym or he can find me after a nap. I really like this feature and the medallions. Princess gets an A for this innovation.  So far no mistakes on our folio. 
To see how many drinks you have had, you go to packages and it keeps a talley 0/15…3/15…etc. We take a quick look and if that seems right we don’t really check the folio except in the morning I will look.

Breakfast buffet is getting same old…same old. I am not really a breakfast eater but trying to eat something before leaving for an excursion. My DH has been eating in the IC for breakfast and he has enjoyed it. We haven’t tried mdr so there are choices, I just need to branch out. 

Not a fan of Antigua as a port but we had a good zip line excursion. It was with Princess and they didn’t do the best job with organization. The small rain forest company was not expecting 45 people all at once. It would have been much better sending us every 30 minutes or so but it worked out. The company was nice and it went pretty fast once all the paperwork and other things (that could have been done earlier) was completed. My first time zip lining and I survived and no one needed to call 911

so it was a good hot day.  We got back at 3p starving so went straight to the buffet. I was able to make a taco salad as it was mexican theme. Hit the spot on a

hot day. The salsa on the buffet is good.

Tonight is Sabatinis. I will try to remember to take a picture of the menu. I am terrible remembering to take pictures. 

For those about to board I hope I leave you some “Whispering Angel” and Heineken 0.

This elevator list helped me a lot at the beginning 

4 hours ago, Nattyg1723 said:

Hi there, enjoying your semi live!

 

If possible, no pressure, would you be able to inquire if pickle martinis are available anywhere?

 

Thank you!

Funny you should ask. We were just talking about pickle martinis and said I was going to try and get one this evening. I will definitely let you know.

Today was a full day in St Martin. We took the Discover St Martin tour with a non Princess company and it was great. The tour was 5 hours and ended with watching the planes fly overhead at a

time the larger planes were coming and going. We really enjoyed seeing the entire island.

We had dinner at Planks and it was the best dinner we had on ship. The service was excellent (Alex) and the food was fast, hot and smoked well. I highly recommend making reservations for a couple of nights.

Then we saw Steve Caouette, a comedian that was the best show yet. He really played to the audience.

It was a wonderful day and evening and now we are sitting on our balcony watching the world float by. And I had quite a few Whispering Angels, getting the courage to go zip lining tomorrow. 😬

Ocean now app for ordering has worked quite well.

My husband has used it many times and the longest wait so far is about 20mins. Most times 10-15mins and they find us every time.

Sugar free ice cream is available at cones by the pool. Just ask, they keep it in the refrigerator and it was no charge.

Hasn’t flapped once. That was by chance as I had extra magnets and realized I could use it on the shower curtain to the door frame.

My Dollar Tree finds that have been great. 
The shower magnet and binder clips have worked like a charm.

The bins are good for organizing 

And of course magnet hooks