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If you are flying into FLL, then it's cheaper and more convenient to take a taxi or Uber/Lyft to the port.  You can see the port from the airport.

Am on the Discovery this week and the Captain just announced that a MedEvac by helicopter is going to take place at 8:30 this morning.  They’ve been working with both the Mexican and US Coast Guards and decided the best option was a helicopter from San Diego.

Cruise director change mid cruise on Discovery this week.  Armando has moved to the Royal and Esther Shelton was promoted to CD.

We were one the Sky in early February and were able to connect the HDMI cable (it's a bit of a tight squeeze, though).  We followed the workaround posted previously on this forum and were able to watch downloaded videos on the TV.

Does the Enclave on the Sky offer day passes like they did on the Regal?  Or do they only have weekly passes?

The dock area has changed in the last 5 years since we were there last.  The original shack is gone, but there is a restaurant right along the boardwalk between the library and the Tramway station.  The other location is located just past downtown on the way to the bridge to Douglas Island.

If you book the Tracy’s Crab Shack excursion, you will be driven over to their outdoor restaurant site where you can see the original cooking shacks they used.  It’s about a mile from the ship, so you could probably still walk back to the ship.  

Google is showing you the restaurant right by the dock that you can just visit on your own.

6 hours ago, DrivesLikeMario said:

Where would you suggest the best place would be to see them?  If I got there early, would sitting in the chairs in the atrium be good or is somewhere else better? 

There was a line from the piazza on Deck 5 towards Vines and then out to the Art Gallery to get the chance to pet and get your picture taken by a ship’s photographer with one of the puppies.  You can also take your own pictures.  There was also a second line by the stairs to pet one of the puppies that was inside a pen that had been set up.

Great review, Abbie.  We were also aboard the Star on this voyage and concur with your review.

The naturalist on this voyage was Dirk Younkerman.

Don't miss Puppies in the Piazza at 3 pm in Skagway!

We were also on this voyage.  The CD is Matt Baker and he's quite engaging with the passengers.  He parked himself at the gangway all morning playing his ukelele and harmonica as we all disembarked.  Captain Manfuso just took over as Master of the Ship on this voyage, so we didn't get to see/hear Captain Tuvo and his signature "Bye-bye" at the end of his announcements.  The ship was full of new Princess cruisers (over 2,000), which seems to be typical for these Alaska voyages.

There were plenty of activities listed in the Patter, but I suspect that since we're still early in the Alaska season, things are being worked out as there are some staffing changes.  For example, on our voyage there was no Voice of the Ocean competition, but on the one coming up there is (we watched the first Wake Show being recorded on our last sea day).  The dancers just joined the ship on May 19, so they were still working out their routines on this ship's stages (overhead the CD talking to some fellow passengers about this).

Movies shown during this trip:  Aquaman, Mary Poppins Returns, Christopher Robin, Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, to name a few.  There were also a bunch of movies playing on the stateroom TV, but it wasn't on-demand, so we never timed it right to catch any of those movies from beginning to end.

Looking forward to reading your reports on the Star.  We board her in just over 2 weeks.

Looks like she got the Sea Witch livery applied to her bow!  Now she looks like her sister ships.

We were also on the Regal in early February and attended the first couple of nights of Liam's performance. I found him not that engaging with the crowd. He was an okay singer/piano player, but we didn't care for the way he changed the way of singing some of the old favorites.

YEG, the OP said she took the picture in 2012. If she is anything like us, she just loaded them on her computer.

Oops, my bad! It's a great picture of one of my favorite ships.

Nice picture. I was surprised to hear that the Sapphire Princess is back in North America already. I thought she was based out of Southeast Asia this winter.

Just got off the Regal at Terminal 2 this morning....plenty of taxis, no line up and the fare was $15 including tip. Not that much more than Uber would have been.

I was on the Regal Dec 17-28, and we were up there for 2/3 sea days, and yes, it was incredibly windy. The attendants moved our chairs forward so it wasn't blowing our stuff all around, but it was quite loud with the wind.

Thanks for the reply, Goldie. Appreciate the feedback about the wind.

I'm loving your posts, H-Sar. As a fellow Edmontonian who will be boarding Regal in early February for the first time on a Royal class ship, I've been following your posts all week. Question- did you have any opportunity to use the Sanctuary? I was wondering if it gets really windy up there on sea days? We've been up there on the Caribbean Princess, but found it windy and noisy from the flapping panels when the ship was moving.

We booked a BF guarantee in mid-August on the Feb 4/18 sailing on the Regal and received our cabin assignment/upgrade notice this weekend. BC (mid-aft) on the Marina deck.

We were on the Golden last week in an obstructed cabin on Emerald deck. The mattresses were firm, but not lumpy, like we've experienced on previous cruises. The mattress felt like memory-foam and were quite comfortable to sleep on.