odie1024

What a fantatsic trip so far, can't believe how much you covered. You really do your homework prior to your visit. Looking forward to the cruise review.

Fantatsic review, just caught up again. Went away overnight yesterday and came back to 15 pages. You always cover so much ground in your pre cruise adventures and I see and learn so much. Look forward to what is to come. Enjoy.

Totally agree, have done 4 cruises since cruising restarted and doing another in October and will definitely look forward to their smiles and clearly understanding them.

Safe Travels tomorrow Saint Greg, look forward to your review.

We just did a 15 day connoiseur cruisetour this year that started June 10th in Fairbanks for 2 nights. Will say very disappointed in the Princess Lodge as far as the food as we only had very limited buffet food. Told it was due to staff shortage. Also hit Mckinley Lodge for 1 night, Denali Lodge for 2 nights and Kenai Lodge for 3 nights. The Kenai Lodge had the best accommodations and definitely best food. Definitely need to do an excursion on the Kenai Peninsula. We boarded the ship on the 18th and would advise doing the land portion first so you can relax a little on the ship. The days can be hectic as luggage goes outside your door fairly early. This was our first trip with Princess and would highly reccomend. If you go too early in May the roads in Denali may still be snow covered and not open. We did also go to Alaska in Sept. 2019 which also had terrific weather.

We were on the Royal in June and one of the first to board and the first thing I did was call to sign up for the Chefs Table and Winemakers Dinner. We were invited to both but opted to give the invite for the Winemakers Dinner back so someone else would have an opportunity to have a nice experience. This was our first time cruising with Princess and were excited to try the Chefs Table which was absolutely amazing.

I also tip for room service as I look at as being above and beyond. Really, what is a coiple of bucks.

So this happened because some idiot put something in the toilet that they should not have. This happened to us 2 days in a row on the Epic in February. NCL unclogged it and the next day it was clogged again. We actually did not get a thing. This is not the fault of NCL so I agree with the person who suggested something around 20%. Why is it always about " how much can I get from a company".

We did 15 day Connoisseur tour in June and our last lodge was Kenai Princess and they tested us on Thursday and Friday before boarding the ship in Whittier on Saturday and yes you swab yourself. As for pre testing for land portion we had arrived in Alaska a few days prior to start of cruisetour and did proctored tests that Friday morning in Fairbanks before joinging the group on Saturday. Our tour director when we asked about him wanting to see the results was Princess told him he could not ask for them and it was an honor system that assumes you are negative. I am not sure if anyone in our group of 47 tested postitive as it seemed like we were all there when we got to Whittier. Have no idea how many were positive on our ship, just know we had a great time and never tested positive even after getting home.

I just got off the Royal and definitely not enforced. Saw 1 elevator empty out with 12 people and 6 were not wearing masks. There are signs in the elevator that say limit 6 and masks required. I actually asked a few people at different times that were getting in to please put on their masks and they did. I was sitting at a bar and a server asked a couple to put theirs on as they walked by and the response was I have a drink in my hand. I am happy to say as of today I do not have Covid which is a good thing as we started this vacation from the east coast on June 8th and returned on Sunday the 26th so feel very fortunate. Had a terrific time.