Hi, I’m Julie McCoy, Your TR Director Review of the CB

[jenseib]

Oct. 3, 2014, Friday, Day 7

This was our last full day on the ship….sadly my memory is fading on all the details, but I do have enough pictures to give me an idea of what we did.

I am sure I woke up early…because I pretty much always do.

I think I took a walk around the ship a bit and probably ended up on top watching the sea go by for a while.

I am pretty sure I got a donut to start the day and had a seat and ate it.

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More of the selections.

I always love looking at these maps to see where we are.

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I think I was trying to get as many pictures of the ship as I could in case I had missed some areas throughout the cruise. I only had my point and shoot with me though so they aren’t the best pictures.

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The bad thing about the Caribbean Princess is that this deck is much narrower than on many other ships…however I still enjoyed it.

Hello Sea of Glass!

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Back inside…..

A few pictures of an empty casino.

[jenseib]

I headed back to the room and Mom and I got ready for breakfast.

I took a picture of tonights menu.

After breakfast, Mom wanted to head to the casino and try her luck on her new favorite machine.

I think someone was on it and she was mad, and started on another machine and after that person won a bunch and left Mom hopped on there and the machine was not winning at all then. She was so mad someone had ruined “her” machine. LOL!

I went off on my own for a bit.

I went and got a mango/strawberry smoothie and it was so good.

[jenseib]

I just kind of chilled out today and eventually met Mom in the casino and tried my luck for a bit…..no luck for me.

Before long it was time to get lunch.

After lunch, I believe this is the day Mom went to a talk on Jackie Kennedy Jewelry. I went back to the room for something while she was there and realized I had left my key in there…so I had to go back to find Mom, get her key, then go get mine and back to hand Mom her key back again…..yeah I felt like a fool.

Mom was really impressed with the presentation.

I rested a bit and took a walk around the ship too.

Again I looked over our pictures.

Mom and I then met and had a seat in the Piazza and had some desserts.

[jenseib]

They were setting up for a paper airplane contest so we decided to watch. We watched as many people around us took great care in folding their plane just so. The guy next to us really looked like he knew what he was doing…sadly when he threw it, it dive bombed immediately. LOL!

The goal was to throw it through the hoop.

Everyone lined up and the throwing began.

The first round was on the ground floor, the second on the second floor and the third on the third floor. Not too many people made it through the hoop.

We laughed and cheered…..It was fun to watch.

Then it was over and they started taking down the hoop. We then saw the New Zealand family walk across the Piazza and say something to someone. Mom whispers to me….”I bet she is asking if they will put the hoop back up because her boys didn’t get a chance”…ya know because we are 20 minutes late to the event. LOL!!! The guy taking down the hoop got a signal and he then put it back up. OMG!!! We couldn’t believe it. Sure enough the boys each get a piece of paper and start making airplanes and then are allowed to throw once each. We just had a laugh over it as we had experience with this family already and we have come to understand that the rules don’t seem to apply to them…or at least in their minds.

[crochetcruise]

Oct. 3, 2014, Friday, Day 7

This was our last full day on the ship….sadly my memory is fading on all the details, but I do have enough pictures to give me an idea of what we did.

I am sure I woke up early…because I pretty much always do.

I think I took a walk around the ship a bit and probably ended up on top watching the sea go by for a while.

I am pretty sure I got a donut to start the day and had a seat and ate it.

 

Thanks for the discreet alert to take a couple of clipboard folders set up with notepad and pen tied to the clip, so I can record the WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN of any photos in 1, and use the other for general observations of what I'm doing, any drinks, food, facilities inspected etc. I've promised to take notes for some friends, so will be busy exploring, enjoying and making notes!

 

Crochetcruise

[crochetcruise]

I giggled at your comment about the possibly erratic focus-NO WAY! ANY PHOTOS ARE BETTER THAN NO PHOTOS AT ALL IMHO! You're also, sneaking reminders to keep notes on what you eat, drink, photograph, er-and make sure you wear/have your card with you EVER so discreetly.

 

Entirely due to the generosity of people "sharing" their photos and tips to make onboard life a little easier, I get to "see" animals and birds I've only ever seen before on tv or in books and magazines. And tv doesn't always give the close up, easy to focus, shot either. You certainly try to highlight the animal/bird so that the view "feels" they are standing beside you actually watching for themselves. THANK YOU!

 

Crochetcruise :cool:

[lynwar]

Hello,

We only went to one show in the theater when we cruised. It was passable. The guys, one more Hispanic, was better than the other 3 if this was the same cast.

 

I noticed that the shower shampoo and things were on the wall this time, not individual small bottles. I still have a round bar of soap that says Lotus on the wrapper from a past cruise. I hadn't used moisturizer on my hair until this bottle my husband just bought. It wasn't the usual brand and it was a 2-1.

 

As for the current weather, yes, it's supposed to get down to 29 tonight here in Central Florida. The Tampa area and the coast may be colder. It was quite breezy here today and a high between 53-58. It wouldn't have been too bad without the wind. Tomorrow starts a warm-up to the 70's by the weekend. My son and his girlfriend will arrive Tuesday night 2/24 and temps are predicted to hold to at least 70 through the week. They will take it, as it's 0 there tonight in Columbus.

 

I'm enjoying your review and that of scubacruiserx2-it's keeping me in cruise mode.

 

Bye for now. Lynne

[jenseib]

Thanks for the discreet alert to take a couple of clipboard folders set up with notepad and pen tied to the clip, so I can record the WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN of any photos in 1, and use the other for general observations of what I'm doing, any drinks, food, facilities inspected etc. I've promised to take notes for some friends, so will be busy exploring, enjoying and making notes!

 

Crochetcruise

 

I giggled at your comment about the possibly erratic focus-NO WAY! ANY PHOTOS ARE BETTER THAN NO PHOTOS AT ALL IMHO! You're also, sneaking reminders to keep notes on what you eat, drink, photograph, er-and make sure you wear/have your card with you EVER so discreetly.

 

Entirely due to the generosity of people "sharing" their photos and tips to make onboard life a little easier, I get to "see" animals and birds I've only ever seen before on tv or in books and magazines. And tv doesn't always give the close up, easy to focus, shot either. You certainly try to highlight the animal/bird so that the view "feels" they are standing beside you actually watching for themselves. THANK YOU!

 

Crochetcruise :cool:

 

I always say I am going to take better notes each time and I seem to get worse instead of better. LOL

[jenseib]

Hello,

We only went to one show in the theater when we cruised. It was passable. The guys, one more Hispanic, was better than the other 3 if this was the same cast.

 

I noticed that the shower shampoo and things were on the wall this time, not individual small bottles. I still have a round bar of soap that says Lotus on the wrapper from a past cruise. I hadn't used moisturizer on my hair until this bottle my husband just bought. It wasn't the usual brand and it was a 2-1.

 

As for the current weather, yes, it's supposed to get down to 29 tonight here in Central Florida. The Tampa area and the coast may be colder. It was quite breezy here today and a high between 53-58. It wouldn't have been too bad without the wind. Tomorrow starts a warm-up to the 70's by the weekend. My son and his girlfriend will arrive Tuesday night 2/24 and temps are predicted to hold to at least 70 through the week. They will take it, as it's 0 there tonight in Columbus.

 

I'm enjoying your review and that of scubacruiserx2-it's keeping me in cruise mode.

 

Bye for now. Lynne

 

I have some friends in FL right now and they are all saying it's chilly...but compared to here at home it's wonderful! LOL

[Colo Cruiser]

As Homer would say! Ummmm Cronuts! :D

Edited February 20, 2015 by Colo Cruiser

[jenseib]

I think we separated again for a little bit and then met at the Island dining room for the wine tasting. I am not a big wine drinker at all and would normally never go to a wine tasting but it was free for being an Elite member so I decided to give it a try. Mom wanted to go to. I met Mom there and she said she tried to check in but my name wasn’t on the list. I gave them my voucher and all was fine. She had to sign up and pay for hers though. I think it was only like 8 or 9 dollars.

 

We had a seat and waited for the event to start.

 

 

We were supposed to eat a little something in between each tasting.

 

 

We got started with white wines first. I prefer white over red any day. They were ok, but again I am not a big wine fan.

 

 

Each wine was given a history and a bit of info about it. Honestly it was hard to understand a lot of it. The Head waiters were doing it and most have such thick accents.

 

 

I wasn’t sure when to start drinking but the ladies across from us were guzzling them down, so I started to drink as well.

 

 

I am so uneducated when it comes to wine, but Mom knows quite a bit more and told me why we were swirling it…which I admit I still don’t understand the purpose even after explained to me. LOL.

We also had a dessert type drink that was super sweet and tasty.

 

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We got to keep the shot glass too.

 

 

It was a neat experience, but I personally wouldn’t run back to go do it again…only because I am not a wine drinker, but for the price (if I had to pay) it was a pretty cheap experience.

 

Now the Caribbean Princess has a head waiter named Hector. He is known as the singing waiter and he often will sing at meals. I had read about him on Cruise Critic and one night he did sing while we were leaving the dining room.

 

He sang a song before we all left. I believe he was singing Frank Sinatra today.

 

 

He did have a very nice voice and he was a good singer…..again it’s just not my type of thing though.

 

Mom either headed to the casino or back to the room for a nap….I am thinking it was a nap.

 

I decided to head up top and enjoy the sea for a bit.

 

 

My view while in the elevator.

 

 

This is a water feature.

 

 

I went and just leaned against the railing and looked out at the wonderful ocean. The seas were just so calm.

 

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A look down at some of the balconies.

 

 

Now as I was looking out towards the front of the ship I spotted a water bottle floating our way and I kept watching it just float up to us and then along the side of the ship. It was so weird that in this big ocean I saw a lonely water bottle floating. I tried to get a picture but you can’t see it in the picture.

 

 

Look how beautiful it is out there.

 

[jenseib]

It was time for a drink.

 

 

And I had a seat and chatted with some people.

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

 

Now the Caribbean Princess has a head waiter named Hector. He is known as the singing waiter and he often will sing at meals. I had read about him on Cruise Critic and one night he did sing while we were leaving the dining room.

 

He sang a song before we all left. I believe he was singing Frank Sinatra today.

 

 

He did have a very nice voice and he was a good singer…..again it’s just not my type of thing though.

 

 

 

Very nice shot of Hector , Jen , thanks for sharing it !

[metairiegal]

Beautiful pics of the water! :)

 

I wonder if there was a message in that bottle?!

Edited February 21, 2015 by metairiegal

[jenseib]

As Homer would say! Ummmm Cronuts! :D

 

MMMMMMMM!

 

Very nice shot of Hector , Jen , thanks for sharing it !

 

Thanks!

[jenseib]

Beautiful pics of the water! :)

 

I wonder if there was a message in that bottle?!

 

I actually wondered that too. I have a friend who put a message in a bottle near the virgin islands last summer for fun and a couple of months later they got an email (they put their email address on it to have anyone email them if it was found) and the person found it near the Bahamas.

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After a while it was time to go get a shower and get ready for dinner.

We saw our Stateroom host and gave him an extra tip. He was by far the best one I have ever had. We gave him a VERY generous extra amount and he was totally worth it!

 

We headed to the Coral dining room where we were denied entrance. They said we were too early for any time seating as they still had some 1st seating in there. That was a first. We had come to dinner at this time almost every night and never once had an issue getting in. Oh well, we went down to the Island dining room and it was busier so they gave us a pager and we sat and waited about 5 minutes before we were called to be seated.

 

We were seated in an area with the same waiters we had a few nights ago. The server girl was great…her assistant was super nice but not quite with it. If you remember, she was the one who went to find out about the Mango Smoothie and took forever to get back to us. She recognized us and was so excited we came back to her. Now we didn’t request her but I think she thought we did. LOL.

Soon after we were seated the head waiter took the assistant aside and we could tell they were arguing. Evidently she had done something wrong and he was correcting her about it but she was arguing her point…..something that should not have been done in the dining room by either of them

She came back and asked if she looked ok because she had been crying and had done something wrong earlier and was upset over it. We told her she looked fine, but again it was something we shouldn’t know about either.

 

I started with the Escargot tonight.

 

 

 

I believe this was the lobster bisque.

 

 

 

We both got the Southern Fried Chicken.

 

 

Not the best I ever had, but it was still pretty good. Now I eat my fries with mayo and ketchup mixed so I asked our assistant for some mayo and she said sure thing and disappeared. Our server came over a couple of times and asked if she came back and we told her no. We could see her grumble under her breath and I felt so bad for her. She ended up going to the kitchen to look for her and finally my mayo arrived. This assistant server has a good heart but I don’t think serving is her calling.

 

For dessert I had the baked Alaska. Now I have had it before but it’s been years ago and I liked it. I did not like this one. I am not sure if it just was the way they made it or if my tastes have changed over the years, but I only took a couple of bites.

 

 

[jenseib]

With that we left the dining room and headed out to see Duo Push was performing once again so I took a few more pictures of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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