BoopTennis Posted January 8, 2019 Author #76 Share Posted January 8, 2019 3 hours ago, MusicalBear said: Thanks so much for posting your review with menus for this cruise. We will be doing the same cruise the end of January 2019, except we will be docking in Ocho Rios. I have a private tour for Limon so hopefully we will see more sloths. Was the Crown Grill menu available the first night? It's my birthday and was thinking of splurging. If you mean the insert with the specialty upcharge dinners available in the MDR, yes I think they were there the first night and every night. have a great cruise! (and a fun bday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newdestination Posted January 8, 2019 #77 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Great review! Thanks for doing it; brings back happy memories of our 10-day Panama Canal cruise a year ago on the Caribbean Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfb4cruzing Posted January 8, 2019 #78 Share Posted January 8, 2019 7 hours ago, BoopTennis said: Lotus Pool is the indoor one, right? which was great this trip because at least two if not more of the days were extremely windy, crap blowing all over the place, inside it was quiet and relaxing. It got quite a bit of use That’s correct. We swam every day and most nights. I met a guy, I did not know before the trip, that graduated same high school as me. I graduated with his brother. Small world and we stay in touch via FB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 8, 2019 Author #79 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Day 10 - SEA DAY - Sat Dec 29 Ugh, the final full day. so sad. It was a nice day tho, less windy then some other days. Hung around the pool, played some cards again, relaxed, just had a very nice day at one point by the main pool they had a guy carving a big chunk of ice. Interesting, watched it for awhile but then moved away and never saw what it turned into LOL We played Bingo in the Explorers Lounge. None of us won Then we moved to Explorers for Trivia (and cards) Dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 8, 2019 Author #80 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Now I hate to even post this photo. It was the seafood starter, and was delicious, but I did not think it was attractive at all. I almost did not eat it LOL. but it was very good another starter very good the last night of course is the night that all the chefs parade through and we all wave our napkins. They used to carry flaming Baked Alaska through the dining room but no longer, fire hazard I imagine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 8, 2019 Author #81 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I had some rhubarb ice cream yum And some apple pie, with, you guessed it, some of that vanilla bean sauce we shared some Baked Alaska at the table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamer16 Posted January 9, 2019 #82 Share Posted January 9, 2019 10 hours ago, golfb4cruzing said: We did the Canal in 2016 on the Coral and had a great time. This time we are going on the Island in October so this was perfect. Our favorite spot was the Lotus Pool area. Your the opposite of us: We did the Island, Panama Canal in February 2015 and now we doing the Coral Panama Canal next month. Loved the Lotus pool even on hot days when it was too hot to sit by the outside pool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfb4cruzing Posted January 9, 2019 #83 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Been on Ruby up to Regal and the Coral is our favorite. We enjoy the smaller ships. Not all the bells and whistles but the ship had a great vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 9, 2019 Author #84 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Sunday Dec 30 - time to get off the ship! Bummer. We all had late flights out of FLL so were in no hurry to get off. When the "form" was delivered a couple days prior, we chose the last possible time we could to leave the ship. We were out of our cabins by 8 am as requested, then went to breakfast then hung around the Lido pool until 9:30. We finally wandered down off the ship, collecting bags was easy but customs lines were very long by then It took awhile to get taxis, then we went back to the hotel we had been at the first night and yes, played cards, and eating/drinking/relaxing until time to head to the airport. What a fantastic cruise. I will now find my Patters and list the various movies that were showing during the cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 9, 2019 Author #85 Share Posted January 9, 2019 MOVIES shown on this cruise: MUTS: (most of these if not all were later shown on the cabin TV) Ant-Man and the Wasp Coco Jumanji (original) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Skyscraper Incredibles 2 Sunday was football games all day long The Muppet Christmas Carol The Greatest Showman Home Alone (christmas day) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Christopher Robin Hotel Transylvania 3 Black Panther Crazy Rich Asians The Holiday I Feel Pretty The Princess Bride Avengers: Infinity War Hearts Beat Loud Other movies shown in Princess Theater: Christmas with the Kranks Elf How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Christmas Carol Fred Clause The Catcher was a Spy Anon The Polar Express i will attempt to get the Patters scanned in later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 9, 2019 Author #86 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Patters - from Day 1 - lets see if this works I might start a new thread with the Patters.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovebear Posted January 9, 2019 #87 Share Posted January 9, 2019 We have really enjoyed reading your review and it is great timing for us as we are on the Island in April. Great to see menus for the MDR as we now have an idea of the possible dishes. Loved the pictures of the dishes. Fantastic review and very informative 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 9, 2019 Author #88 Share Posted January 9, 2019 We had a great time on the Island. There are a lot of reviews out there that say they ruined the ship when they made changes and added cabins. We were on the Island several years ago before they made the changes. There was nothing about the changes that affected our enjoyment of the cruise in any way, just my own personal opinion. It never felt crowded, we were able to do everything we wanted to do. That is simply my view, may be different than others. I liked our mid aft Aloha balcony location. Easy one flight up to pool and buffet. No noise issues at all. I never saw any "chair hog police" on this cruise like I did on our last couple cruises, on other ships, which I think was a good thing to do. On those cruises they put a notice on the empty pool lounge chair with the towel, gave them 30 minutes, if no activity, their towel and stuff got picked up and allowed others to sit. They did have a balloon drop on the last night which I failed to mention earlier if anyone has any questions I will attempt to answer but may not remember LOL.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamer16 Posted January 9, 2019 #89 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thank you for posting your review, I like your upbeat and positive attitude! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSM AND JP Posted January 10, 2019 #90 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Thank you for this wonderful review. We are going on The Coral Princess Panama Canal cruise on January 31st. After reading your review, that can't come fast enough. Love all the pictures you have posted and the menus. Thanks again for taking the time to do this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MaryBethV Posted January 10, 2019 #91 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Loved your review and all of the photos - thank you for taking the time. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinness1000 Posted January 10, 2019 #92 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Great review! I remember it was a bit rocky on the sea day between Costa Rica and Grand Cayman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 10, 2019 Author #93 Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Guinness1000 said: Great review! I remember it was a bit rocky on the sea day between Costa Rica and Grand Cayman. Yes awesome video. We experienced more high winds and rocking on this cruise than ever before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usahawk1 Posted January 10, 2019 #94 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Thank you for this thread, we will be on her the end of February. Never been on the island princess. It was nice to see what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xamsx Posted January 10, 2019 #95 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Thank you so much for your review. No one seems to post about the Island Princess, and I really appreciate you taking the time to do so. It looks like the first sea day and the second sea day were the formal nights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 10, 2019 Author #96 Share Posted January 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, xamsx said: Thank you so much for your review. No one seems to post about the Island Princess, and I really appreciate you taking the time to do so. It looks like the first sea day and the second sea day were the formal nights? Formal nights were Friday day 2 which was the first sea day and then Thursday day 8 which was also a sea day ( but not the 2nd sea day) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Paula_MacFan Posted January 11, 2019 #97 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Really enjoyed your review and positive comments about the Island and your entire trip. Thanks for taking the time to post it! Makes me really look forward to our Island cruise next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted January 11, 2019 Author #98 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Have fun! I love having a cruise to look forward to. I need to get another one booked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruzer Posted January 13, 2019 #99 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Lovely review. You really know how to enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheride Posted January 14, 2019 #100 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Thanks for such a fantastic review! We'll be on the Island soon so it was great to see so many details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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