Live from Majestic Princess, Dec 29 to Jan 8, 10 Day Sea of Cortez

[c-boy]

55 minutes ago, PrincessLuver said:

Getting ready for disembarkation and they announced in Elite holding area that it will be busy because over 60% of the passengers are Elite……which always begs the question of what is so Elite about Elite on Princess?  
You would never find 60% of guest in a Hilton Diamond status, or 60% of passengers on a United flight 1K status or 60% of Hertz customers Presidential Circle status.  

Princess needs to thin the ranks by having passengers sail a certain number of days a year or reach a certain spend level to qualify for their status again each year….it is basically a joke….

you seem to be delighted  in your decision to stay with the Princes brand. Fill out a comment card detailing your ideas for improvements.

[arizonaperson]

 This is the passenger count that my mom shared for this voyage, ( December 29- January 8th aboard The Majestic Princess) it may not be the exact amount as she said it was a very fast announcement and she was trying to write it down. So this is approximately .

2135 passengers 

Elite 643

Platinum 607

Ruby 178

Gold 302

Blue? 405

#1 has 1,736 days

#2 1,446 days

#3 over 1,00 days.

 One couple onboard ? ( not sure if onboard or across the fleet)has sailed 13 times since Princess  started back up. 

Edited January 8, 2022 by arizonaperson
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[fpsphil]

2 tender boats left the majestic for the crown. Been watching the port cam this morning. Any word on how many crew might have been sick? Assuming that was a crew transfer

[nocl]

18 minutes ago, fpsphil said:

2 tender boats left the majestic for the crown. Been watching the port cam this morning. Any word on how many crew might have been sick? Assuming that was a crew transfer

They might also be to bring some of those that have finished their quarantine back.  Usually when they have been transferring crew into quarantine, they have tended to use Crown tender boats.

[LACruiser88]

3 hours ago, arizonaperson said:

 This is the passenger count that my mom shared for this voyage, ( December 29- January 8th aboard The Majestic Princess) it may not be the exact amount as she said it was a very fast announcement and she was trying to write it down. So this is approximately .

2135 passengers 

Elite 643

Platinum 607

Ruby 178

Gold 302

Blue? 405

#1 has 1,736 days

#2 1,446 days

#3 over 1,00 days.

 One couple onboard ? ( not sure if onboard or across the fleet)has sailed 13 times since Princess  started back up. 

I can confirm these numbers, as we were told the same by the CC Host.  That would make the percentage of Elites around 30%, not 60% as previously mentioned.

 

Disembarking was a breeze!  Great cruise!

[PrincessLuver]

40 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

I can confirm these numbers, as we were told the same by the CC Host.  That would make the percentage of Elites around 30%, not 60% as previously mentioned.

 

Disembarking was a breeze!  Great cruise!

I will believe our source......it was announced in the Vista Lounge this morning by an officer.....I have found a number of your posts to be inaccurate according to what has been announced on the ship......

[Melisstress]

As promised, another update as our cruise has ended. Not the update I was hoping to give, however, as we spent the last two nights in the quarantine rooms on the Dolphin deck. We noticed a few days ago that everywhere on the ship coughs and sneezes could be heard, and started feeling a little more run down than usual. To be safe (and respectful of other passengers) we took tests and were both positive. Guest services wouldn't give us a head count of others who tested positive, but as we disembarked this morning (full hazmat suited escorts took us out group by group out a service elevator and around the side of the boat to the back side of customs) I tried to count the other "sick rooms" but lost count after at least 20 or so surrounding doors with red dots and notes on them. And our group of 6 was the last of several, according to a radio we overheard. I don't want to discourage anyone from cruising, but I think the best thing you can do is assume that everyone you are around has it, and act accordingly (take the stairs, wear your mask at all times, etc). We are in our 30s/40s and feeling pretty miserable at the moment. Not the way we wanted to end our trip, to say the least! 

[milogurd]

14 minutes ago, Melisstress said:

As promised, another update as our cruise has ended. Not the update I was hoping to give, however, as we spent the last two nights in the quarantine rooms on the Dolphin deck. We noticed a few days ago that everywhere on the ship coughs and sneezes could be heard, and started feeling a little more run down than usual. To be safe (and respectful of other passengers) we took tests and were both positive. Guest services wouldn't give us a head count of others who tested positive, but as we disembarked this morning (full hazmat suited escorts took us out group by group out a service elevator and around the side of the boat to the back side of customs) I tried to count the other "sick rooms" but lost count after at least 20 or so surrounding doors with red dots and notes on them. And our group of 6 was the last of several, according to a radio we overheard. I don't want to discourage anyone from cruising, but I think the best thing you can do is assume that everyone you are around has it, and act accordingly (take the stairs, wear your mask at all times, etc). We are in our 30s/40s and feeling pretty miserable at the moment. Not the way we wanted to end our trip, to say the least! 

So sorry to hear that this is the way your cruise ended. Is there anything that you would have done differently during the trip to avoid getting sick?

[Melisstress]

31 minutes ago, milogurd said:

So sorry to hear that this is the way your cruise ended. Is there anything that you would have done differently during the trip to avoid getting sick?

Thanks. It is a bummer! We’ve played back so many scenarios but can’t pin down where we might have gotten it for sure, so I’m not sure what we could have done differently. We are mask and hand sanitizer obsessed and even have a daily nasal sanitizer/barrier we swab on…

One observation is that everyone seemed completely healthy until a day or two after the second port, so if it came aboard then, it doesn’t feel unrealistic that we might have picked it up grabbing a drink at a bar or even having (unmasked) conversation with a table next to us at dinner. Difficult to say and that is the unplannable thing about it. Maybe we picked it up at port ourselves, though we made a point of only doing outdoor activities. Just no way of knowing! 

[KLM3164]

1 hour ago, Melisstress said:

Thanks. It is a bummer! We’ve played back so many scenarios but can’t pin down where we might have gotten it for sure, so I’m not sure what we could have done differently. We are mask and hand sanitizer obsessed and even have a daily nasal sanitizer/barrier we swab on…

One observation is that everyone seemed completely healthy until a day or two after the second port, so if it came aboard then, it doesn’t feel unrealistic that we might have picked it up grabbing a drink at a bar or even having (unmasked) conversation with a table next to us at dinner. Difficult to say and that is the unplannable thing about it. Maybe we picked it up at port ourselves, though we made a point of only doing outdoor activities. Just no way of knowing! 

So sorry to hear you got sick. I hope you recover quickly. Were you able to travel home today or are you now having to quarantine in a hotel? That’s my fear is not being able to go home which is the only place I’d want to be if I was feeling sick.

[jeeper2]

On 12/30/2021 at 7:35 AM, LACruiser88 said:

There is one very annoying new addition since our cruise last month.

 

They have added a motion sensor LED dome light on the ceiling in front of the closet/bathroom door.  It is extremely bright and is very shocking in the middle of the night, when going to the bathroom.

 

They also added 8 inch long LED motion sensor light at the bottom of the two bed nightstands and the refrigerator cabinet.  Also, the most annoying at night!

 

We always travel with a roll of black electrical tape to cover uncovered peep holes and annoying lights.  So, I took care of all the sensors!  Our room steward told us her supervisor could cover them or we were welcomed to do it ourselves.

 

Btw, we are in a mini-suite.

The strip lights beneath the bedside tables are okay for me, but that light in the closet area?!  It’s way too bright in the middle of the night, and I much prefer controlling it during the day!!!

[back to the islands]

Wondering what excursions anyone took. Did anyone snorkel anywhere? If so were there a lot of fish? How cold was it? And, do they provide wetsuits? Any whale watching? Finally, anyone go to Las Caletas or Yelapa? Thank you!

 

[atobols]

We had cruised on the Ruby over Thanksgiving and were excited to cruise on the Majestic over New Year's.  In comparison to the Ruby, the Majestic was better in some areas and worse in others.  The food was a major improvement over the Ruby.  We ate everywhere except at Harmony and it was all good.  The Ruby had an amazing party band and three different solo/duo singing acts which were all amazing.  The Majestic was really lacking when it came to music.  We finally got a good guitarist/singer on the last three days of our cruise.  I think his name was Cameron Duncan, but I'm not positive.  The headlining entertainment was good.  I saw two comedians, one magician, and the singing impressionist.  The singing impressionist, Tricia Kelly, was very good.  The cruise director, Kevin Tugwell, and his staff were all really good.  If they were running something, we knew it would be funny and entertaining. 

 

For excursions, we did snorkeling through Princess in Puerto Vallarta.  The snorkeling wasn't amazing and the water was a little on the cool side.  Wetsuits were not offered for that excursion.  I get cold in water pretty easily.  I would have been more comfortable in a shorty wetsuit.  We did a private ziplining excursion in Mazatlan and that was wonderful.  I have two teen boys and that was the highlight of their trip.  We will definitely be ziplining again.  In Loreto we did a private snorkeling excursion.  A full wetsuit was provided and it was cold.  That snorkeling trip was better because there was a greater variety of fish but that water was cold. I only lasted about half an hour before I had to get out and warm up.  In Cabo we did a private 2-tank scuba dive.  That was a surprisingly good dive.  The water was warmer than in Loreto. I wore a full wetsuit, but I was comfortable the entire time we were in the water.  We saw a large group cow nose rays, got up close to a moray eel, saw a lobster, and had some sea lions swim alongside us.

 

We got home from our cruise yesterday evening and all got COVID tested this morning.  Thankfully, we all got negative test results and we're all feeling healthy.  It was a very enjoyable cruise.

[startedwithamouse]

20 hours ago, Melisstress said:

As promised, another update as our cruise has ended. Not the update I was hoping to give, however, as we spent the last two nights in the quarantine rooms on the Dolphin deck. We noticed a few days ago that everywhere on the ship coughs and sneezes could be heard, and started feeling a little more run down than usual. To be safe (and respectful of other passengers) we took tests and were both positive. Guest services wouldn't give us a head count of others who tested positive, but as we disembarked this morning (full hazmat suited escorts took us out group by group out a service elevator and around the side of the boat to the back side of customs) I tried to count the other "sick rooms" but lost count after at least 20 or so surrounding doors with red dots and notes on them. And our group of 6 was the last of several, according to a radio we overheard. I don't want to discourage anyone from cruising, but I think the best thing you can do is assume that everyone you are around has it, and act accordingly (take the stairs, wear your mask at all times, etc). We are in our 30s/40s and feeling pretty miserable at the moment. Not the way we wanted to end our trip, to say the least! 

That is no fun. Do you know if the majority of sick have been boosted?  We saw Princess just sent out a survey asking about boosters. At least it wasn't the start of the cruise.  Did they put you in minisuites?

[back to the islands]

Who did you go out with in Loreto, atobols?

[PrincessLuver]

20 hours ago, Melisstress said:

As promised, another update as our cruise has ended. Not the update I was hoping to give, however, as we spent the last two nights in the quarantine rooms on the Dolphin deck. We noticed a few days ago that everywhere on the ship coughs and sneezes could be heard, and started feeling a little more run down than usual. To be safe (and respectful of other passengers) we took tests and were both positive. Guest services wouldn't give us a head count of others who tested positive, but as we disembarked this morning (full hazmat suited escorts took us out group by group out a service elevator and around the side of the boat to the back side of customs) I tried to count the other "sick rooms" but lost count after at least 20 or so surrounding doors with red dots and notes on them. And our group of 6 was the last of several, according to a radio we overheard. I don't want to discourage anyone from cruising, but I think the best thing you can do is assume that everyone you are around has it, and act accordingly (take the stairs, wear your mask at all times, etc). We are in our 30s/40s and feeling pretty miserable at the moment. Not the way we wanted to end our trip, to say the least! 

Thanks for posting this….. we were on the same cruise and started to notice more and more people coughing and clearing their throats as the cruise went on……..the areas we saw most unmasking was bars, dining rooms and theater…..

[atobols]

1 hour ago, back to the islands said:

Who did you go out with in Loreto, atobols?

 

This is the tour we did.  https://www.toursloreto.com/all-tours/coronado/

[cyndyga]

Which side and part of Dolphin deck was the quarantine area and was it right at the mid ship elevators? Thanks

Edited January 9, 2022 by cyndyga

[arizonaperson]

1 hour ago, cyndyga said:

Which side and part of Dolphin deck was the quarantine area and was it right at the mid ship elevators? Thanks

Approximately cabins 702-730 Dolphin deck. So not by the midship elevators. I believe it is for crew and passengers,but no confirmation.

[cyndyga]

7 minutes ago, arizonaperson said:

Approximately cabins 702-730 Dolphin deck. So not by the midship elevators. I believe it is for crew and passengers,but no confirmation.

That makes sense I dont know why on the Enchanted Princess they are using cabins right at the mid ship elevators and closing one side of those access points

[GlobetrotterD]

6 hours ago, back to the islands said:

Wondering what excursions anyone took. Did anyone snorkel anywhere? If so were there a lot of fish? How cold was it? And, do they provide wetsuits? Any whale watching? Finally, anyone go to Las Caletas or Yelapa? Thank you!

 

 

[GlobetrotterD]

We just got off the Majestic on Jan 8.   We snorkeled in Puerto Vallarta on a self booked excursion from the port terminal to Yalapa.  I would not recommend using the company Vallarta By Boat to Yalapa.  They are very unreliable.  We almost missed the ship and had to make our own arrangements to get back in time.  The fish were ok and the water was nice.  Yalapa is not all that interesting so do the Los Arcos snorkel excursion from the ship...We did not snorkel in Mazatlan...We canceled the snorkel in Loreto because the water was cold and we didn't want to wear wetsuits.  We did snorkel in Cabo and had a great time.  We booked it at Pier/Deck D for $60/each with Daniela Gaxiola Suastequi Tours on the catamaran Principessa.  There were a lot of people from different tour operators on the boat so it should be easy to book.  Have a great time!

[culvercitycruiser]

4 hours ago, cyndyga said:

Which side and part of Dolphin deck was the quarantine area and was it right at the mid ship elevators? Thanks

According to what I was told, is the entire Dolphin deck is now shut down. 
it was originally the port side but it is also the starboard

If I were you, I would avoid picking anything on Dolphin.  We had our Dolphin cabins removed from us four times since October. We booked in March 2021 and leave this coming Saturday 

we have had D710, our OG cabin. Then we got it back but then had it removed/changed to a caribe deck cabin

It was then changed again to cabin and we got one on the other side D703. We then moved to D701 after that one opened up. Then they moved us again to another deck. 
We then got upgraded to a guarantee Deluxe Balcony. Now we are just waiting for a cabin assignment. 
just beware that I was told they are using all of the aft and mid-aft Dolphin cabins.   There may be more

this is the Majestic just in case you are wondering. 

[cyndyga]

6 minutes ago, culvercitycruiser said:

According to what I was told, is the entire Dolphin deck is now shut down. 
it was originally the port side but it is also the starboard

If I were you, I would avoid picking anything on Dolphin.  We had our Dolphin cabins removed from us four times since October. We booked in March 2021 and leave this coming Saturday 

we have had D710, our OG cabin. Then we got it back but then had it removed/changed to a caribe deck cabin

It was then changed again to cabin and we got one on the other side D703. We then moved to D701 after that one opened up. Then they moved us again to another deck. 
We then got upgraded to a guarantee Deluxe Balcony. Now we are just waiting for a cabin assignment. 
just beware that I was told they are using all of the aft and mid-aft Dolphin cabins.   There may be more

this is the Majestic just in case you are wondering. 

thanks and hope you get a good room! I'm on Enchanted end of March so things could be a bit different by then but  you might be right and I just need to move decks... no big balcony or Deluxe Balcony's available... I'll see how much they would charge to upgrade to a mini suite with the big balcony. 

[Melisstress]

20 hours ago, startedwithamouse said:

That is no fun. Do you know if the majority of sick have been boosted?  We saw Princess just sent out a survey asking about boosters. At least it wasn't the start of the cruise.  Did they put you in minisuites?

We are boosted and most of the people we spoke with on the ship were as well, but no way of knowing the percentage of those who got sick since the policy is not to share any info. And we were moved from our mini suite into a deluxe balcony for the quarantine as they were “out of” of the larger cabins. Again, speaking to how many people fell ill…