Rare misguy Posted December 31, 2021 #1 Share Posted December 31, 2021 My wife and I are on the Emerald Princess The ship arrived late into FLL because of delays caused by high winds in Jamiaca, the ship was very late leaving Jamaica and so it arrived late into FLL which delayed boarding. We received an email telling us that our 11:30 boarding time was moved to 2:00 PM. My wife travels in a wheelchair, and we arrived at the port earlier than scheduled, about 1:00 PM, that was the shuttle schedule we had paid for. When we arrived at the port, we checked bags and were processed through security and check-in very quickly. They stopped letting people through security right after we entered. When we went upstairs, we understood why, the passenger waiting area was packed. I am elite with Princess, so we were taken to the elite lounge which was not very crowded and shortly after 2 PM they started boarding. The cabins were not ready, and the ship was bunkering fuel, it would be after 7 PM before we left the port. We waited in the Piazza for our rooms, getting a quick bite from the international café. We listened to a wonderful duo on violins. Here is a short video showing their playing. https://youtu.be/doDble4Cw1U We ate dinner in Sabatini's which was very good, and then we called it a night, we had arrived in FLL at 1:30 AM and got to our room about 3:00 AM.3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare azbirdmom Posted December 31, 2021 #2 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hope you have a wonderful cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted December 31, 2021 #3 Share Posted December 31, 2021 We loved our cruise on the Emerald Princess in October and hope you do, too. If the HGM is still Helmut and the Maitre d’ is Rui, I know that the hotel side is continuing to be well run, and the crew was fantastic. Enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bejw Posted December 31, 2021 #4 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Thanks for the information. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tak8 Posted December 31, 2021 #5 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Glad you are on board. Have a great cruise. Let us know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabySarge Posted December 31, 2021 #6 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Anxious to hear how things are on board as we are scheduled for 8 Jan and with the recent rise in virus numbers and all ships showing yellow on the CDC chart don't know whether to pull the plug on this cruise and just wait for the next one we have booked on the 18th or even the one after on the 28th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted December 31, 2021 #7 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Did the Emerald make its' scheduled stop today (12/31) at Grand Turk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dv70 Posted December 31, 2021 #8 Share Posted December 31, 2021 26 minutes ago, voljeep said: Did the Emerald make its' scheduled stop today (12/31) at Grand Turk ? According to Marinetraffic, yes. Emerald is there now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted December 31, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted December 31, 2021 We are at Grand Turk, we just went out to the taxi stand and caught a cab and they gave us a tour. Went early to avoid the heat. Island is beautiful and the people friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted December 31, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Here is a link to an IG reel from the north end of the island by the lighthouse. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CYJ3bH2pFDS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted December 31, 2021 #11 Share Posted December 31, 2021 23 minutes ago, misguy said: We are at Grand Turk, we just went out to the taxi stand and caught a cab and they gave us a tour. Went early to avoid the heat. Island is beautiful and the people friendly. head down the beach to "Jack's Shack" - get out of the crowd at the cruise port 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted December 31, 2021 Author #12 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Here is a picture from the ship. The water is incredible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tak8 Posted December 31, 2021 #13 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Looks beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted December 31, 2021 Author #14 Share Posted December 31, 2021 We are going to be live from the Emerald Princess this evening 12.31 @ 9:00 PM EST. We will be answering questions. https://youtu.be/62XLuIgtbV4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted January 1, 2022 #15 Share Posted January 1, 2022 14 hours ago, misguy said: We are going to be live from the Emerald Princess this evening 12.31 @ 9:00 PM EST. We will be answering questions. https://youtu.be/62XLuIgtbV4 sorry i missed that ... was there a HAL ship also in port yesterday ( 12/31 ) ? - someone had previously reported on a Roll Call that Grand Turk was only accepting one cruise ship at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted January 1, 2022 Author #16 Share Posted January 1, 2022 There was only one ship there, a Carnival ship was scheduled but did not come in. You can watch the replay on the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted January 2, 2022 Author #17 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Today is day four, which is a sea day. The wind is about 40-50 MPH so the ship is moving some. It is not enough to bother us and we have had a nice but a slow day. Cheryl is taking a drawing class and the instructor is doing a good job of helping her learn to draw faces. We ate lunch in the MDR, and dinner tonight was at the Crown Grill. the food was excellent, pictures and a full review coming in a video. I am attaching the menu. Crown Grille Menu.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1Nanna Posted January 2, 2022 #18 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Thank you for taking your time to share! We will be on the Emerald on Jan 18th to Panama Canal and appreciate all the info. Hoping and praying that our trip still goes…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted January 2, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Today is day 5 and we are in Cartagena, We got off early and visited the aviary that is in the port and that is well worth the time. We got off early while it was cool and were back on about 8:30. Now we are just chilling on the ship. Here is a photo of a peacock strutting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suers515 Posted January 2, 2022 #20 Share Posted January 2, 2022 13 minutes ago, misguy said: Today is day 5 and we are in Cartagena, We got off early and visited the aviary that is in the port and that is well worth the time. We got off early while it was cool and were back on about 8:30. Now we are just chilling on the ship. Here is a photo of a peacock strutting. Thank you for the updates. How is the weather in the ports and the temperature on the ship? Going at the end of January, so excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
station10fd Posted January 2, 2022 #21 Share Posted January 2, 2022 (edited) Thanks for all the updates. We're finishing up packing and we'll be on this Saturday. Keep her in good shape for us 🙂 Edited January 2, 2022 by station10fd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLCruiseGal Posted January 3, 2022 #22 Share Posted January 3, 2022 If possible, could you post Sabatini’s menu? Would be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted January 3, 2022 Author #23 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Sabatiml's menu Sabatinis Menu.pdf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojitoman Posted January 3, 2022 #24 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Will be on this coming Saturday. How crowded is the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare misguy Posted January 3, 2022 Author #25 Share Posted January 3, 2022 The ship is not crowded at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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