"LIVE" Emerald Princess, Feb 12th to Feb 27th, LA to Ft Lauderdale

[casandbliz]

 I checked my husband's phone and was able to finish the health status on it. Rechecked mine- still showed it grayed out. Uninstalled the app, then reinstalled it. All green now!

 

When in doubt.......reboot! 😆

[coo359a2]

4 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

@coo359a2 Have you heard of any mention of testing us tomorrow pre-boarding?

Posted on your roll call that PSD said yes but have no idea if this is true or not. I guess we passed our test as no phone call yet and it has been 50 minutes since our nose swirling. 

[1emerald1]

2 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

We had no issues with ours, we are in the Green Lane...

Hope you have a great cruise on the beautiful Emerald and post some pics!

[bjworm]

Thank you for this thread. We will be following the thread and are on the following cruise, fingers crossed and God willing! This will be our much delayed 45th anniversary and certainly need a vacation. 😊🤞👍

[LACruiser88]

2 hours ago, bjworm said:

Thank you for this thread. We will be following the thread and are on the following cruise, fingers crossed and God willing! This will be our much delayed 45th anniversary and certainly need a vacation. 😊🤞👍

We will be on for the next voyage also!  #back2back    And, Happy Anniversary!

Edited February 12, 2022 by LACruiser88

[casandbliz]

It's Ca...ruzz...Day!!!

[jsquared]

On 2/10/2022 at 11:00 AM, phabric said:

Following along.  I am trying to decide if we should do FLL to LA or LA to FLL.

We've always sailed west to east just so we have a shorter trip home at the end...and also so we're in CA for at least one night beforehand and can go to In-N-Out  🙂

Edited February 12, 2022 by jsquared

[Shelly97060]

We are getting off Emerald today.  Disembarkation has been delayed by customs and we are running about 30 minutes behind schedule. Hopefully this won’t slow down your embarkation!  Have a great cruise. 

[coo359a2]

Transits still waiting to get called to go through Customs. It is 10:00 now. Don’t know how many more luggage tag colors need to be called

[coo359a2]

Walking off

[nini]

@LACruiser88-

Thanks for doing this. We did the transit in January 2018 from LA to FL. We spent about 4 nights in Orlando, post cruise for seeing the sights. Our flight home was on Alaska from Orlando and was an easy non stop flight.

 

We will be on the Emerald in May (YAY! 3rd time is a charm) for British Isles cruise. We have never been on the Emerald, so I am looking forward to your impressions.

 

Our cruise was HOT and HUMID! We are wimps from the Pacific Northwest. We both grew up in S. CAl.

[luv2cruisin]

YUP... the port testing answered!!!

 

Drop your luggage, see one of the reps who will give you a yellow sticker "princess emblem with PANAMA CANAL".

 

Next you board a shuttle to a large white tent building (must have the yellow sticker on you).

 

At the tent, you fill out a short paper, and line up to get an orange card which will be your Covid result section after your nose swab. So far, everything went quickly. We are currently sitting in our group awaiting results.

 

[luv2cruisin]

About every five minutes we hear cheering and clapping as groups are cleared. From here, they shuttle you back to main terminal to complete check in.  🙂

[MsSoCalCruiser]

3 hours ago, jsquared said:

We've always sailed west to east just so we have a shorter trip home at the end...and also so we're in CA for at least one night beforehand and can go to In-N-Out  🙂

I’m not sure if you know this… If you want one slice of tomato just say tomato, two slices extra tomato, three slices extra extra tomato. Also mustard fried (burger) has a different flavor that’s very good too but if you don’t like pickles remember to say no pickles. You can even have your fries cooked longer if you want just let them know.  You’re welcome.  😊😊😊

[JF - retired RRT]

On 2/10/2022 at 8:00 AM, phabric said:

Following along.  I am trying to decide if we should do FLL to LA or LA to FLL.

We did both...TWICE. Loved all four and no flying.

Edited February 12, 2022 by JF - retired RRT

[MsSoCalCruiser]

This is a Bucket list cruise and I am looking forward to following along with you.

[KLM3164]

7 minutes ago, MsSoCalCruiser said:

You can even have your fries cooked longer if you want just let them know.

I love having the fries cooked longer. When you order you say “fries, well-done”. And we ask for “packets of spread” for our fries instead of ketchup. 2 packets is normally enough for one order of fries.

[calimn]

On 2/10/2022 at 12:21 PM, LACruiser88 said:

Had our CVS test and have received Negative results!  Now to finish packing!

How long was it till you had the results?

[MsSoCalCruiser]

29 minutes ago, KLM3164 said:

I love having the fries cooked longer. When you order you say “fries, well-done”. And we ask for “packets of spread” for our fries instead of ketchup. 2 packets is normally enough for one order of fries.

So good! You can also order them animal style if you don’t mind the mess.

[LACruiser88]

46 minutes ago, calimn said:

How long was it till you had the results?

30 minutes...

 

[LACruiser88]

We are in the tent, waiting for our test results with around 300 other passengers...

[Donyb]

27 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

We are in the tent, waiting for our test results with around 300 other passengers...

I guess I am slow on the uptake! You had to be tested 2 days prior to boarding and now you are being tested again?? I think I missed something.

[beg3yrs]

7 minutes ago, Donyb said:

I guess I am slow on the uptake! You had to be tested 2 days prior to boarding and now you are being tested again?? I think I missed something.

Yes you missed something. The mandatory testing at the pier started a couple of weeks ago. You still must test two days in advance as well.

[Donyb]

3 minutes ago, beg3yrs said:

Yes you missed something. The mandatory testing at the pier started a couple of weeks ago. You still must test two days in advance as well.

Yes I guess I did. I will be on the Regal next Saturday and no further testing is required.  Perhaps it is because the ship is transiting the Canal. 

[bjworm]

6 hours ago, casandbliz said:

It's Ca...ruzz...Day!!!

Ha! Just like Tony would say.👍😊