Live - Sept. 26th Crown Princess 4 Night Alaska end of season

[gottagoacruzn]

Yup, just got off bout 10 days ago, lookin good still!!

[happychippy]

Tonight’s dinner was great, fast service and everything tasted delicious.  After dinner we watched ship staff champagne waterfall in the Piazza. 

[theloo]

I love that hazelnut bar.  You didn't order it?  😮

[sunviking90]

4 minutes ago, theloo said:

I love that hazelnut bar.  You didn't order it?  😮

Hazelnut bar is the best!

[gottagoacruzn]

Those dinners still look good, I'm hungry!!!!😁

[AZjohn]

32 minutes ago, gottagoacruzn said:

Those dinners still look good, I'm hungry!!!!😁

+1 🙂 

 

It’s refreshing to hear great reports on MDR food as we always felt 👍

[happychippy]

Good Morning from Ketchikan.  It is 7:15am here. Weather is going to be perfect with high of 55 and no rain 🙂  Love the Princess staff member his name was El Mar at the International Cafe remember us from yesterday and knew how we wanted our coffee.  Great service and I will tip him extra before the cruise ends.   We also enjoy hanging out in the Sky Lounge, beautiful quiet lounge in the morning, the afternoon it had more of a crowd and was warmer.  

[gottagoacruzn]

Oh gee, forgot to go to the clubs on board, this means will have to go back.

[dreaminofcruisin]

3 hours ago, happychippy said:

Good Morning from Ketchikan.  It is 7:15am here. Weather is going to be perfect with high of 55 and no rain 🙂  Love the Princess staff member his name was El Mar at the International Cafe remember us from yesterday and knew how we wanted our coffee.  Great service and I will tip him extra before the cruise ends.   We also enjoy hanging out in the Sky Lounge, beautiful quiet lounge in the morning, the afternoon it had more of a crowd and was warmer.  

 

 

Be sure to mention him in your post-cruise survey!

Their bonus/promotions depend on it.

[happychippy]

The Photography Tour through Princess was great.  3 hour tour, Small group of 8 plus the guide, Adam. Walked us along the Main Street area and gave a nice guided tour and showed us how to capture some great photos.  It was great that we all was using our smart phones, even the guide Adam.  All ages from 40 up to 70+ years.  There was a bit of walking, but it was casual walking nothing too rough. We stopped at the Ketchikan Library, AMAZING.  Tour guides provided coffee, water, fresh baked cookies.  I am completely a newbie to learning about using camera on my phone.  Would highly recommend and I would do again.  We are not big shoppers so after to tour we just picked up a small trinket and back onboard for lunch.  Lunch from Horizon court is always fresh and many stations with different varieties.  We are now back at The Sanctuary to unwind from the busy morning.  

[Fisherwoman]

On 9/26/2023 at 4:52 PM, cr8tiv1 said:

 

Unfortunately, Canada Place is not the most user friendly terminal.  For those not familiar with it, it is an up and down parade.  If the coach had your luggage, you should have been able to skip the bottom level.  I read somewhere that when Canada Place was built, it only had 2 small ships at a time.  Were there more than the Crown in Town?

 

Have a fabulous short cruise in your sanctuary.

Canada Place can berth three large ships.  We are on this cruise and it was a very smooth quick embarkation.  We arrived at 10:45 and were on by 11:30.  We had to drop our luggage off at the north end of Canada Place, went upstairs stood in line for 5 minutes to get our medallions, down to security where there was no line up.  US customs had the kiosks, no line at all and we walked on the ship.

[gottagoacruzn]

Yup, no lines when I was there 3 weeks ago, quick & easy!!!

[Coral]

On 9/27/2023 at 1:37 PM, sunviking90 said:

This was an extra item daily in the MDR when we were on the Crown in July. I enjoyed the option of something a little different.

This wasn't an option in May. Interesting.

[memoak]

8 minutes ago, Coral said:

This wasn't an option in May. Interesting.

The extra entree in the MDR is usually only in reserved class dining. Regular diners do not get that option

[Coral]

14 minutes ago, memoak said:

The extra entree in the MDR is usually only in reserved class dining. Regular diners do not get that option

Got it - it said North to Alaska so I assumed it was an Alaskan cruise thing.

[sunviking90]

34 minutes ago, memoak said:

The extra entree in the MDR is usually only in reserved class dining. Regular diners do not get that option

I wouldn’t call the ramen an extra “entree”. More of a starter IMHO. I would hope the extra entree in Reserve Class is something more substantial than that.

On the Emerald Princess a few weeks ago, our waiter would let us know every night of an extra entree in the regular MDR. It was always an Indian dish. I asked him if the chef was Indian (South Asian) and he said no, but they often will add a dish that they think the will appeal to the passengers on that particular cruise. 

Edited September 29, 2023 by sunviking90

[karatemom2]

Wow. Looks like you got great instruction. Your photos are wonderful!

[happychippy]

Tonight we dined in the Da Vinci dinning room, shared table early dining.  It was another great experience. Fish and Chips meal was delicious and server even brought around vinegar and ketchup. Perfection!  There is another art auction tonight so some of the art has been changed out.  

[happychippy]

After dinner drink at the Explorer lounge, this area has been a little less crowded and the bar staff are very friendly.  Dirty Banana.   Sister had a shot of something lemon because she wanted the shot glass.  

[gottagoacruzn]

Aren't those dirty banana's good? Really like them.

[happychippy]

Oh my goodness it just gets better and better. Look at that gorgeous moon!