Panama Canal on the Ruby Princess 2023 Christmas cruise-photo/ video journal by Bimmer09

[Walt fan]

Take care of yourself Norris; so sorry you are still having symptoms; I forgot to thank you for the awesome video you took at the Panama Canal; it was really fascinating; hubs and I both enjoyed it; thank you for taking the time to post all of your pics and videos!

[maraena]

On 2/4/2024 at 6:42 PM, Bimmer09 said:

Carol is fully recovered. According to her searching the Mayo Clinic website I have Long Covid so am still not feeling well. Life goes on.

Thanks for your good wishes!

 

Norris

 

Hope you're feeling better, Norris. It took me awhile to get over my first bout of Covid. The other 2 weren't nearly as long. The joys of (previously) working in schools.

 

If you haven't seen it yet, ParoDeeJay has a whole playlist on their AMA river cruise. It wasn't the Danube but gives you a good idea of what to expect. I watched their summary and agree with much of what they say about river cruises: limited entertainment, excellent food, and intense itineraries.

[Bimmer09]

I'm happy to see that there are still 47 souls following this thread as I want to update you on our cruising plans for the next two years following our German opera trip which begins July 31 (5 weeks!) and ends August 11.

This is a screen shot from my Shipmate app and features a new Princess cruise in October to get the ball rolling. Review will hit the news stands November 3rd ish.

 

 We are very excited to sail the Enchanted from New York. Aft suite Baha deck. 

I will return to this Ruby Princess page when I have a link to the Enchanted review in November.

Have a great summer everyone!

 

Norris, Carol and the cats

[Walt fan]

Awesome news Norris! I have you and Carol on my calendar for another amazing GSJ; have fun in Germany (so close!).

 

Hope you are completely recovered Norris and you and Carol are having a good Summer; always love to see pictures of your cats!! 

[Marvy Mare]

3 hours ago, Bimmer09 said:

I'm happy to see that there are still 47 souls following this thread as I want to update you on our cruising plans for the next two years following our German opera trip which begins July 31 (5 weeks!) and ends August 11.

This is a screen shot from my Shipmate app and features a new Princess cruise in October to get the ball rolling. Review will hit the news stands November 3rd ish.

 

 We are very excited to sail the Enchanted from New York. Aft suite Baha deck. 

I will return to this Ruby Princess page when I have a link to the Enchanted review in November.

Have a great summer everyone!

 

Norris, Carol and the cats

Hi Norris

 

Thanks for the update! Looking forward to following your adventures. 
 

Maris

[KLM3164]

Love the photo of your cats!

[Bimmer09]

41 minutes ago, KLM3164 said:

Love the photo of your cats!

Mimi and Rodolfo

Norris

[Nee Nee and Biddy]

I'm so happy to see this update! Enjoy Germany and I can't wait to see your upcoming reviews. It sounds like you have a lot of amazing trips to look forward to!  We have been looking at HAL but haven't taken the plunge yet. Do you also write reviews about your opera trips?  

[Bimmer09]

8 hours ago, Nee Nee and Biddy said:

I'm so happy to see this update! Enjoy Germany and I can't wait to see your upcoming reviews. It sounds like you have a lot of amazing trips to look forward to!  We have been looking at HAL but haven't taken the plunge yet. Do you also write reviews about your opera trips?  

Nee Nee and Biddy, hopefully my HAL Rotterdam review (next January 1) will be very positive and we'll add HAL to our lines of choice. If it's a poor experience I'll have 2 more HAL cruises to cancel. I'm not anticipating canceling from what I have seen already.

Our current lines of choice are Princess, Celebrity and Azamara but we're less than enthused about each one than we were. We've had two Princess cruises with disappointing food and October's Enchanted Princess cruise will need to redress that trend and restore our faith. Celebrity has the ship within a ship Retreat suite cash-grab going on and Azamara is under new management and has had a rocky year of back of house woes.

 

I don't write about our opera trips nor about our wonderful fun times in Germany. Those trips have taken priority over cruising.

Munich, our favorite city

Hope to see you in the Enchanted review early November!

Thanks for the good wishes!

Norris