Live from the Land of Princess

[YVRteacher]

Formal Night dinner menu

[YVRteacher]

Day 2 Patter

this is rumpled because I carried it around all day as I can’t use the app

 

 

 

 

 

We have a sea day and there weren’t any arts and crafts.

 

 

[ceilidh1]

I will see you at the 80s British Hits hour! I will not be attending Bravo. I have enough opera in my life at home…🤣

[YVRteacher]

People enjoy having their photos taken with the captain’s champagne waterfall on formal night.

 

I, on the other hand, enjoyed watching the construction of the champagne tower.

 

It was like Giant Jenga but with consequences.

 

 

 

[www3traveler]

13 minutes ago, YVRteacher said:

People enjoy having their photos taken with the captain’s champagne waterfall on formal night.

 

I, on the other hand, enjoyed watching the construction of the champagne tower.

 

It was like Giant Jenga but with consequences.

 

 

 

WOW!!!  AMAZING!!!!  Did they say how many glasses it took to built the Tower?

[YVRteacher]

They very wisely did not allow me to get close enough to ask!  Clumsy people and stemware just don’t align.

[ceilidh1]

It sounds like your princess experience in two ships has been what mine was over 18 years. I loved princess. The ships. The staff. The service, the food. The activities. Everything about Princess was top of their game. Until it wasn’t. Little by little, all the stellar experiences got eroded or cut. Until one day I realized that I was more stressed with trying to make myself happy and trying to justify the poor service than I was relaxed. That’s not how I wish to spend my vacation or my cruise $$$$ so that’s when I started trying other lines. None have been perfect (virgin are close to perfect for me) but all have made me realize that it’s not unique to princess, that there are other options out there, and loyalty really means nothing these days. Now I look for price and itinerary first. Line and ship second. I’m glad you got to see what princess can and very much used to be like while on island. I still get glimpses of that on the bigger ships occasionally so you may just find it on regal too!!!!

[ceilidh1]

8 minutes ago, YVRteacher said:

They very wisely did not allow me to get close enough to ask!  Clumsy people and stemware just don’t align.

I have visions of you being escorted away by security…”I just wanted a pineapple mimosa”….

[YVRteacher]

I’m currently sipping a pineapple mimosa and I didn’t even need to knock down the champagne glasses!

[dog]

Rather sad. Several of my fb friends are on this cruise and having a wonderful time so far.

You were not treated well by cabin steward, bar staff right off, casino stench & loud music, long line ups etc.

Not what we expect on a vacation.

Let’s hope you are feeling better for the remainder of your trip.

 

[schmoopie17]

5 hours ago, YVRteacher said:

 

Thank you to my WTA (wonderful travel agent) for the spa credit and for the cheese plate.

 

 

I was thinking, "That's a really strange-looking cheese plate." Then I scrolled further down...

[schmoopie17]

5 hours ago, YVRteacher said:

 

I got to try green cheese! Can someone tell me what this is, please? It’s yummy!

 

Everyone knows the moon is made of green cheese. Looks like Princess spares no expense in importing cheese from outer space to keep its customers happy.

[YVRteacher]

2 hours ago, www3traveler said:

WOW!!!  AMAZING!!!!  Did they say how many glasses it took to built the Tower?

 

This inquisitive librarian did some research:

 

837 glasses were used in the champagne waterfall!

 

View from above 

 

 

[treesah]

We're booked on the Regal Transatlantic in October.  Girl, you're scaring me.  One or two grumpy crew members I can handle, but if it's more.....

[YVRteacher]

Remember the comedian I loved last week on the Island? The one I sat with at the bar a couple days later?

 

He is on this cruise for one night and has three shows.  I will be at all of them! 

 

 

The 6:30pm show was tear-inducing hilarious!

 

You can find Ken on all social media platforms using The Ken Boyd Show. He never does the same show twice and he never repeats his outfits.

 

Too bad I did not get the message that we were supposed to pack our fascinators.

 

 

 

[www3traveler]

17 minutes ago, YVRteacher said:

 

This inquisitive librarian did some research:

 

837 glasses were used in the champagne waterfall!

 

View from above 

 

 

Next question: How many bottles doe it take to fill all the glasses?

[YVRteacher]

41 minutes ago, treesah said:

We're booked on the Regal Transatlantic in October.  Girl, you're scaring me.  One or two grumpy crew members I can handle, but if it's more.....

It’s not everyone. I think the grumpy ones stand out because they are an anomaly.

[YVRteacher]

Let me tell you about the cabin. It really, really stank. It was vile. So many gross smells. After they neutralized the general cabin there was a strong smell of urine from the bathroom.
 

At first I thought the bathroom floor was stained but when I used my own Lysol Wipes and realized how much was coming up I knew the floor hadn’t been cleaned in a long, long time.

 

I reported this on the form to guest services and I spoke to the room steward. 

 

When I went to the cabin for a quick moment after dinner to grab a duck (as one does)

I saw the whole cabin had been properly cleaned and the bathroom floor was gleaming and spotless. The housekeeping supervisor phoned to follow up and asked if the smell was gone. I told him it didn’t smell bad anymore and I also said it was unacceptable for me to come into a cabin this dirty. He apologized.

 

Two minutes later I saw the room steward in the hall. He asked if things were better. I said yes and thanked him. Then he said “by the way ma’am the stuff on the floor was grout.”

 

I said “that was not grout and don’t you dare tell me it was.”

 

Then I walked away. 
 

He has access to my toothbrush…

 

I could have accepted the dirtiness, gross as it was, but lying is never ok.

[Teechur]

2 minutes ago, YVRteacher said:

Let me tell you about the cabin. It really, really stank. It was vile. So many gross smells. After they neutralized the general cabin there was a strong smell of urine from the bathroom.
 

At first I thought the bathroom floor was stained but when I used my own Lysol Wipes and realized how much was coming up I knew the floor hadn’t been cleaned in a long, long time.

 

I reported this on the form to guest services and I spoke to the room steward. 

 

When I went to the cabin for a quick moment after dinner to grab a duck (as one does)

I saw the whole cabin had been properly cleaned and the bathroom floor was gleaming and spotless. The housekeeping supervisor phoned to follow up and asked if the smell was gone. I told him it didn’t smell bad anymore and I also said it was unacceptable for me to come into a cabin this dirty. He apologized.

 

Two minutes later I saw the room steward in the hall. He asked if things were better. I said yes and thanked him. Then he said “by the way ma’am the stuff on the floor was grout.”

 

I said “that was not grout and don’t you dare tell me it was.”

 

Then I walked away. 
 

He has access to my toothbrush…

 

I could have accepted the dirtiness, gross as it was, but lying is never ok.

We just came off of 14 days on the Emerald. Our bathroom had a urine smell from day one. I told our steward, who cleaned it repeatedly. It was then better, but never went away completely. I suspect the odor was coming from the drains.

[dog]

That’s it. I am taking my own lysol bathroom cleaner!

[BamaVol]

22 minutes ago, dog said:

That’s it. I am taking my own lysol bathroom cleaner!

You’ll have to smuggle it on in a vodka bottle. 

[YVRteacher]

41 minutes ago, Teechur said:

We just came off of 14 days on the Emerald. Our bathroom had a urine smell from day one. I told our steward, who cleaned it repeatedly. It was then better, but never went away completely. I suspect the odor was coming from the drains.

That is what they thought at first but after the floor was cleaned the smell disappeared. It also changed colour which is telling.

[t&atravel]

See post #14 of the attached thread.  This is from a retired ship engineer who is a wealth of information.  It has helped us in the past.

 

 

[treesah]

Please hide your toothbrush.😁

[YVRteacher]

Not the smell. The smell did not change colour.

 

The floor did.