Live from Enchanted Princess - East/West Carib 27 July-10 August

[mdgary]

Decided at last minute to go ahead and start a live from and will give updates and try and answer any questions. This was the easiest and quickest boarding we have ever done. Drove to the port and dropped our bags with the porters at 10:20 AM. Made our way into the parking garage and then over to the terminal. Real quick pass through security and then straight over to check-in and next thing you know we are walking onboard at 10:45! They announced rooms would be ready around 12:30 so we just grabbed a drink and hung in the piazza area. We went up to our cabin on Baja deck a little before noon and not only was our cabin ready but we ran into our luggage just as we were almost to our cabin. Day one was off to a great start.

[canadarocks]

Wonderful! Can you please let us know if there was a special embarkation lunch today or just the new everyday menu?

[mdgary]

I don't believe there was one. 

[chubbypiggy]

Which ports will you be visiting? 

 

We will embark on Aug. 10 for a b2b (14 days Caribbean and 7 days NE and Canada).  So, will be following your thread very closely for the most recent information.  Mainly interested to see the daily Patter and menus of the dining room.  TIA.

 

 

[555]

Were the fire doors closed to prevent you going to your cabin to drop off luggage ?

[mdgary]

3 hours ago, chubbypiggy said:

Which ports will you be visiting? 

 

We will embark on Aug. 10 for a b2b (14 days Caribbean and 7 days NE and Canada).  So, will be following your thread very closely for the most recent information.  Mainly interested to see the daily Patter and menus of the dining room.  TIA.

We will be visiting the following ports:

Mahahual (Costa Maya)

Roaton

Belize

Cozumel

Princess Cays

San Juan PR

St Thomas

 

Will provide update and post patters/menus as well. 

 

[mdgary]

3 hours ago, 555 said:

Were the fire doors closed to prevent you going to your cabin to drop off luggage ?

They were not. We came up early and was just planning on hanging out by the elevators but lucked out I guess.

[mdgary]

On 7/28/2024 at 2:31 PM, canadarocks said:

Wonderful! Can you please let us know if there was a special embarkation lunch today or just the new everyday menu?

I didn’t see anything about special lunch posted. We just went to the buffet.

[JamieLogical]

3 hours ago, chubbypiggy said:

Which ports will you be visiting? 

 

We will embark on Aug. 10 for a b2b (14 days Caribbean and 7 days NE and Canada).  So, will be following your thread very closely for the most recent information.  Mainly interested to see the daily Patter and menus of the dining room.  TIA.

 

 

 

My husband and I are on this sailing as well, so definitely looking forward to information on the sailings just prior to ours. @chubbypiggy are you on our Roll Call?

[mdgary]

 

 

Here with a update on the cruise so far. Apologize in advance if this rambles but just wanted to do a quick catch up. The first 2 days of the cruise were uneventful but that was a good thing. Still trying to learn our way around the ship and trying to find our go-to servers in the lounges. Service has been fine but not the best so far. Some of the lounges seem to be understaffed and most times its just easier/quicker to just go to the bar and order. We have early nightly reservations in the Amalfi dining room. Dinners have been good and service has been quick. The buffet has been rather disappointing for the first few days with not the best selections. One positive about the buffet is they do have a very nice salad bar with lots of options. We have not sen any of the theater shows but they do have some very talented folks playing in the lounges. Excellent acoustic guitar and singer Ella Ryan and pianist/vocalist Anthony Michael. We are now on day 3 of the cruise and we awoke to bad news that due to high tides and swells we would be unable to visit our first port of Costa Maya. We actually had planned to stay onboard as none of the excursions appealed to us but I’m sure there were still alot of disappointed people. Thats all for now and will attach patters and menus hopefully.

[chubbypiggy]

30 minutes ago, mdgary said:

 

Thank you.

[wallyj]

On 7/28/2024 at 11:31 AM, canadarocks said:

Wonderful! Can you please let us know if there was a special embarkation lunch today or just the new everyday menu?

Hi, I was on Enchanted in May and June and on both Embarkation days, they held MDR lunch with the ‘normal’ embarkation menu, shrimp/avocado, salmon, beef tenderloin, etc. not the ‘newish’ sea day lunch menu.

 

I see the posted Patter from Day1, shows they had lunch in Amalfi from 12-1:30.

Edited July 29 by wallyj

[mdgary]

Day 3 Dinner Menus…..

[sprite]

Thank you for posting the patters.  We board Enchanted on Saturday and I'm curious about MUTS.  I only see Olympic coverage during the day - do I really have no night-time movie under the stars to look forward to?

[richstowe]

5 hours ago, chubbypiggy said:

Which ports will you be visiting? 

 

We will embark on Aug. 10 for a b2b (14 days Caribbean and 7 days NE and Canada).  So, will be following your thread very closely for the most recent information.  Mainly interested to see the daily Patter and menus of the dining room.  TIA.

 

 

Looking forward to meeting you on the Aug 10 sailing.

Did you sign up for any of the "experiental dining"? On previous cruises we loved the winemakers dinners. At $140 pp, Caymus dinner is out but we were interested in the Silverado winemaker’s dinner. Is it offered? 

[mdgary]

Just now, sprite said:

Thank you for posting the patters.  We board Enchanted on Saturday and I'm curious about MUTS.  I only see Olympic coverage during the day - do I really have no night-time movie under the stars to look forward to?

 

They do have movies under the stars but for whatever reason they don’t list them on the “new” Patters. They are listed on the app though which makes no sense. The first night was Kong vs Godzilla….(something like that) and tonight it’s Argylle.

[MsSoCalCruiser]

I do see MUTS listed on the Patters but right now they are only showing the Olympics as far as I can tell.

 

If you feel like it and have time, would you please do me a favor? Would you please check the OceanNow application and see if the option to leave off cheese has been added to the chef salad? 

[mdgary]

Just now, MsSoCalCruiser said:

I do see MUTS listed on the Patters but right now they are only showing the Olympics as far as I can tell.

 

If you feel like it and have time, would you please do me a favor? Would you please check the OceanNow application and see if the option to leave off cheese has been added to the chef salad? 

That is not a option. Only no egg, no turkey, no ham or no change

[MsSoCalCruiser]

17 minutes ago, mdgary said:

That is not a option. Only no egg, no turkey, no ham or no change

Thank you for checking. I was told that they were going to add that option but they still have not. If you could check again right before your cruise ends, I would really appreciate it.
 

I am looking forward to following along. Enjoy your cruise!

[JG&Lcruisingnewbies]

Hi

 

really excited to read about your cruise and see the Patters. I sail on the ship with my Husband and daughter on the 10th August for the 2 week to NYC. It will be our first time sailing outside Europe & first time in the Caribbean.

 

We are so excited! 
 

I hope you have a wonderful cruise 😃 

 

 

[555]

15 hours ago, mdgary said:

I didn’t see anything about special lunch posted. We just went to the buffet.

How crowded was the buffet?

It's usually OK if you board early.

btw- thanks for the patters. 

[JamieLogical]

7 hours ago, JG&Lcruisingnewbies said:

Hi

 

really excited to read about your cruise and see the Patters. I sail on the ship with my Husband and daughter on the 10th August for the 2 week to NYC. It will be our first time sailing outside Europe & first time in the Caribbean.

 

We are so excited! 
 

I hope you have a wonderful cruise 😃 

 

 

 

Hope you join the roll call for the August 10 sailing, if you haven't already!

[Canuker]

mdgary (OP): thank you for posting this. Very helpful: we board the day your cruise ends.

2 questions, please:

1. Your cruise sailed as "sold out". How busy wold you say the ship is? Any bottleneck areas?

2. What is the current status of the "Take 5 Lounge", please? Is it still usable as a lounge or has it become part of the casino? How's the casino smoke in there? Is it still called "Take 5"?

 

Thanks,

Canuker

[mdgary]

1 hour ago, 555 said:

How crowded was the buffet?

It's usually OK if you board early.

btw- thanks for the patters. 

Surprisingly it wasn’t too bad and was able to find a table without to much trouble. Will say that so far the buffet has been very disappointing for breakfast and lunch. The food is barely warm and choices are not great.

[wallyj]

@Canuker, I sailed on Enchanted in May and June for 14 nights doing B2B’s. All 4 seven day sailings were ‘sold out’ and the passenger counts were in the 4000 range. 100% double occupancy is 3660, so many 3 and 4 cabins were filled.

 

Take5  still has lounge/seating area available by the bar. The whole area is non smoking, but smoke can enter when someone enters thru the door that connects to the casino. The slot machines take up about 50% of the space.