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  1. We'll definitely put Beerenberg on our taste list, thanks. Just curious: Is their hot tomato sauce much different, or is it more of the same but just hotter?
  2. --- Yes we will have a kitchen, but without an oven; there is a two-burner hob and microwave. So if the pies need to be warmed up I figure I'll try the microwave-paper-towel-covered-pie-til-warm (then) toast-the-pie-top-and-bottom-on-non-stick-pan method. So yes, I can pick up sauce at Woolies/Coles/Aldi. Interesting: The Choice review I linked above actually said that the Beerenberg sauce in the article is considered low salt and is the lowest of all the sauces reviewed. ---
  3. --- Hi all, For those of you who like a good tomato sauce on your meat pie (and perhaps sausage roll), could you please let me know your current favorite tomato sauce for your pie? Lower Salt? And regardless of your favorite, is there on the list below that you might recommend (if looking for lower sodium items for just an 8 day visit 🤔) : https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/groceries/sauces-and-dressings/buying-guides/tomato-sauce (29 October 2019) [We'll soon be in Sydney for 8 days (The Rocks), certainly sampling many meat pies on our visit.] -- Thanks in advance for any of your responses! ---
  4. --- Yes, the only problems we had with the Australian ETA app was in getting it to read the chip on our 2 U.S. passports issued two years ago -- both of us using our own android smartphones. Each of us tried for almost an hour [with no internet connectivity problems] until the app accepted both of our chips, within a couple of minutes of each other. ---
  5. ---- It's interesting that there's no Regular Balcony shown under the cabin types. ==> One BIG win (FINALLY) among all the stateroom types depicted, including the oceanview and interior cabins: Sofas (balconies & oceanview) Love Seats (interior) ! 👍 Premium Oceanview: Interior: -----
  6. --- https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=3757 "During your cruise, if you're having trouble at any time with OceanCompass, MedallionNet or other MedallionClass features, stop by the OceanFront desk, dedicated to all things OceanMedallion, where navigators will help open the door on the future of travel." --- . . . [ 😶. . . . Holy Mackerel -- what a line! 🙄]
  7. --- --- Images from Cruisedeckplans: Princess Live! Café (just outside of Princess Live!) on Discovery Princess: --- Inside Princess Live! on Discovery Princess: --- Inside Princess Live! on Discovery Princess, facing out starboard towards walkway (and across walkway: seating and windows looking out on promenade [tender area] ) -----
  8. --- On our cruises we usually bring our 40-ounce thermal container to fill with coffee in the morning. On Discovery at the buffet beverage stations there was no problem for us getting the container refilled with coffee every morning. If a crew member was at the station he or she usually did the refill for us. If we were early before any crew was there, we did the refill ourselves -- taking a clean cup from the station and filling cup by cup into the thermal container. ---
  9. --- And in my experience, those who are Blue Lane who have not been able to pick an arrival time can show up as early as they want! (And the Blue Lane people may be in a much shorter line -- or sometimes no line; this has happened to us every time we were Blue Lane.) ---
  10. --- Agreed. On our last 8 Princess cruises (on Grand, Ruby, Majestic, and Discovery) from October 2021 to April 2022 we absolutely have never been checked; we have not spoken to anyone else on these sailings who has been checked either. ---
  11. --- Crew would be stuck ashore also! I've been out and about seeing lots of Princess crew including officers partying at Mandala Los Cabos around 3 in the morning. 😇 ---
  12. --- On some overnight stops, we have stayed off the ship in a hotel when it makes sense for us to do so -- especially to experience something special that we would not be able to do by staying on the ship. We have done this in: [Posted above ] Cabo San Lucas: Balcony overlooking the church in San Jose del Cabo's colonial old town, on a Friday night full of locals' festivities Rio de Janeiro: Oceanfront on Arpoador Beach, next to Ipanema, to watch and enjoy the incomparable Arpoador sunset with real Cariocas (Rio natives), and in the morning have a beach buffet breakfast with all the fresh tropical fruit and freshly baked pao de queijo (cheese bread) that I could eat Buenos Aires: Balcony on the grand Avenida 9 de Julio, immediately in front of the Obelisco de Buenos Aires Valparaiso Chile: Took a bus to Santiago to stay in a balcony room overlooking the vibrantly busy downtown streets, so that after an incredible late dinner we could walk around the Plaza de Armas Puerto Vallarta: On a Christmas Eve -- Downtown oceanview balcony, to enjoy the Christmas Eve observations (bucket list item at the time -- to celebrate Nochebuena in Mexico) and to have a long extended rooftop dinner at the incomparable Hacienda San Angel, then after dinner having their 13-person mariachi band serenade me to my favorite canción Veracruzana Note: On this trip the ship left Puerto Vallarta the same night, and we rejoined the ship the next day in Manzanillo. (I secured Princess' preauthorization a few months in advance to do this.) [Upcoming] Honolulu: For my milestone birthday -- Waikiki Beach oceanfront balcony overlooking Queen Kapiolani Beach to enjoy the sunset, with a full Diamond Head view to watch the sunrise the next morning FOOD note: All the above overnight stays included [will include in Honolulu] wonderful dinners (and some breakfasts) with local specialty dishes that we would not get from the ship. -----
  13. --- On a simple overnight in Cabo San Lucas, you DO NOT need ANY authorization to stay off the ship. On 10/29/2021 we stayed overnight in San Jose Del Cabo. -- Note: If we know we will be overnighting off the ship and not returning until later the next day, we usually tell our steward beforehand, as a courtesy FYI. --- Pre-COVID, typically the Cabo San Lucas tenders ran all night, though with less frequency (perhaps every half hour). Occasionally we didn't leave the ship until after midnight, returning around 4 or 5 in the morning; the tender would be at the pier waiting for passengers, sometimes returning us to the ship without waiting for more people. Post-COVID, some ships stopped the tenders in the late-night hours, starting up again sometime early in the morning. This may still be the case. Even then, you can stay off the ship all night without authorization. Hopefully all Princess ships eventually will resume all-night Cabo tenders, if they haven't yet. ---
  14. --- I was reading the "Princess Now Soliciting Families w/Children" thread, and realized I have not yet seen a single comment about the most recent Princess Cruises commercial I am seeing now. I commented in that thread: I found a 30-second clip legally available to share, and thought I would post a link here if permitted, for those of you who haven't seen it yet. . . LINK: https://ispot.tv/a/bHim TEXT: Dreaming of escape? Glamour Retreats World-class Dining Gaming Room service anywhere Award-winning Entertainment Princess takes you to Riviera Flamingos Palms and Sands Escape with Princess where the neon is real and everything else is too. Because what happens here stays with you forever What happens here stays with you forever ---
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