NYSandy23

My wife and I booked this one. Anyone else considering it?

Anyone considering this cruise in February of 2020?

My wife and I sailed the Grand Princess in December from San Fran to and around Hawaii. There was a listed LGBTQ meeting every day at 5 pm in one of the bars. It took a day or two past sail away for the crowd to appear, but in the end there were at least 20-25 of us every night. We were the only women. We had cocktails and then went to dinner. Sometimes as we got to know each other, we went in small groups. We did meet other lesbians on board but they had no interest in going to the gatherings so we found other ways to engage. No one from the Cruise Line was present or even checked on us at the bar. We made our own fun.

My wife and I prefer the general cruise lines and have met some terrific couples, mostly men on the last few cruises we have taken. We always go to FOD hoping to meet women. We are taking our Honeymoon cruise on the Grand Princess from San Fran to and around Hawaii on Dec. 18, 2017. Any new friends we can make.

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We have met life long friends by going to FOD. We make sue to go the first few nights just to be sure we don’t miss anyone. We find that we meet more guys than women but that’s just fine. We are sailing on the Grand Princess in December. We encourage any LGBTQ people to check out the gatherings. You don’t have to stay but it is nice on a large ship to see friendly faces.

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We tend to put our phones away when we get on board ship so as not to incur charges unless we are in a US port. One of the most relaxing of things is to actually disconnect from things electronic while on vacation. If using data would not cost money then we would do it, especially if we have made "friends" before sailing which we would like to stay connected to on board. Ships make that difficult.

We are sailing on the Star in early November. We are partial to La Cucina for the Eggplant and other Italian dishes they don't make anywhere else on the ship. We also like Ginza for the Teppanyiaki experience which is always a party especially if you have a good table of people. Otherwise we are happy with the service in the Main Dining Rooms and aren't willing to pay more for perfectly good food.