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Talk about relaxed.....

DW makes a booklet for every cruise we take. Deck plans, comments, port info, weather - the whole gamut. We started one for Sun yesterday. This is a casino comp so it's pretty cheap. Best way for us to cruise nowadays. 😀 There are thing we'll like and things that are not our cup of tea. I expect we'll spend most of our time on decks 8 and 9. Though how the Sphere is used could be interesting. Like any new ship, we shall see.

Terribly sorry. Where for art though?

The latest advisory was issued July 17, 2023. Maybe a quick walkabout around the port area will do it.

Concierge lounge "family" and them off to supper, the casino, nightcap and bed. Sounds like you're in such a terrible rut. 🙂

We usually just go to the ship reviews on CC for pics.

Looks like Princess has fleshed out the deck plans for Sun.

Thanks for doing this. We'll be back on Silhouette in April, 2024, visiting a few favorite ports and a few new that you have hit. Tobago, St Lucia, Grenada will be new to us. Great pics, especially the food. 🙂

Was there much within walking distance?

Wife always takes a few books to donate on every cruise we do. Unfortunately, some of the newer ships don't have libraries.

We've been to St Kitts a couple of times and just wander around the port shopping area. Plenty of local shops. There is a centralized open air bar with live music and dancers. The local beer was pretty good and reasonably priced. I think it was Caribe.

Botanic Gardens and Deshaies Beach is one of them. Just confirmed with DW.

Titles might include Sainte Anne or Castle Point.

I'm not on Ruby. I'm going by some research we'd done for possible trips including Guadaloupe and Martinique. Also, the titles didn't say Death in Paradise. Sometimes the details did, sometimes you could find out from reviews.

Guadaloupe is where Death in Paradise is filmed. Pretty sure there are several excursions based on that.

The Cobb Salad is often my fall back if nothing else tickles my fancy. Simple ingredients, easy to put together, no surprises.

Is it the charged items such as indulgences that change? But the rest is pretty stable? That's what I recall from previous Princess cruises.

Our only S-class disappointment was a TA last year on Reflection. We had a cabin problem that took 2 days just to get some attention, and we had to move. The really annoying thing was that, with <50% capacity, the bar service was very sub par. I expected just the opposite.

I probably just missed it, but what level cabin/suite are you? Love the meal pics, but it doesn't seem like you've hit the MDR yet. Maybe you won't. 😀

A few years ago, we started getting Player's Club comp offers. Basically, a free cruise with a few hundred casino credits added. We just pay the taxes and port fees for a deluxe balcony. We kick in a few hundred dollars to bump us up to a min-suite for anything longer than 7 days. Total cost for our 2025 Circle Caribbean is $1,980 with the bump up, gratuities and drink package. It's a great way to keep cruising as we go into retirement.

We're on a 10 day starting April 8. Silhouette has always been a favorite of ours.

That could work as an alternative. Hollandaise sauce is always hit or miss on cruises. Thanks.

Any eggs benedict? It's usually my fallback position.

Far from the madding crowd.

Spinach ravioli - one of DW's favorites.