Crookshanks

We are sea kayaking in Ketchikan and the Bike and Tram in Juneau. We wanted to do the train ride up to the summit in Skagway, but it sold out before all of us could decide on one, so we're still going to summit, but a different excursion now. I really wanted to go on the suspension bridge, so we found one that included that. I'm not bringing kiddos on this cruise, so I don't mind doing the more 'boring' excursions as I really enjoy nature and history. I have 2 boys, 9 and 13, so I understand not wanting to push it with your daughter. And so sorry to hear about your wife, I hope you are both healing.

I don’t mind homework for the most part. 😆 7 day Inside Passage round trip from Seattle. I was going to attempt another Live on this cruise, though I wasn’t too great at it last time. I get all wrapped up in food and trivia. 🤷‍♀️

May19th. 5 weeks from tomorrow! 😃

The 5% that do get the desserts sure must get a lot of them, when I was on the Regal in January, the line for the Gelato was crazy more often than not and I saw many people enjoying those huge desserts. I asked at the International Cafe about how many of the massive cakes they went through per day and he said 6-7 chocolate, 4-5 red velvet and 3-4 Black Forrest cakes, at least that he knew of. I expect there are quite a few people who have been judged by their 'gluttony' on this site(and FB) and just don't freely admit to enjoying the desserts. I personally really enjoy them, though we generally shared 1 slice of cake. But the chocolate cake goes amazingly well with the espresso martini as a night cap! When on vacation, I go all in, but I don't utilize the fitness classes! 😂

Lots of info on here already! But I did want to add a little something! Sometimes, the facial recognition software doesn't work properly. Look around at the displays in the photography department and if you see one there that isn't in your App, take it to one of the staff members at the desk and they will make sure it is added to your account. Take all the photos, they are out and about all of the time and some of my favorite photos were actually the candid ones they take on sail away! I've never had the photos put on a flash drive as I've always downloaded them onto my phone, but I like knowing that I could have a 'backup' that way. We get the Premier Package primarily for the photos. Such a fun time and there are some photo staff members that seem to have a great time with silly poses and goofy faces.

It seems that maybe the 'culture' of the Alaska Cruise is a bit different than other cruises. I've always enjoyed the few presentations I've seen onboard, but there don't seem to be quite as many on Caribbean cruises? Though one cruise did have a great pair of speakers that did several talks on the ports and such. This will be my first time going to Alaska, so I am quite excited to see and learn all the things. Though I'm not a huge fan of being cold, hence my love of Caribbean and Mexico vacations.

Good afternoon! I attempted to search for the answer, but I must not have had the correct keywords. We are booked on the December 28th, 2024 New Years Cruise out of Fort Lauderdale on the Sun Princess. I'm just curious if we will have 'special' color medallions or if the 'inaugural season' part is only the cruises in the Med. What is an Inaugural Year? Is it a calendar year from first sail date? Is it any itinerary that departs during 2024? Is it only the first handful of cruises? This is by no means important. Just inquiring minds. I'm excited to get on the ship! Especially after watching the Adam Savage videos on the engineering and designing of the ship. Husband and I really enjoy seeing the behind the scenes stuff and 'watching' it being built was really interesting! And I expect that by December, they will have worked out all of the kinks! Thanks and have a wonderful day!

The only time I've seen the crew unhappy about the ducks is when they found a few stuck in the bulkhead gaps in the cabin hallways. They said it's a safety hazard because it could prevent the doors from closing. Other places they request you not put them is on stairways so people don't trip on them, but that's somewhat obvious.

I think the only way I found this to be true was for martinis. I could get a standard Lemon Drop martini as 1 drink, even though it's automatically poured as a double, but if I wanted Grey Goose instead, they charged me for 2 drinks on my premier package. This is how I actually made it to 15 drinks for the first time.. but no regrets were had. 🙂

Oh yeah! Absolutely different! 🤣 That's where it's a good thing it's unlimited!

I think it was 6am to 2pm? I think I had a couple during a lunch buffet, but not 100 percent sure on that one. It's possible that the hours changed on Sea Days as well.

The Juice Bar was one of my favorite parts of our cruise last Month on the Regal. It was located in the middle of the buffet with the specialty coffees and pastries. Got pretty addicted to them, The Nutter and the Tropical Twist were my favorites.

I've bid twice now, one was won and the other was not. First attempt was a Spring Break Cruise last March and the ship was nearly sold out. Last attempt was already a deal, got a limited time offer from the casino for a free interior, $200 casino Play and Princess Plus included if I could sail within the next 2 months on select cruises. Pretty sure they were trying to fill the cruise. Booked on November 13th, bid on November 16th ($20pp min bid for Obstructed Balcony, $70pp min bid for balcony, $75pp 'fair' bid for Obstructed Deluxe Balcony and $90pp min bid for Deluxe Balcony), bid for Deluxe Balcony was accepted December 13th for our January 14th sailing. I truly don't care about location of cabin, we ended up in D150, so quite a bit forward, but I had no issue whatsoever, I really just wanted more space since there were 3 adults cruising in the one cabin. I'll see how things go on next cruise, we hit 85 days out tomorrow, so I'll see how things go with that one. We are already in a Deluxe Balcony, so I expect there won't be a lot of options for Upgrade, especially since it's an Alaskan Cruise that does not have a huge amount of availability right now.

It was great for me! I booked the free interior casino comp cabin. You can bid for the next 4 categories above what you are booked in. So I was able to bid on an Obstructed Balcony, Balcony, Obstructed Deluxe Balcony and Deluxe Balcony. I did the minimum bid for all but the Obstructed Deluxe Balcony as we weren't worried about where we were on the ship but really wanted more room since there were 3 adults in the cabin. I bid $20 per person for Obstructed Balcony, $75 per person for Obstructed Deluxe Balcony, $70 per person for Balcony and $90 per person for the Deluxe Balcony. About a month later, they accepted my bid for the Deluxe Balcony, so we paid $180 to upgrade our cabin. It was pretty awesome!

I just went back to my emails in November. I booked on the 13th and got the email to upgrade on the 15th. I bid for upgrade on the 16th. My bid was accepted on December 13th.