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Carolyn and I will be joining you tomorrow on the beautiful Enchanted Princess. Our day will start with a fairly short hour and a half drive down from Port St Lucie to Einstein's Bagels for a quick sharing of a bagel and coffee and then driving across the street to GoPrincess where we got an invitation to be there again for the third time. We are looking forward to being on the Enchanted again this year and this time celebrating my wife's birthday and our 58th Princess cruise. Planning on touring a little more of PR and going back to our favorite animal preserve in Roatan. We'll probably get off the ship in most of the ports to grab some street images and then enjoying the sea days aboard the ship.

I agree about the attention to detail and the production.

Thanks for doing this.

You are right about Iryna. She was our server on our March voyage and hopefully we'll have her on the upcoming April 20th voyage as well.

I haven't seen his name yet and it seems that it's been longer than usual that he has been on holiday.

Glad to see you received an invitation to visit the Go Princess. They have a limited amount that can attend and it is only available to a Princess ship is at docked at #2 terminal. Anthony and Edwina are wonderful hosts and their attention to detail is amazing in taking care of all your needs. We have been fortunate to be invited twice previously and have just received an invitation to be there for the April 20th voyage.

Could be. Don't know what the criteria is if any.

Correct with the exception that if there are any VIP's aboard that aren't in suites they also have access.

We are on the April 20th 14-day voyage on the Enchanted Princess. Earlier this year we were on the Enchanted Princess and had a great time. The ship is lovely and the crew is amazing. If anyone on this voyage has a chance to take a photo of the ship's officers board, that would be great. We usually get a notification as to who the HGM is and we know that Nikola is the Maitre' d but it nice to see who the staff members are.

I agree. This was a great vehicle for us non-TA's to stay informed and get involved. Most TA's don't have the time to get the word out in a timely manner. For us loyal Princess cruisers who have enjoyed nearly 60+ voyages under the SeaWitch it would benefit Princess Cruises to keep everyone on the team with all that is going on.

You are welcome from The Lakes at Tradition in PSL.

Thanks for posting this. We are there at the end of April this year and are looking to spend some time walking in old town.

Yes. It needs to be requested for each one and only those bookings that occur before the end of this year at this time.

We drive down frequently and since we live 100 miles from the port we usually drive down the morning of embarkation and plan to arrive around 10:30. If we plan on staying in Fort Lauderdale the night before because it's a weekday departure and the traffic sucks we stay at the Holiday Inn Express on 17th street close to the port. It's not cheap, but then this time of year nothing is close to the port.

Ours operates the same way. We usually write her an email the day before we call to let her know what we are seeking to give her a heads up to research and then we get a call or return email first thing the next day.

It's not crazy if this excursion is one that is very important to you. Too many times waiting to book later runs the risk of it being sold out and then you hope for success after being placed on the waitlist. "Bird in the Hand".....

Emerald mid-aft is a great location and the ship is very stable in the majority of waters and especially in the Caribbean.

Listen to the answers that suggest book now for the cabin you want and then either be diligent about watching the fares going forward and re-fare when you see a lowering of the fares. For the last eight years we have booked our voyages through our Princess Vacation Planner who either catches the fare reduction or acts quickly on our input and gets it done.

Great. Keep it factual and interesting. Most of us are looking to hear about the new venues and what impact not having some of our favorite venues on this ship.

We all are interested in your reporting. Questions remain as to how the Elite/Platinum evening lounge is handled, how marriages and other ceremonies are performed without a Wedding Chapel, no Internet Cafe for those needing a place to log in or print out airline boarding passes, etc.

Good thread. Thanks for creating it.

We did as well. "Easy Peasy!" The latest update to the Medallion App is very good. It now shows all upcoming bookings so you don't have to log out and log in using the other booking number.

Make sure you have completed all the necessary steps in the check in and both are marked in the "Green Lane". If not, the app defaults to you picking up the medallion at the port. If this is the case, then cancel the medallion orders and finish the check in process then go back and order the medallions and the shipping charges will be dropped. I had this experience recently and this solved the problem.

I have read some of the replies and had a good laugh and now I wonder why folks with the elevated sense of fear of germs would even consider being on a ship or plane or any other public space.