wineforhealth

Yes you can under gift and services

Here is the link: http://www.princess.com/learn/onboard/gifts_services/cellars_culinarydelights/princess_cellars/index.jsp

The new law in Venice for 2015 which limits ship sizes to less than 100,000 tons is going to result in major changes for many cruise lines. No Grand or Royal class ships can sail into Venice. Watch for a major realignment of vessels assigned to Med routes in 2015. Gossip within Princess has Coral/Island or Sun class ships taking over those routes. I see Royal Caribbean has decided to sent Rhapsody to the Med from Australia, rather than sailing across the Pacific for Alaskan service as she has done for years. Watch for Princess's solution; it will be interesting!

? Not sure what this has to do with the question. But thanks for the update on new restrictions

Both are the same

I never pay attention to whether a ship is going to dry dock or not unless it's a refurbishment. Neither the Ruby nor the Emerald have been refurbished nor new amenities added. They've been in drydock where the hull was scraped and painted, the propellers examined, thrusters cleaned, engines checked, etc., none of which would or should affect passengers. General maintenance such as carpet, mattress, and TV replacement is done on an ongoing basis.

Total agreement

It comes down to which intineray or port you want to leave from

I believe It is not a Balcony for the cabins but a deck area for viewing and can be very windy out there.

Love the review with the pictures

Sorry ... I thanked the wrong Jim. I just love sailing out of San Francisco. I think I just captured avatar. It has been in use for many years.

NP on the wrong ID , if you look really close I'm sit in the aft Hot Tub as I cruised under the Golden Gate in May of 2007

I also love cruising out of San Francisco and even better on a great clear day.

Doing the 4 day in March on the s Sapphire. I was wondering if you saw a lot of kids on board? This will be our first time sailing with Princess .

I have been on a few 2 & 3 day, they tended to be couples for a short getaway

No

 

Carol rings a bell

No Carol, my first name is Jim and Princess has been my Cruiseline choice for years. Other than a Windstar in 2008

Maybe we will cruise in the future and share a glass of wine

Glad you like the picture, BTW how did you get?

I love the privacy and views from the back.

It's also nice to view where you have been.

It is your pic. I cruised with you and your lovely wife on the Mercury. Becca23 might ring a bell. :cool::cool:

I think that would be my brother does AVV/MG ring a bell

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. The government information office isn't pouring the wine at the table. For example: You are the host at a table for 6 and you select the wine. The bottle is presented to you and you taste and approve the wine. The server then serves the three ladies at the table and proceeds to pour for the men. After pouring the wine to the second gentleman you notice that the server has finished off the bottle leaving none for you. The server comes over to you and says: "Sorry. I poured what the government (and wiki) says is the "normal" amount and there is no wine left for you. I guess you'll have to buy a second bottle". That server would be fired in every establishment I have ever been associated with. Wouldn't it have been easier to pour the wine six ways, irrespective of what you read on wikipedia?

 

The "rules" are flexible to help adjust to many circumstances.

 

 

http://www.etiquettescholar.com/dining_etiquette/wine_etiquette/wine_serving_etiquette/servings_per_wine_bottle.html

Those darn burgundy glasses tend to consume the bottle way to quickly.

When I have a glass of wine I enjoy 5 - 6 oz pour satisfy pallet. Anything less is a taste.

Let the kids know they can eat plenty of pizza and soft serve ice cream

Loved your story ... Thanks for sharing. :cool::cool:

Love your avatar, a friend of mine took this picture of the Golden Princess in 2007 as I had a group doing a coastal up to Vancouver

OK here

Can you bring in a glass of your own wine? Sure. Is it right? Well, look at it this way. If on day 1 of your cruise you bring a full bottle of your own wine to the MDR, you will be charged a $15 corkage fee. On that day you drink a single glass and ask the MDR to hold your bottle for later consumption. On day 2 you return and have another single glass from your bottle. And you do that again on days 3 through 6 until the bottle is gone. In the end, you have consumed one glass per day from your own bottle and the ship collected $15 from you. Compare that to bringing in a glass of your own wine that you have poured yourself. At the end of 6 days, you have finished the bottle and the ship has collected nothing from you despite their well and oft-stated policy of charging a $15 corkage fee for the consumption of a bottle of personal wine in the MDR. So now I ask: Is bringing in your own wine one glass at a time keeping with the spirit and intent of the corkage policy? The policy states that if you bring a single bottle on board, you may drink it free of charge in your cabin. If you bring it to a public venue for consumption, you will be charged a corkage fee. So now I ask: When you bring your glass to the MDR, are you drinking it in your cabin or in a public venue? Does the policy say that you may drink your free bottle in public venues if you do so one glass at a time? If you are assigned to a table of 6 and choose to share your free bottle of wine with your tablemates, if you bring the bottle to the table you will pay the fee. If you tell your tablemates to meet you in your cabin and pour them all a glass and you all carry your glasses into the MDR you skirt the fee. Is that the right thing to do?

Jimmyvwine

I agree with you, I would add that I have always been one too also purchase a bottle for everyone I bring into the MDR, love that they hold the wine over for you. I have found for my wife and I we tend to drink more than a glass, one bottle would last the evening.

I also would like your wine bottle that can hold 6 pours LOL

Pia are you sure your not one of the 700 in line to talk with Santa?

Merry Christmas "cheers"

Jim

$24

Fine for me but my wife won't use the weak wall mounted units in the staterooms just not a lot of power.

Pia,

I may have missed something but I see you took two bottles of wine onboard what happened to the boxed wine or do they not allow it?

Anyway enjoy your last cruise of the year

Cheers

Jean

I agree with you, plus we have others joining us on different flights so it makes joining up much easier.

I also booked this Caribbean Princess cruise on 2/8/2014 and have not find the best transportation from IAH airport to hotel and free shuttle from hotel to Bayport Cruise Terminal. Let me know if you can give some advise.

I think you will only find free transportation for one segment once in Houston.

Try staying at the Marriott in the IAH airport only if you have others joining you, then take the Princess transfer to the port

Others here have made great recommendation for great place to stay

Enjoy your cruise

The towels will be in your room and changed daily as you use them by your room steward.

Have fun on your cruise:)

I'm hoping you are following this thread or it forwards to an email to you.

 

We love the big styles of wine: Shiraz/Cabs/Chards and the ones with the big mouth feel. We find that those styles are in the upper end of the $$ on board. And we're going to be on Crown Princess for 7 weeks so I'd like to be able to continue to enjoy wines with dinner. And if we're looking at $45 bottle wines for 7 weeks...well.....

 

*If prices on board are high, I wouldn't mind investigating bringing multiple cases (two) of wine on board at embarkation.

 

*We're staying near the beach at a hotel we haven't stayed at before. FLL is unfamiliar to us, so we're trying to find a wine store near the hotel. Consequently we have no idea of how the store/s handle people buying/taking two cases of wine from the store to the ship.

 

*How did you handle getting them on board and to your room? How do you 'carry them on'? or How do you check them so they get to your room unbroken? Where/when does one pay the $15 corkages?

 

I can live with paying a $15 surcharge knowing that the wines I like on board are costing $45+. Even with corkage, I'd still save $15 a bottle by buying before embarking.

 

Brian has mobility issues, so if we just purchase a bottle or two at every port, it could get costly/time consuming trying to chase down liquor/wine stores in each port if we have to go by taxi for just two bottles of wine.

 

And then there's the added puzzle of being unfamiliar with various wines. Coming from the Great White North, most of the wines we see on listings are unfamiliar to us, so in order to get the biggie mouth feel, it can get costly just working our way through the listings to find one in a style that we like at a reasonable price. Ditto for picking up wine in port. What's the old line...There are only two types of wine..good and bad. If I like it, it's good. If I don't like it, it's bad.

 

Our email addy is yknot05 at hotmail dot com if you have any suggestions. That's yknot and then the digits zero and five.

Thanks.

I ship the wine from California to the hotel where we are staying over night. I first call ahead and ask the front desk how they handle shipments for guests.

The day of the cruise I put the case of wine the luggage with the room tag tag taped to the boxe.

I would hope the hotel will the handling of your package to your transportation. And once at the pier the longshoremen will take the case along with your luggage

My wife and I really enjoy wine in our room before dinner and even though we bring wine onboard we also order wine at dinner. I always give some bottles to our room steward and waitstaff. It make for great gifts.

Drink what you enjoy don't let the price influence you.

I had checked 2 cases with my luggage in a shipper earlier this year in Fort Lauderdale and had no problem.