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Tao Diva

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    Ohio
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    Reading Writing and Wandering
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    the one I'm on!
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    Caribbean

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  1. Thanks, everyone! I do have a balcony, and can always bring my food there, and room service is always a back-up option as well. We usually eat in the dining rooms as much as possible. I’m glad Princess keeps one open most of the time for breakfast and sea-day lunches. Since we are doing a B2B, I’ll go up and book a sanctuary cabana ASAP on turn-around day (that was a great tip! thanks Buckeye10640) but for quiet deck-time, I think I’ll stick to the retreat pool area so I can adjust my position as the ship and sun move around each other. I really appriciate the information from “Steelers36" about the “gray line.” I didn’t realize that. I’ll call Princess to confirm the protocol for using it. We’re traveling with my elderly father who has mobility issues. This will be great for him as well. I really like like enclosed, warmth of saunas and steam rooms. It’s very helpful and calming. Since there are no saunas or steams in the general changing areas, I’m going to spring for the Thermal Suite pass for the entire cruise. It really makes a difference in giving me the capacity to enjoy dinner and shows in the evening. Most of all, JG&Lcruisingnewbies, THANK YOU! It’s not often that people understand how seemingly “little” things can cause major nervous disregulation and anxiety. You put so much thought and compassion in your reply, I can tell you share many of my experiences. It’s lovely to find one of “my kind” in the “wild”. 🙂 I will absolutely ask about a table on the edge of things. Thank you SO MUCH for your thoughts on the medallion. I was overjoyed to learn about it enabled a more socially gentle muster drill but I didn’t realize it could help with navigating the ship and keeping track of your party. When disregulated, I can get confused and just start walking (the wrong way) and make myself anxious (and late) to meeting places. I also tend to zone out gazing at the waves and lose track of time. Being able to find my family (and be found) at all times will be an enormous comfort! Thank you, ~TD
  2. Hello Friends, I'm taking my first Princess cruise on Sky Princess in February and I am a bit confused and overwhelmed by how complicated they make things. I'm hoping you might help me straghten out my understanding on a few things. For context, I'm an autistic adult with low support needs but I do seek out the quiet places, shade, and predictible social interactions. I will be cruising with extended family including a daughter and a grandaughter who are also autistic, also with similar sensory issues but also with low support needs. We manage ourselves just fine but it helps a great deal if I know what to expect in advance instead of figuring out when I get there or let things "surprise" me. (Even "good" suprises can disregulate me and feel very disruptive to my peace of mind.) Cruising is AWESOME because it's a predictable, easy-to-plan vacation, with a predictable schedules, familiar events, and there is always someone close by to help if you do need it. But to prepare, it helps to study deck plans, read the daily schedules of past cruises, get familiar with the different venues and their operating times and such. Basically, It helps to know what to expect. So I'm hoping some of you might have the patience to shed light on a few things about Sky Princess with me. 1. Do the women's and men's changing rooms in the spa include segregated sauna/steam rooms that are open to all guests? Or are the steam and saunas in the Enclave thermal suite the only ones? 2. Do you actually reserve a specific lounge chair in the Sanctuary, or can you sit anywhere as long as you have purchased a day or half-day pass? What if you reserved a shady chair and the ship turns and and puts you in the sun? Can you trade chairs with a sun-lover? 3. If you purchase a cabana for a day, can different family members join you in the cabana at different times (as long as the total number of people do not excede the maximum at any one time, of course.) 4. If I purchase the use of a cabana for a day for my adult daughter and I, and my sister purchases a half-day pass, can she have a chair next to my cabana? 5. Is the Retreat pool part of the Sanctuary or is it open to general access? 6. Where are your favorite peaceful places on the ship? 7. Are there dining rooms where you can get table service for breakfast and lunch every day? (I realy can't handle the chaos of a buffet for very long.) 8. Does Princess allow priority boarding for people with invisible disabilities? (Embarkation day and disembarkation day, are even worse than the buffet!) I usually spend sail-away day quietly in my cabin, occasionally stepping out for short errands then going back to the room. I get up early the next morning, fresh to walk the entire ship before many people are up, and I'm fine after that. Thank you for your patience. It realy does help to know. ~ TaoDiva
  3. My Pop is very interested in this. I’d LOVE to take him but the description included wading into the water to climb into the boat on a ladder? id love to hear about people’s experiences.
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