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We've platinum on Princess Cruises, but this will be our first back to back cruise. Do you have to get off the ship after the first 7 days when you land in Fort Lauderdale, or can you stay onboard?? If you have to get off, how long before you can get back on???

We've platinum on Princess Cruises, but this will be our first back to back cruise. Do you have to get off the ship after the first 7 days when you land in Fort Lauderdale, or can you stay onboard?? If you have to get off, how long before you can get back on???

Thanks for the info! 

Since refurbishment, do the showers still have curtains or glass doors?? I hate the shower curtain blowing in on you! If they're fabric, I'll take clips to hold them down. 

Thanks everyone for your input!!

I've booked both hotels for pre-cruise. Which should I keep???

So are the beds a lot more comfy??

Soooooooo ... now that you're on the newly refurbished Crown Princess, how is it???

We have friends in the UK that want us to book a cruise with them on Thomson Cruises. We live in the United States. This may sound silly, but can we book from here???

Hope I'm posting this in the right place! Sorry if I'm not. Has anyone stayed in Cabin #7206? Any input? Any information would be appreciated!

Hi Natalie! We're platinum & I've never heard of Club 6. Do they have happy hour every night & if so, what hours?

The way you've described the sand, I can just feel it between my toes! I'm just giddy with excitement! ! Can't wait to hear if this drink is as "heavenly"!

Yes I would recommend Carambola! It was wonderful...and don't forget they serve heaven in a cup!!!

 

Beaches on St Kitts aren't great. But carambola is nice, service is good...and you already know about the drinks!

 

Also, if you have a smart phone you can access your onboard account that way. I've honestly not even turned on our TV!

Thank you sooooooo much for all the info!!! I can't wait to have one of those "heavenly" drinks!!! Just one more question about that beach - you said you booked it ahead of time. Did you do that through the ship or did you book it before getting on the ship??? Thanks again & have a WONDERFUL day in paradise!!!

Thanks for the info! It's still handier to get the info right on your tv in your room, but this will be OK.

I'm really enjoying reading your posts! Thank you for taking the time! Would you recommend Carambola Beach? I've never heard of it before. Also, I wanted to ask you about your in-room tv - can you pull up your ship board account to see how much you've spent & how many onboard credits you have left? Celebrity has that available & it is very handy so you can keep up with things!

Any comments on these cabins????????

Has anyone stayed in any of these cabin numbers on Royal Princess??? If so, could you tell me if you liked the location of the cabin; if there was any noise from the elevators; if the view from the balcony was good; etc., etc. Thanks for any info!!!

Can anyone tell me what's on the menu the first formal night?

What cruise are you going on in March? DH and I are going on a cruise on March 8 out of Port Canaveral.

 

Have a great cruise!!!

We're doing the exact same cruise we did this March. It's a 10 night cruise on the Celebrity Equinox 3/14. We're about a 2 hour drive from Nashville so that's why I was looking into a hotel where we could leave our car. It's the first time we've done this, but it sounds like a pretty good deal. At your recommendation, I booked the Radisson yesterday! Y'all have a great cruise too!!!

Yes, I would highly recommend it. They were great getting us to the airport and picking us up. I never worried about my car at all.

Thanks for the info!

Now the fun begins.....

 

Our final wake up call at 6. No room service this morning… darn! We headed to the Windjammer for breakfast and then met in the dining room at 8 for our 815am turn to get off the ship. Becky and Amanda met us in the dining room and got off the ship with us. It was all very quick and very easy…. Up until this point.

 

We were group 24. We headed to the luggage carousel with everyone else. Becky got her first bag and then Amanda got hers. Then we got mine. They got their final bag, but we were still waiting on Greg’s. I told them to go ahead and we would see them later. We were getting increasingly worried.

 

We waited and waited and then we saw Bob and Melissa. They were group 27. When they both got their bags, I knew there was a problem and I had one VERY upset husband. I told him to hold on and went over to the desk to tell them we were missing a bag. I gave them a description and the girl went to look for it. No luck. So I had to fill out a lost luggage form. Once I got everything filled out, we headed out to the bus that was to take us to the airport. I had prepaid our transfer, but had not received vouchers. So, on top of losing a suitcase, my poor husband was upset over the possibility of not getting to the airport when they asked for our vouchers. I am guessing a lot of people didn’t get vouchers because when I told him I had prepaid, he took our cabin number and he had lots of cabin numbers written down.

 

Once at the airport (my poor hubby was still upset) a RCCL employee came on the bus and explained to all of us where we were to go and said if any of us were waiting for luggage from the ship, to see him. Greg and I just looked at each other and said…hmmmmm. Once off the bus, we went over to the man and explained our situation. He told us to get in line (It was long with one person working), give him 5 minutes and one of us come back and check with him. So after 5 minutes or so, Greg went out while I stayed in line with my luggage. A few minutes later, here comes my husband with his suitcase…… thank goodness!!! It still had our group number tag on it, so I am not sure where it was, but we got it and that’s all that matters.

 

We got our boarding passes and were told to go to gate B10. There is no such gate… haha. After searching and searching we finally asked and were told we needed D10. UGH!!! We got to our gate and heard my Aunt calling my name. They should have been in the air already, but turns out their flight had been cancelled so they were put on a later flight. My mom ended up having to stay in London for the night and my Aunt had to stay in New York. They both ended up getting home a day later than planned.

 

 

While waiting at our gate, I got a picture of our plane

 

 

 

 

See the duct tape??? LOL, we didn't have that nice warm, fuzzy feeling!!

 

We boarded our flight to JFK on time and left a few minutes late. Lunch was served, chicken and rice or lasagna with spinach and mushrooms. The cookies… ewwww. They served a snack 2 hours before landing which was a Margherita con Pesto pizza and was pretty darned good!!!

 

We landed at JFK with a 2 ½ hour window to catch our connecting flight to Nashville. NEVER AGAIN. If we do this again, I will make sure we have a 3 or more hour window. Immigration at JFK is a complete mess. No clear lines. US Citizen lines were full of people from other countries who could not read or speak English and it slowed us all up. This took almost an hour. When we finally got thru there and found our luggage, we had to go thru customs and then recheck our luggage. Then, we had to go thru security to get back into the airport. We almost missed our flight. Of course our connecting flight was at the very last gate of the terminal…UGH!!

 

We got on our connecting flight and got to Nashville 30 mins early!!! I called the Radisson and they sent the van over immediately, thank god. At this point, we had been up for 21 hours, and looked like it too.. haha. The staff was wonderful and got us checked in pretty quickly and even put us in a suite!! We dropped off our luggage, headed out to get a quick bite to eat and then back to the room for a nice hot shower and a good night sleep in one of their sleep number beds.

 

Remember at the beginning when I said something about a fruit and cheese tray? Well, my husband woke me up to tell me that the hotel had just delivered this tray of fruit, crackers and cheeses. I wouldn’t even open my eyes… lol. He said there was a note with it so I told him to read the note. The note congratulated us on our wedding… hahahaha!!! They delivered the tray to the wrong room. I told him to take it back down to the desk, because it wasn’t ours. Well, they said enjoy! It was their mistake. And we did!!! I woke up at 330am (1030 Barcelona time… lol) and had a nice little snack!

 

We got up the next morning, had breakfast, loaded the car and headed home. We were home by noon!! My daughter, and the dogs, we all happy to see us!! We have one dog that smiles (really, she does) and she was so happy we were home she had a smile on her face everytime she looked at either of us!!!!

We are thinking about staying at the Radisson in Nashville the day before our flight and parking our car there for our cruise in March. Do you recommend it???

Happy to help,glad it worked out for you! What was your date?

March 13, 2014

Bring up the hotwire page,click on Hotels, fill in your info, it will then bring up hotels available for your dates. Look at the secret hot rate hotels!

The Hotel rate will based on your dates.

 

For your info the description of the Renaissance for me was

85% recommended

high speed internet acess

pet friendly

Fittness Center

Business Center

 

No you do not bid on Hotwire.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info! I just booked for $102.00 a night & also got the Renaissance! That's not as good as you got, but I'm still happy with that price! We've stayed there before & it's nice! Thanks again!!!

HOTWIRE

 

FT Lauderdale Downtown

 

4 Stars

 

98$

 

2 Rooms

1 Night March 29 2014

Total 233.98 ( 116.99 per couple)

I've never used Hotwire. Did you put Las Olas - Downtown - Port Everglades area hotel??? When I put 4*, it only showed one hotel & the price is $102.

Do you bid on Hotwire???