Jilliebean28

Happy Anniversary!  Looking forward to reading more about your cruise!

2 hours ago, Esprit said:

The International Cafe is on deck 9 too, but it offers I think far less than I remember on Regal Princess two years ago!

That makes me sad as I love a mocha latte and a multitude of breakfast treats in the early mornings in the IC before most people get up.

The pictures are awesome!  Thanks for sharing!

I have pretty simple tastes so I love the chocolate topped donuts in the IC!

Each Princess crew must be treating Covid differently.  I have had Covid 3 times (on our last 3 Regal Princess cruises) and each time it was treated differently.  First time I was taken to another deck and isolated for 5 days (I was reimbursed for those days); the next 2 times (again on the Regal) I tested myself and called the medical center and they basically said "ok well let us know if you need anything."  No follow up or restrictions.

Thank you so much for one of the best reviews I ever read!

Our daughter and son-in-law were on this cruise too and said it was phenomenal.  They had only positive things to say.

Sadly nothing very exciting with this news.

Thanks for this "Live" report.  So hope we will be able to follow along with you and Debbie on your next sailing!

Jill

3 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Good morning Cruise Day #30 and our last sea day before we arrive in Vancouver!  The seas have been much calmer since last night.

 

 

 

 

I have so enjoyed following along on your cruise....thanks for doing such a wonderful live report!

We really enjoy going to the Veteran's get togethers.  Both my dh and I are veterans and have met so many nice people.  Love hearing everyones stories.

On 3/12/2024 at 1:26 PM, LACruiser88 said:

The Sanctuary situation sounds horrible, even for those in suites!  We are re-thinking our 50-day cruise in Oct/Nov of next year on the Sun.  The Royal class ships are looking better every day!!! 🤷‍♂️

Mike and I were just saying the same thing.  We love to book Sanctuary (with our desired location) for the whole cruise and this new situation in Sanctuary sounds terrible!

On 4/5/2024 at 12:19 AM, LACruiser88 said:

We had a very nice 3 hour visit with our friend at our hotel.  We had not seen each other since our Med/TA this past Nov/Dec on the Enchanted Princess.  

 

Afterwards, we took an Uber to the downtown Westfield shopping center.  It was pouring koalas & kangaroos!!!  🦘🐨🦘🐨

 

That did not stop Debbie!  I was very lucky though, only one small purchase at H&M!  

 

It is still pouring, so we are having dinner at the hotel tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

Sydney has some great shopping!  Much to Mike's dismay I did some damage last weekend at the end of our trip.

We usually book Sanctuary for our entire cruise but after seeing this new design I think we will be forgoing Sanctuary on our upcoming (haha not until 2025) Sun Princess cruise.  No cushions is no good!

Leaving in a few weeks for a 2 week cruise around Australia and NZ (with a week driving around NZ afterwards) and really have no idea what to pack.  Any suggestions/recommendations would be most appreciated.  Thanks!

Looking forward to watching and I just subscribed.  Thanks!

We have never eaten lunch in the MDR on any of our more than 20 cruises with Princess.  We like the buffet or the the poolside grill.

On 12/15/2023 at 3:36 PM, kazu said:

 

You can buy it now by logging in and then choose packages.  Under packages, you will see laundry and you can purchase.

 

You can also purchase it once on board.  whichever suits you the best - either can be done.  Hope this helps.

Thank you so much!  I found it.

On 12/8/2023 at 4:55 PM, kazu said:

OP - just log in to your booking and the cost for unlimited laundry is there.  The other option is choosing the “by the bag option”.  The price for it has gone up, I believe.  It used to $20 - $30 per bag (the $30 was in Europe and a couple of other exotic places).  

 

HAL does a great job on laundry and it’s the best buy there is on the ship.  Other lines are much pricier and don’t do as nice a job as HAL IMO.  

I just logged into my account but cannot find how to purchase the laundry package.  Can you tell me where specifically I can find that or do I do it once we board?  Thanks so much!

On 12/1/2023 at 7:51 AM, LACruiser88 said:

Another beautiful day in our Happy Place!  🙂

 

Absolutely our favorite place onboard!!

On 11/21/2023 at 3:18 AM, Rfzz38W said:

So true! our strategy onboard and in general is social distancing, and masking up when this is not possible e.g. elevators, bus enclosed spaces in addition to hand sanitizing etc.

Just find it really inconsiderate and irresponsible those passangers to not self-isolate when sick.

Agree with you completely! We were on the Regal in Sept/Oct for the British Isles/TA cruise and there were so many people we saw hacking into the hands and then grabbing serving spoons for food in the buffet.  We washed our hands before going into the buffet and I brought hand sanitizer that we used after getting our food and before eating.....Sadly I still got COVID.  I was good and stayed in our cabin for 5 days.  My husband never got it luckily!

On 11/1/2023 at 4:22 PM, LACruiser88 said:

Today there have been questions regarding Paxlovid on our two roll calls.  Whether you should bring it from home or depend on the onboard Med Center to provide it if you contract Covid.

 

We are bringing it from home, as you can never depend on the Med Center to have sufficient supplies of it and it will be very expensive onboard.  For us, our Medicare coverage paid for it.  So, nada out of pocket. 

 

Having come down with Covid on a Panama Canal cruise early last year, we feel it is better to be safe than sorry!

Good plan!  You mkight remember that I got COVID on our T/A with you last November on the RegL.  Well....I got it again on the Regal last month.  I had a Rx for Paxlovid (Medicare covered the cost fully)  with me and took that as soon as I tested positive (the day after my symptoms began) and I think it definitely helped me.  The downside of it is the most horrible taste in your mouth for the 5 days that you take it and 1 day after you stop.

13 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Vines is one of our favorite venues.  We sorely missed Vines on the Discovery Princess and will miss it in November on the Enchanted Princess.  😥

Absolutely agree with you LACruiser88!  We really missed it on our last Enchanted Princess cruise.  Like you, we spend every evening in Vines and wish it would be included on all of the Princess ships.

17 hours ago, teenieleek said:

What if it turns out to be cold and raining on these expensive sea days?

So far we have been lucky enough to not run into this problem.

We try to get onboard as early as possible and then we run, not walk, to Sanctuary to book loungers for all of the sea days.