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1 minute ago, TRLD said:

Which ports?

I don't remember. Looking at the moment right now. Greek islands I think. Not Santorini tho.

Just now, TRLD said:

Has the Sun Been stopping at any tender ports? 

Yes, it did several times as far as I know.

3 minutes ago, phuac said:

The map still shows Kotor, but below that  the itinerary shows Bar

I have never seen that Princess updated the map image after an itinerary change.

15 minutes ago, mikemonster said:

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!!

We leave in 6 days and haven't received any notice from Princess regarding this change HOWEVER, our itinerary now has "Bar" for our stop in Montenegro instead of Kotor. There are NO excursions listed our "Princess Personalizer".

No worries. I'm sure the shore excursion desk will have tours available for you. Website isn't that fast. Even the Princess app shows tours sometimes as sold out or doesn't even show them at all when on the ship, but at the shorex desk they still have it.

On 4/25/2024 at 12:33 AM, khartz89 said:

For the following excursions, which all stop at a beach for an hour to 1.5 hours, the question I have is "what beach do they stop at"??

The 3 excursions are:

Best of Aruba: Island Highlights and Beach

Discover Aruba, Aloe Factory and Beach Getaway

Kukoo Kunuku California Lighthouse & Beach

ANyone that can provide some specific beach names would be very much appreciated !!

 

The Princess tour description (under excursion details) sais:

"Drive from California Lighthouse to the beach"

Travel time: 00:20 

and

"Drive from beach back to Cruise Ship"

Travel time: 00:20 

So it must be a west coast beach half way between the lighthouse in the north and the cruise pier.

So my guess is Palm Beach (where Hyatt Regency, Marriott and Ritz are located).

9 hours ago, Crown Cruiser said:

Don't you need to purchase a pass to the Enclave or have a spa service in order to use the showers in the spa?

Of course. They give you a door opener at the registration on deck 6. You can't get in without.

10 minutes ago, StevenW said:

My 17June stop at Kotor, has been replaced in itinerary by Bar.

Well, after all it seems we will never see the Sun Princess in Kotor Bay.

10 minutes ago, StevenW said:

With Bar only about 30km from Kotor though, I'm hoping there will be a ship tour to Kotor.

Yes, there are ship tours to Kotor from Bar. But it's a 1:30h drive each way to get to/from there by bus. It's 60 road km away. Princess tour description even sais it's 2 hours each way.

https://www.princess.com/ports-excursions/bar-montenegro-excursions

A vintage photo from 2013: Lunch options from the IC on the Emerald.

The greek salad and the shrimp salad.

6 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Tommorow we get to relive today!

Caught somewhere in time.

I love this Maiden song. 😄

1 hour ago, startedwithamouse said:

Soup is there and fruit salad in the morning and whole fruits throughout the day. No pasta salads in the past couple of years..

Yes, that's also my recognition.

1 hour ago, LACruiser88 said:

 

Hey, that means you get a stamp!! That's rare these days.  😄

18 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

and watching NBA  basketball playoffs. 

The Lakers barely made it into the Playoffs. Let's see.
 

19 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

And eating lunch in the dining room, a rarity for us.  Poor us!  🤪

I must admit that I have never ever been in a MDR for lunch on Princess ships.

Steak Diane for me today, please. 😊

Good question with the screenshots.

And the real menu in the evening was sometimes a bit different from what the app said.

3 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Score!!!  Enjoy my friend!!!

How are you doing on the Majestic without Sanctuary so far? I bet you miss it a lot?

42 minutes ago, Therese S. said:

I always thought the Coral and Island Princess were sister ships.

Yes.

The Island once looked just like the Coral:

Until 2015, when Princess added the 131 staterooms. 😞

16 minutes ago, martinitime1 said:

I remember reading a while ago that neither were built with a dedicated IC. I read that the IC was added to the Coral at some point but it was never added to the Island (obviously).

That is correct. IC was added to the Coral any time before 2011.

12 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

I apologize for the light spots.  I take the photos from the glass wall mounted displays and I can't figure out a way to eliminate the spots.

 

You get the best quality if you make screenshots of the menus on the app.

Example from the Royal:

The international date line is just ahead of you.

Can you already see it? 😁

20 hours ago, Essiesmom said:

The Diamond does have the IC, just not gelato.  EM

No, it doesn't. And it never had one.

There is only a little tray at the Good Spirits a Sea Bar on Deck 5 where you can grab a small snack to eat. Really not comparable to the ICs on the other ships.

9 hours ago, Lucky TGO said:

No, it’s been off the menu for years 😳

Tony

Just not true.

3 hours ago, Reina del Mar said:

This is not correct…available as ‘favourites’ in Australia…March 2024.

Yep. And also on the Europe sailings.

1 minute ago, azbirdmom said:

Because I'm fairly certain that the price would be higher if AUD.  But we will find out soon enough...

One arcade game was one US quarter back in the 80s. 😄
I wish I would have tried it on the Royal a few weeks ago, but I like to play Q-Bert and Asteroids more than todays arcade games with headsets etc.

3 minutes ago, azbirdmom said:

 

According to the pictures from the arcade from the post above the changeover from AUD to USD has already happened.

Wait, why do you think this is USD? AUD uses the same "$" 

Just now, azbirdmom said:

 

According to the pictures from the arcade from the post above the changeover from AUD to USD has already happened.

I think it was always USD in the arcade also on the Royal in March (roundtrip from SYD to Fiji).

But maybe they already changed it. 

Just now, azbirdmom said:

But I would suspect that now that they have left Auckland and are headed east that they have lifted restrictions on smoking in the casino.

I'm pretty sure the turnover will be in Honolulu.

Onboard currency also has to change from AUD to USD somewhere. 😄

37 minutes ago, Paula_MacFan said:

Also I can't say they NEVER have salads at IC -- we don't sit there 24/7 -- but I didn't see any on our January cruise and remember commenting to hubby about it. They used to have a shrimp salad that I haven't seem in a really long time. 

I didn't see any salads in the IC since restart on the last 5 cruises.

I've seen soup on Regal and Royal at the IC, tho. Changing daily.

9 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

 

The Surf and Turf (Land and Sea) on the Royal also came with a jumbo shrimp instead of lobster. And there was also no MDR lobster (without extra pay) on a 14 day cruise. Only Reserve Dining had it I guess.

This seems typical for OZ/NZ cruises.