greenwaldsj

Thanks for the responses!  To answer a prior question, no we didn't frequent the casino or anything like that.  Yes it was a very nice surprise 🙂

8 minutes ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Nice.....

What type of cabin were you in?

Colo, originally we had been booked in an interior, but then paid an upgrade fee to a balcony.  So no suite or anything like that.

We were on the Caribbean Princess December 19th 14 day cruise and had a surprise free two free cover charges in a note slid under our door about midway through the cruise.  We had booked directly with the cruise so it wasn't because of a TA or similar.  I was wondering if anyone else had anything similar happen to them?  

It said: 

Section 81
Just a little gift to celebrate you today!
2 FREE cover charges at a specialty restaurant on board
Congratulations

On our bill, it was marked as "surprise"

We used it on the Crown Gill Steakhouse, which was delicious, and indeed the two $29 cover charges were free.  

Ship Caribbean Princess

Class modified Grand Class

Deck Riviera

Cabin # R607

Category Balcony BC

Port/Starboard/Bow/Stern Starboard

Connects With Cabin #

Accessible No

Quiet No.  We could hear a tiny bit of noise from people walking or running once in a while.  This was really really minimal and didn't disturb us at all.  

Balcony Size normal

View normal

Privacy Issues

Wind no

Soot no

Problems 

Comments great views and cabin.  Lots of storage space.  The wall by the bed isn't magnetic because of the closet, but there were still lots of places for magnetic hooks.

Vineyard View, Yes there is a big difference between Port of Spain (see the state department warning posted above) and Tobago.  The places listed by the state department are in Trinidad, not Tobago.  

I'll repeat what I listed in another thread:

We were in Trinidad on the Caribbean Princess the day after the couple from the MSC cruise got robbed  recently and the woman slashed at Queen's Park Savannah but only heard about that from other cruisers.   There were absolutely no warnings from Princess nor the person at the first tent on the dock who had a microphone.  That speaker, who I think was from a tourist bureau in Trinidad rather than with Princess, was in fact advertising Queen's Park Savannah among other things to see on the island (you could hear him from our balcony on the ship!).  The US State Department and Canada also warns about Queen's Park Savannah and other areas of Trinidad. 

Be informed and stay safe.  The couple had to stay in Trinidad to recover before they flew home I have read.  We enjoyed the secured port area looking at the shops there and the view from the ship.  Others took ship excursions.