LACruiser88

The extra dishes tonight in the Reserve Dining Room were a sliced steak salad and Veal Cordon Bleu. We must also say that the food has been OUTSTANDING!!!

We had a very nice day in Genoa today. We met up with dear friends, who both worked for Princess for 20+ years. A couple of new additions to our onboard wine cellar!

Good morning Genoa!

Suite breakfast is definitely sweet! Soft Poached Eggs over Roasted Potatoes, Hollandaise Sauce, yum!!!

We docked over an hour late this morning in Genoa due to the berth not being open. Departing time has been adjusted to 8 pm.

We should be by 6:00. We have been trying all of the bar venues to see which has the best wine selections. 🤷‍♂️

Btw, we sent out laundry yesterday. It was returned in 24 hours.

The extra entree tonight in the Reserve dining room was Steak Diane. They also had a fresh strawberry and cream appetizer. The Waiter joked that it should be for dessert. I had the Vegetable Korma as a second course, it was delicious!

Hi guys. What bar are you at? Couldn’t see you! Anxious to say hi? @Marshyone Tonight we were at the Crown Grill bar before dinner. Btw, I'm only posting here on the "Live" thread.

We just ran into the Loyalty/Event Host, the cut-off for the MTG Luncheon for this voyage is 811 sea days. We just missed it. Btw, she said for the TA it will be a higher number. The TA is now sold out.

None whatsoever. Rose's are chilling in the frig! 🍷🍷🍷

Today we went on our private tour to St Tropez and to two wineries. The drive to St Tropez took around an hour. Due to it being end of their season and a Monday, 98% of the town was closed. It was still interesting to walk around and see the shops, restaurants, and hotels which, by the way, are far out of our travel budget. It is truly the playground of the rich and famous! We tasted (and bought) wines at two separate wineries. The wines and the experience were exceptional! At Domaine Saint Marie, they were very generous and we tasted through six wines. Luckily, I was not driving! Our second stop was at Chateau Minuty, an extremely beautiful property owned by four generations of the Matton-Farnet family. The on-site family chapel. Our purchases from today. The collection has started! The Rose's will be great Sanctuary beverages on our way to Florida! This was the second consecutive year that we have toured with Frank Lavagne, owner of All In Marseille Provence Tour Company. He is fantastic and we highly recommend him! His contact info: allinmarseilleprovence@gmail.com FB: allinmareseilleprovence

@Ombud After returning to the ship today, Debbie went to do some laundry. One of the machines "ate" her tokens. She went to GS and they gave her replacement tokens and a couple of extra tokens. She asked if there was a charge for the extra tokens, the reply was "No, you are Elite."

Arriving in our first port, Le Seyne/Toulon.

While Debbie was unpacking, I went up to the Sanctuary and reserved our spots for the 7 day crossing to Ft Lauderdale.

I believe there are many Europeans on this leg. The TA will have a much lower number of Blue and Europeans.

Here are the passenger counts for this voyage: Blue- 971 Gold- 533 Ruby- 289 Platinum- 716 Elite- 771 Total= 3,280

I don't know??? It has been our experience that GS has charged us for tokens when the dispenser was broken. I'll let you know if I find out something different.

We are onboard!!! The flight from Madrid was on-time and went by very fast. We arrived at the terminal at 2:25 and we were in our cabin in 5 mins! Easy-peasy. Once we arrived in our cabin we were met with a few surprises. We were going to the IC for a quick snack, but no need for that! It's nice to have friends onboard. The view from our balcony.

Yes, Vickie has posted several times on this thread.

I'm glad we are leaving Madrid for the airport at 0830 tomorrow. There is a major demonstration scheduled from noon to 3 pm that will have the downtown in gridlock. Also, for Barcelona tomorrow there is a women's marathon that will have many street closures. Hope no one, including us, get affected by it. 🤷‍♂️

Great introduction! So glad you made it to the ship in one piece. And now, it looks like you are set. Have a great journey! 🙂