Rare sunluva7 Posted May 6, 2010 #126 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Awesome review and great photos, too!:D Actually, I haven't read the entire thread yet, but I'm going to refer to it as we get closer to our cruise on the Emerald in August. Thanks for taking the time to share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted May 6, 2010 #127 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Could any of you previous cruisers on the Emerald Princess recommend the best place to have our Meet and Mingle on my July 11 sailing. We were thinking of doing it on the first sea day which is on a Tuesday. Does anyone have a copy of the days activities for that day so we don't interfere with other activities scheduled so more people will attend? What time do you think is best?Thanks, :) Marsha Contact the appropriate person from the list.... This list is current as of 16 Mar 2010: Berda Davis Star, Grand (661) 284-4451 bdavis@princesscruises.com Diana Hall Diamond (661) 284-4449 dhall@princesscruises.com Jenny Streeck Sapphire (661) 284-4444 jstreeck@princesscruises.com Berna Grayr Emerald, Pacific (661) 284-4448 bgrayr@princesscruises.com Stacey Anderson Island & Coral (661) 284-4446 sanderson@princesscruises.com Coleen Reyes Crown (661) 284-4447 creyes@princesscruises.com Renee Wittwer Ruby & Ocean (formally the Tahitian) (661) 284-4443 rwittwer@princesscruises.com Elizabeth Williamson Caribbean, Sea (661) 284-4442 ewilliamson@princesscruises.com Jan James Royal, Golden (661) 284-4452 jjames@princesscruises.com Kelly Ashley Special Diets (661) 284-4450 kashley@princesscruises.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellaBaci4 Posted May 6, 2010 #128 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed review. I enjoyed every minute of it. Welcome Home, Bella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzod Posted May 8, 2010 #129 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Enjoy. Although this is your first cruise, I'm sure it won't be your last. These things are addicting! Hi, me again. Wanted to know if you remember what days and time they have trivia on the Emerald Princess? Our cruise is in July and several have asked when this would be. Do they have progressive trivia? Thanks for all your help' Marsha:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted May 8, 2010 Author #130 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Hi, me again. Wanted to know if you remember what days and time they have trivia on the Emerald Princess? Our cruise is in July and several have asked when this would be. Do they have progressive trivia?Thanks for all your help' Marsha:) Hi: I checked the Princess Patters. I have them for every day other than the Princess Cays Day (Monday, 2nd day of cruise). I did have those, but think I threw them away accidentlly with some other papers I thought I no longer needed! Tuesday, the first sea day. They have trivia at 11:15 am in the Adagio Bar, Deck 16, aft and at 4:45 pm in the Wheelhouse Bar, Deck 7, forward. Wed., St. Maarten Day: trivia is at 11:15 am in the Wheelhouse Bar and "Tribond Trivia" is in the Explorer's Lounge, Deck 7, midship, at 5:00 pm. Thurs., St. Thomas Day: trivia is at 11:45 am in the Wheelhouse Bar and at 4 pm in the Explorers Lounge. Fri., Grand Turk Day: trivia is at 10:15 am in the Adagio Bar and at 4:30 pm in the Wheelhouse Bar. Sat., Sea Day: trivia is at 11:30 am in the Adagio Bar and at 4:15 pm in the Wheelhouse Bar. Judging from the pattern, I would assume trivia is also offered twice a day on Monday. I don't see anything about progressive trivia. The trivia is just labeled as "morning" and "afternoon" trivia except for the Tribond Trivia on Wed. I have no idea what Tribond Trivia is! Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted May 8, 2010 Author #131 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Could any of you previous cruisers on the Emerald Princess recommend the best place to have our Meet and Mingle on my July 11 sailing. We were thinking of doing it on the first sea day which is on a Tuesday. Does anyone have a copy of the days activities for that day so we don't interfere with other activities scheduled so more people will attend? What time do you think is best?Thanks, :) Marsha Here is the lineup of activities for Tuesday, the first sea day: 9 am: Chess Players Get together 9:30-11:15: Welcome to Capt's Circle 9:45 am: Scholarship at Sea Lecture: Unusual Pirate Facts 9:45 am: Weight loss Clinic for Ladies 10:00: Jacqueline Kennedy Jewelry Event 10:00: Golf Clinic 10:00: Fruit and veggie carving, towel folding and flower arranging 10am -12pm and 2 pm- 4pm: Scholarship at Sea Ceramics Painting 10:15 am: Ballroom dance class: the swing 10:30: Service Club Make up cards 11 am: Bingo 11 am: Martini Demonstration 11:15: Morning Trivia 11:15 am: Special Interest Lecture: Art History at Sea 11:30 am: Intro to acupuncture 11:30 am: Ryder Cup Challenge: Round One noon: St. Maarten and St. Thomas port and shopping show noon: Closest to the pin contest 12:15 pm: Line Dancing lessons 12:45 pm: Singles and solos get together 1:15 pm: pool games 1:30 - 4 pm: Bridge Play 1:30 pm: Seminar: Look 10 years younger in 10 Days 1:30 pm: Alaska Presentation 2 pm: Basketball shootout 2 pm: Seminar: Anti aging clinic 2 pm: Seminar: Detox for health and weight loss 2 pm: Bar Wars 2 pm: afternoon movie 2:15 pm: Boat Building Contest 2:30 pm: Art Auction 3 pm: Wine Tasting 3:15 pm: Elevator Roulette 3:30-4:30: Afternoon tea 4 pm: bingo 4:30 pm: Veteran's Get-Together 4:45 pm: Afternoon Trivia 5 pm: Dr. Bob and Bill W Meeting 5-10:30 pm: Formal Portraits 5:15 pm: Ballroom Blitz dance class 5:30 pm: GLBT get-together 6 pm: Fine Jewelry Silent Auction As you can see, it's a full day. I guess you just have to judge what everyone wants to do and what they think they can miss. We basically laid around the pool and only went to the wine tasting event!! Enjoy your cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted May 8, 2010 Author #132 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Marsha; Skywalkers around 11:30. There are actually people at Princess you can email who will help you coordinate. I saw a post awhile back where someone listed contact persons on most, if not all of the princess ships. If I find the post, I'll let you know.....:):):) Bob Great suggestion. Skywalkers was always empty during the day! DH liked to go there and read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted July 3, 2010 Author #133 Share Posted July 3, 2010 For those of you who enjoyed my Emerald Princess review, I now have a review up of our 6/13/10 Carnival Freedom cruise with comparisons to Princess. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1229217 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryffin Posted July 4, 2010 #134 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Thank you for one of the most detailed and interesting reviews that I've had the pleasure to read in a long time. The photos were great and brought back fond memories of my last sailing on the Emerald. My only concern is that for some unexplained reason I am now extremely hungry and would like to have a nice glass of wine....!?! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted July 4, 2010 Author #135 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Thank you for one of the most detailed and interesting reviews that I've had the pleasure to read in a long time. The photos were great and brought back fond memories of my last sailing on the Emerald. My only concern is that for some unexplained reason I am now extremely hungry and would like to have a nice glass of wine....!?! :D Thanks so much for the kind words!! Now, go pour yourself a nice glass of wine!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhitson88 Posted July 4, 2010 #136 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Terrible review sorry. Alot of information which is nice but being 22 years old I believe your vacation is what you make out of it. But this review sounds like more cons than any review I have ever read before. Good review for information but unfortunately I am unable to finish reading this entire thing due to the extreme amount of negativity. Like I said, I am only 22 years old so maybe I just look at stuff differently right now. But going on The Emerald Princess August 29th I decided to read your review and loved the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted July 5, 2010 Author #137 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Terrible review sorry. Alot of information which is nice but being 22 years old I believe your vacation is what you make out of it. But this review sounds like more cons than any review I have ever read before. Good review for information but unfortunately I am unable to finish reading this entire thing due to the extreme amount of negativity. Like I said, I am only 22 years old so maybe I just look at stuff differently right now. But going on The Emerald Princess August 29th I decided to read your review and loved the pictures. I hope you have a wonderful cruise. I'm sure you will enjoy the Emerald Princess. If you had read my review in its entirety, you would see that there were may things about the ship that we loved, including Sabatini's, the International Cafe, Skywalkers, and the layout of the pool area, to name just a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalite Posted June 16, 2011 #138 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Also enjoyed your thorough review. Was thinking about Emerald's 10 day Southern cruise in October but if they aren't docking in Havensight, it might be a dealbreaker for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted June 16, 2011 Author #139 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Also enjoyed your thorough review. Was thinking about Emerald's 10 day Southern cruise in October but if they aren't docking in Havensight, it might be a dealbreaker for me. Yes, not docking in Havensight was a bit of a disappointment. It's nice to be able to walk right off the ship and be in the middle of things to do and to be in walking distance of Paradise Point. I'm sure this is a matter of concern to a number of people. Princess, are you listening??:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Gal Posted June 16, 2011 #140 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Have just found this wonderful review and as we are booked on the Emerald for the New England cruise in October, 2012, I have printed out the whole review to reread over the next 16 months! It will be our first time on a big Princess ship, having cruised on the small ones for quite a few years so it will be quite a change for us. We have booked a mini on Emerald deck right near the aft with a large balcony so hope we are not too far away from everything. We usually book our cabin in the centre of the ship and of course on the smaller ships there is not a lot of walking between areas, but we had read great reviews about these cabins. Jennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalite Posted June 17, 2011 #141 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Yes, not docking in Havensight was a bit of a disappointment. It's nice to be able to walk right off the ship and be in the middle of things to do and to be in walking distance of Paradise Point. I'm sure this is a matter of concern to a number of people. Princess, are you listening??:) Well, we officially booked today on the Emerald Princess for a 10-day "Southern Caribbean Medley" sailing on October 19th, 2011! I guess we'll take a cab or bus over, unless we get lucky and they dock at Havensight. This is where we load up on liquor to take back home - we bring back 5 or 6 liter bottles per person of Stoli Vodka. Here in VA it is $28 per bottle. In St. Thomas they are $8 to $10 per bottle. We buy from "Al Cohen's" and they guarantee delivery to your ship. I'll have to check and see if they deliver to the Crown Bay dock. If not, we will have to lug it back with us. I don't recall in your review any information on live music. What should we expect aboard the Emerald? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormike1 Posted June 17, 2011 #142 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thanks for your review. I enjoyed seeing the pictures also and finding out about anytime dining and your view on it. We are sailing on the Emerald on the 26th and looking forward to our Baltic cruise. This was a last minute booking as we had to cancel our Egyptian vacation in Feb. and finally got all our money back. We had already booked the Emerald for an Eastern Caribbean for Jan. 2012 and now we are going to be on it for our Baltic. We will know it inside and out by the time our 2nd cruise comes up. We to are anytime dining as we are going ourselves on this cruise (January with a gang of friends) We are actually going to ask to be seated with others as we love to meet new people. I have all the good spots and times picked out for the food though thanks to you lol. Again great review...I hope I can come back with some advice to post about also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiousJane Posted July 22, 2011 #143 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks for the review! We just booked the Emerald for January 27, 2012. It ill be great not to have smokers on the balconies:D. Thanks Princess!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bimmer09 Posted July 23, 2011 #144 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Thanks for being so generous with your time in crafting this very detailed and informative review. Now I intend to read your Carnival reviews. Nice piece of writing. Norris in Chicago, 28 days away from his first Princess cruise.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted July 23, 2011 Author #145 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Thanks for your review. I enjoyed seeing the pictures also and finding out about anytime dining and your view on it. We are sailing on the Emerald on the 26th and looking forward to our Baltic cruise. This was a last minute booking as we had to cancel our Egyptian vacation in Feb. and finally got all our money back. We had already booked the Emerald for an Eastern Caribbean for Jan. 2012 and now we are going to be on it for our Baltic. We will know it inside and out by the time our 2nd cruise comes up. We to are anytime dining as we are going ourselves on this cruise (January with a gang of friends) We are actually going to ask to be seated with others as we love to meet new people. I have all the good spots and times picked out for the food though thanks to you lol. Again great review...I hope I can come back with some advice to post about also. Thanks so much for the kind comments. Enjoy your cruises on the Emerald. She is a beautiful ship! Thanks for the review! We just booked the Emerald for January 27, 2012. It ill be great not to have smokers on the balconies:D. Thanks Princess!!!!! Enjoy your cruise! Now that DH has joined the ranks of non-smokers, we too are glad that smoking on balconies is no longer permitted. Now, if they could just do away with cigar smoking entirely.... Thanks for being so generous with your time in crafting this very detailed and informative review. Now I intend to read your Carnival reviews. Nice piece of writing. Norris in Chicago, 28 days away from his first Princess cruise.. I know you will enjoy your first Princess cruise! Thanks for the kind comments. While we generally prefer Carnival over Princess, I would certainly sail Princess again if the price was right. When you get to the big cruise lines, there are far more similarities than differences! I hope you have a wonderful cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1A Posted July 23, 2011 #146 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Thanks PCrum for a well thought out and wonderful review of your cruise! We loved the photos too! It really takes some time to provide such an evaluation and your remarks were appreciated! Now it makes me even more anxious for our upcoming Emerald cruise just seven months away! Cheers! Ken ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monakayk Posted July 23, 2011 #147 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Enjoyed your detailed review. DH and I will be on the Emerald 10 Day Southern Caribbean in Nov. 2nd time for us to be sailing on the Emerald again, but enjoyed it so much. Thanks for all the photos too!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcrum Posted July 24, 2011 Author #148 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Well, we officially booked today on the Emerald Princess for a 10-day "Southern Caribbean Medley" sailing on October 19th, 2011! I guess we'll take a cab or bus over, unless we get lucky and they dock at Havensight. This is where we load up on liquor to take back home - we bring back 5 or 6 liter bottles per person of Stoli Vodka. Here in VA it is $28 per bottle. In St. Thomas they are $8 to $10 per bottle. We buy from "Al Cohen's" and they guarantee delivery to your ship. I'll have to check and see if they deliver to the Crown Bay dock. If not, we will have to lug it back with us. I don't recall in your review any information on live music. What should we expect aboard the Emerald? Anyone? There was live music playing every day. The lobby area would sometimes have live music and there is always the piano bar, which we really enjoyed. A band called Evolution was also playing in the Wheelhouse Bar. You won't have to look hard to find live music! Enjoy your cruise! Thanks PCrum for a well thought out and wonderful review of your cruise! We loved the photos too! It really takes some time to provide such an evaluation and your remarks were appreciated! Now it makes me even more anxious for our upcoming Emerald cruise just seven months away! Cheers! Ken ! Enjoy your cruise! Have some freshly made chocolate chip cookies for me!! Enjoyed your detailed review. DH and I will be on the Emerald 10 Day Southern Caribbean in Nov. 2nd time for us to be sailing on the Emerald again, but enjoyed it so much. Thanks for all the photos too!:D I know you will enjoy your cruise. We like to cruise in Nov. as the weather is not so hot!! Have a wonderful time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denali2003 Posted July 29, 2011 #149 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Hello. PCrum - you had a very detailed review. I like the pictures with it. DH & I are booked on the Emerald in April 2012. This will be our first time on Emerald (7th cruise with Princess - so far a different ship for each sailing). Question - You mentioned that sushi is free if you get wine at Vines. How much wine do you have to buy to get the free sushi? How much sushi do you get? If you don't get wine - how much is the sushi? Thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timetravler Posted July 29, 2011 #150 Share Posted July 29, 2011 We will be on the Emerald next year so really loved your pics and review. Just one note. Princess makes all their own breads and pasteries, so when they ran out of crousants one day, naturally the next day would be more. All in all, I thought your review was spot on. I am hoping the with the new Royal ship, they will change the horizon court to be larger and more accomadating as this is always a issue. Thanks again for your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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