A Tale of two Princesses

[AZPam]

Yay! Finally getting to the CB review. Can hardly wait as we will be on her in just 3 short weeks

[scubacruiserx2]

Yay! Finally getting to the CB review. Can hardly wait as we will be on her in just 3 short weeks

 

Do you have any questions that we can answer Pam ? We also have a photographic thread about the CB when we first tried Princess a couple of years ago . http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2094420

[scubacruiserx2]

Here's the log of the cruise .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We usually do a self disembarkation but we took our time having breakfast before trying to board the CB .

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

It looked to be another rainy day In PE

 

 

 

 

 

We waited in our cabin until our time to disembark

 

 

 

 

 

 

I couldn't resist seeing the corner suite's balcony - The sweet life !

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jennybenny]

As you have noted , most of the dives in Cozumel are drift dives . The currents here keep the water moving and clean and can also be used to cover a lot of ground and see a lot . Some dives have little or no current like Paradise Reef which is near to the port and where snorkeling is popular . Also Columbia shallows in the far south is calm and shallow and a good second dive because you don't need a SI there . There are a couple of ways to minimize the currents like hiding in the eddies created behind rocks or walls , or swimming through the many caves here , as seen in this video clip :

 

 

 

 

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=242253

 

 

 

 

 

Our grandson learned to dive in Cozumel when he was 12 by completing the PADI course on line and doing the water work with our dive provider in Cozumel .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's so awesome that your grandson dives with you!!

I mentioned it to my husband that it is time to get our son diving [emoji4]

 

It doesn't look like the correct link to me Mimi either currents but now that I know there is "video" out there I will research prior to our next dive!

 

Loving all your photos and the upcoming Cruise photos as well!!

 

 

 

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[Bimmer09]

I love my 6D , but not the manual as much . Clear but not concise like the field guide

 

Have a great trip and if you have any questions on the 6D I'll try to answer them .

 

Joe, thanks for the good wishes and offer of help!

 

I have the instruction manual on a PDF on my computer which I'll have with me on the ship. I'm excited by the results of my first few pics taken at home as the weather here in Chicago doesn't warrant stepping outside. Miami will be a better testing ground. I have a 64 Gigabyte Sandisk Extreme card loaded up and ready!

I can get 2,000 RAW files on it and I mean to fill her up!

 

Cheers!

 

Norris, packing for the sun, not the snow.

[scubacruiserx2]

That's so awesome that your grandson dives with you!!

I mentioned it to my husband that it is time to get our son diving [emoji4]

 

It doesn't look like the correct link to me Mimi either currents but now that I know there is "video" out there I will research prior to our next dive!

 

Loving all your photos and the upcoming Cruise photos as well!!

 

 

 

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There are a couple of ways to minimize the currents like hiding in the eddies created behind rocks or walls , or swimming through the many caves here , as seen in this video clip :

 

 

Above is the correct video link . I have no idea where the other link came from !! Maybe nitrogen narcosis or we've been hacked :eek: :eek:

[AZPam]

Do you have any questions that we can answer Pam ? We also have a photographic thread about the CB when we first tried Princess a couple of years ago . http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2094420

 

I don't think so. We've been on her before, just enjoy the anticipation. Love the food shots as I am sending them to our group as Food Porn. The work emails LOVE that subject line! LOL

[jennybenny]

There are a couple of ways to minimize the currents like hiding in the eddies created behind rocks or walls , or swimming through the many caves here , as seen in this video clip :

 

 

 

 

 

Above is the correct video link . I have no idea where the other link came from !! Maybe nitrogen narcosis or we've been hacked :eek: :eek:

 

 

 

 

That was a great clip! The water was so clear!

Glad you understood what I was saying. Clearly, auto correct got the best of me there!

 

My problem is if the current is strong I might be afraid of heading into a cave for fear of hurting the marine life of myself. I always felt like I might get stuck, well not really... just a little [emoji12]

 

 

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[scubacruiserx2]

Joe, thanks for the good wishes and offer of help!

 

I have the instruction manual on a PDF on my computer which I'll have with me on the ship. I'm excited by the results of my first few pics taken at home as the weather here in Chicago doesn't warrant stepping outside. Miami will be a better testing ground. I have a 64 Gigabyte Sandisk Extreme card loaded up and ready!

I can get 2,000 RAW files on it and I mean to fill her up!

 

Cheers!

 

Norris, packing for the sun, not the snow.

 

 

Super Norris , enjoy the cruise ! :cool:

[perfect match]

Will do Nancy , as soon as my IT person wakes up . ;) How about paying for shipping ?

 

 

It's one of Pat's favorite tunes , but she has a penchant for missing it . We we saw The Paul McCartney World Tour in 1990 she was stuck in line for the ladies room and ditto for this performance , which I recorded for her . You won the pillow chocolate for the correct answer ! I suspect that Norris is camera shopping or getting ready for his cruise on Celebrity this month .

 

Joe, I emailed you before I came here, so I had not seen the post above. I would be glad to pay the shipping. Email me with the cost and where you want me to send it.

 

The pillow chocolate was tasty! It went very well with the Cozumel dive video. :D

 

Hi, Nancy (and Joe). Correct answer indeed but I read Joe's quiz question late last night after work and before dinner at 11.30 pm and at the time was playing with a Canon 6D and the instruction manual as I have only two days to become familiar with it before heading to Miami on Friday morning at 7.30.

 

I have 5 cameras charged and ready. I'll post my Celebrity Reflection review starting on January 22 when I get back.

 

Cheers!

 

Norris

 

Norris, I will be watching the Miami webcam this weekend. I will be watching for the Reflection, looking for you and your cameras, and for Carol, who will, I'm sure, be waving! I knew you were due to sail soon, so I will be looking forward to your review after you get home. Hope you have a wonderful cruise! :cool:

[scubacruiserx2]

Joe, I emailed you before I came here, so I had not seen the post above. I would be glad to pay the shipping. Email me with the cost and where you want me to send it.

 

The pillow chocolate was tasty! It went very well with the Cozumel dive video. :D

 

 

 

Thanks Nancy , I got it , no worries and I'll try to get it out today . While looking for the battery charger (which we didn't find yet ) we did find a couple of old 2 GB SD cards with whale sharks , mantas , black tipped sharks and a spotted eagle ray , which I've uploaded to our youtube .

 

A whale shark feeding photo (taken from the video)

 

 

 

Video :

 

 

2 Black tip sharks

 

 

 

 

Video :

 

 

Spotted Eagle Ray

 

 

 

 

Video :

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

I don't think so. We've been on her before, just enjoy the anticipation. Love the food shots as I am sending them to our group as Food Porn. The work emails LOVE that subject line! LOL

 

If you like Eggs Benedict , order them in the MDR and you may get their version of a happy meal . ;)

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

That was a great clip! The water was so clear!

Glad you understood what I was saying. Clearly, auto correct got the best of me there!

 

My problem is if the current is strong I might be afraid of heading into a cave for fear of hurting the marine life of myself. I always felt like I might get stuck, well not really... just a little [emoji12]

 

 

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There are no currents there , and that's part of the reason we go into them . One of our friends is a big guy and you can see him swimming through one in this video clip :

 

 

And if you are not comfortable swimming through , you can swim over the top like this diver is doing , following their bubbles until they exit the swim through .

 

 

 

[MicCanberra]

It was somethings old

 

and somethings new

 

somethings were borrowed

 

and somethings were blue

 

A Tale of our two Princess cruises .

 

 

Hi Joe,

Just found this thread after an absence form your reviews, I look forward to reading it over the next week or so.

Hope Pat and the rest of the family a well.

cheers Mic:D

[scubacruiserx2]

Hi Joe,

Just found this thread after an absence form your reviews, I look forward to reading it over the next week or so.

Hope Pat and the rest of the family a well.

cheers Mic:D

 

We hello Mic and welcome aboard , just in time to board the CB ! Pat and are doing well but Ty broke his leg doing a back flip on a trampoline over the holiday and is on the mend . A happy New Year to you , Rosie and the rest of your family . :) :D

[MicCanberra]

Hope Ty mends well. We are all well, had a cruise on the Ovation for New Years, a fantastic cruise around NZ,:D

[scubacruiserx2]

Finding our luggage was easy since we were disembarking late , however , we were told that we couldn't use the short line for the GOES pass ( Global one ) and that we must join the hoi polloi ( Oh , the indignity and cruelty of life sometimes ! ) . If you have one , you must now carry your photo ID which came with our renewal , in addition your our passport .

 

We were picked up by the car park shuttle where we attached our new tags to our luggage and grabbed our 2 free bottles of wine which we had left in our 4 wheeled wine cellar . We then returned to terminal 21 and joined the queue for our Princess in waiting .

 

 

 

 

The shorter line on the right is for Suites and Elites

 

 

 

 

At about 11:30 the S&E line began to move into the terminal

 

 

 

 

Unlike boarding the Regal , there was no carry on wine inspection . We then move into the clubhouse which was complete with refreshments .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upon boarding at noon , we had a soup and sandwich lunch at the IC before retiring to our stateroom # B -755 , our first aft balcony on the CB .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Hope Ty mends well. We are all well, had a cruise on the Ovation for New Years, a fantastic cruise around NZ,:D

 

That sounds great , a dream cruise for us in the US !

[chamima]

Joe

We're sailing with you on the Eclipse this Feb. and next year we have B754 for a Hawaii TAHITI cruise on the Emerald. Can't wait to hear your impressions of 755!

 

 

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Edited January 12, 2017 by chamima

[Bimmer09]

 

Norris, I will be watching the Miami webcam this weekend. I will be watching for the Reflection, looking for you and your cameras, and for Carol, who will, I'm sure, be waving! I knew you were due to sail soon, so I will be looking forward to your review after you get home. Hope you have a wonderful cruise! :cool:

 

Nancy, anytime I look at the Miami webcam the shots are from a long way off unlike P.Everglades where they zoom in by request. We are in the same cabin we had on the Silhouette-aft suite on the corner low down on the ship (deck 7) but this time on the starboard side facing away from the causeway that I saw 44 times on the Song of Norway so at some point I may have to leave our balcony to get a good still shot. I'll have two of the cameras shooting video no doubt.

 

As a close up is unlikely I am not going to force Carol to wave like somebody drowning which will save half an hour's waving practice in our hotel room.

 

The X board has threads lamenting cutbacks on the line so with the Silhouette still fresh in my mind I'll be curious to see how our experience unfolds. I'm expecting another great cruise. Three new islands for Carol and the same three I haven't seen since my 44 previous visits in 1986.

 

We are raring to go!

 

Hope to see you during my review on the X board....(you too Joe!)

 

Norris

[ar1950]

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The X board has threads lamenting cutbacks on the line so with the Silhouette still fresh in my mind I'll be curious to see how our experience unfolds. .........................

 

We are raring to go!

 

Hope to see you during my review on the X board....(you too Joe!)

 

Norris

 

Wow, cutbacks on X..... there seems to be a disturbing trend unfolding in the cruise industry.

 

Norris, looking forward to the review.

 

Joe, try ordering the Eggs Benedict with the sauce on the side. I don't know why Princess seems to think that the sauce should be "browned" on top of the eggs. Thanks for the review and great pictures.

[scubacruiserx2]

Joe

We're sailing with you on the Eclipse this Feb. and next year we have B754 for a Hawaii TAHITI cruise on the Emerald. Can't wait to hear your impressions of 755!

 

 

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They are coming up Karen . If you any specifics that we don't cover , ask away , Ok ?

[chamima]

They are coming up Karen . If you any specifics that we don't cover , ask away , Ok ?

 

Thanks!

I will - on here and in person.

We've sailed aft on Princess a lot but have always managed to get the corner (C752 or C753) afts.

They were taken when we booked this cruise and I'm interested in the privacy with cabins on both sides. (Although I know it really depends on one's neighbors for that specific cruise.)

[scubacruiserx2]

 

 

Nothing much , this could be the Regal

 

 

 

Typically Princess decor . But wait , where's the large interactive flat screen on the wall ?

 

 

 

Maybe the TV was suffering from Ocean Air Shrinkage , like our clothes . And the love seat is now a chair .

 

 

 

 

Ah ha , the toilet paper is in a more user friendly location .

 

 

 

 

But , the removable shower massage is back on the Regal . A consolation is that the price is nice ! ;)