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Live From May 1 2017 Caribbean Princess British Isles cruise

pkt1976

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lindamac417

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I have thoroughly enjoyed following along with your daily postings. We set sail in June with this same itinerary and the recounts you've written have been both entertaining and helpful. Thank you so much for sharing your adventure with us.

Linda

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Would an American who was on this cruise post what you had to go through on your return to Southampton please? Were you held up for any period by UK Immigration and/or Customs?

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i would be interested in knowing this as well. Also, what would be the best way back to London after disembarkation?

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If you are staying in London, you can use www.internationalfriends.co.uk. They only go on embarkment and disembarkment days. They pick you up at the Southampton pier, depending which tour you pick you stop along the way to London. They drop you off at certain London hotels or LHR hotels or LHR. A great way to see another part of Britain.

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decemberroses

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Thank you for taking the time to share! I hope your voice has fully recovered. I'm so excited! We leave in the morning for a few days in London before our May 25th cruise on this itinerary. I do understand that sometimes they can't make ports, but I am so hoping we make Orkney! That is the reason I picked this British Isles cruise over the other.

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Travljunky

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Thanks for the play by play of your trip! We are taking the same cruise, with Liverpool added, leaving August 5th. Will use your tips on seeing different sites. I know your really busy but hoping you will still post pictures from the end of your cruise and tell us about France. Best Wishes.

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MisterMet

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I haven't posted much about the ship yet... mostly as I hadn't seen a lot of it this cruise. Wake , eat, go on tour, shower, eat, bed. That was pretty much my schedule the first several days. On cruises I normally go out every night to a show or dance but with full day tours 8 days in a row including London, I've been tired.

 

I've cruised Princess enough to have seen the shows and done the activities so this time I'd rather rest to be ready to go the next day. I did go to 50s night, where an Irish man swore vengeance on me [emoji23] there's a game they play (I won't spoil it for those who don't know) they pick 4 or 5 ladies to try it then the ladies pick men from the audience. I shouldn't be doing this activity because of the surgeries I'd had so I'm good at ducking out or I just tell them I can't. They gave my stick to a lady from China who didn't understand English well. When they said to pick a man she didn't understand and came to me. I tried to explain but she didn't understand so I took her to go find a man, and I wanted to find one who'd do ok. The first one would NOT look at me and I'm not quite that mean to go after him. The second was about 80 and not a good idea and was trying to hide behind his wife anyway. The third looked like he was going to cry when I looked at him! The 4 th looked right at me. Perfect, you are up buddy! I showed her how to "catch" him and off he went. His wife was happy and had her phone out in a flash to video him. While he was in stage he swore he'd get me back by the end of the cruise. ... twice Haha good luck with that [emoji256] .

 

The buffet area was refurbished and changed during the dry dock. The furniture is more comfortable I think and more modern. The food areas on the pool deck were changed and offer more food options. I tried the chicken tacos. They are ok to me. The grilled chicken sandwich was very good.

 

Today is the first much anticipated sea day so sleeping in and a dining room breakfast were great to enjoy! The cruise critic group did a cabin crawl where folks volunteered to show their cabins. We had a sideways inside and a window suite which are not common cabins. They did have the pub lunch today for free in the Crown Grill.

 

I did line dance class with the lovely Luci from Brazil.

 

I went to the penny whistle class which didn't go well. This is a basic wind instrument similar to a recorder. I asked uncle google before going as I didn't know what it was.

 

The teacher said Normally 5-10 people go to this, there were at least 70 people. I felt badly for the guy leading. He is the sax (I think he said) player in the orchestra and was overwhelmed with the number of people in the class. He'd planned to teach 3 songs and thought there would be a few classes during the cruise . While 70 people were making a cacophony of shrieks and squeaks I'm certain he was wondering what he'd gotten himself Into. [emoji23] to make matters worse, the entertainment director came In while he was trying to sort this out and apparently told him this would be the only class this cruise....I wonder if the photography department outside the room was threatening to abandon ship!! It truly was bad. I want to be clear this was not the band member's fault. I thought The class should have been limited to 10 people or so per teacher so he should have had more help or the class size should have been limited. He was being asked to do the impossible . They should have picked one song if they wanted a performance and it should have been a simple one. I have a feeling next cruise there will be changes to that.

 

I cut out early on that and went to the craft class. I think I'm better at the penny whistle then I am at making Celtic knots though. 5 tries later and I called it good enough. The instructions say to use needles but they weren't allowed to provide the needles as too many people...wait for it.... hurt themselves!! I know I'm terrible for laughing. I blame the Scottish ancestry again hehe!

 

Tonight is the marriage match game show, which I'm trying to get my table mates to sign up for. Other than, it's the usual -production show, live music, bingo and shopping. One trivia I haven't seen before is Harry Potter trivia. For dinner they changed to surf and turf to lobster and prawns. I'm bummed as I would get the filet only since I'm allergic to shellfish. I think there's beef Wellington too. I'm sure I won't starve!

 

Something else that is odd is the captain circle party isn't on a formal night, it's tomorrow night. I've only seen them be on formal nights so maybe there is an operational reason for the change. I'll try to remember to ask.

 

Tonight is the atrium balloon drop... at 10:45 pm ugggg. My tour tomorrow isn't until the afternoon so I may go. One of the darling cruise staff members said I'd better go....or she'd find me and then I'd be in trouble [emoji38] I should tell her that's my middle name.

 

The ship internet is taking way too much time to upload photos and is annoying me. I'll upload some here and there but will upload more when I get home.

 

Until next time [emoji568] 01355b116cff53b5e02303ed31a6a232.jpg0697e7297555ce8cb7e0d63c3d3a920b.jpg

 

 

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Thanks for your his great review. Do you remember what the casino schedule was? Was it open every night?

 

 

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Thank You for the great pictures and daily updates-enjoyed them very much

My wife is stage 4 Hodgkins and is beating the odds now after 4 years of treatments!! We were on the Caribbean Princess this past January and have planned one next Fall

Enjoy life daily-be kind to one another - follow your dreams and take those trips instead of waiting for the future as there is no guarantees for anyone-GOD BLESS YOU

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MisterMet

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Casino was open any time we were at sea. Usually about one hour after sailing

 

 

 

Was that a general response or a response to the Caribbean Princess British Isles cruises? Some other threads state that the casinos were only open 3 of 12 nights due to the proximity to land and other factors. A bit confused 🤷*♀️

 

 

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Haven`t read your previous posts but can you settle what were discussing on another thread. Did the Caribbean ship change or cancel the afternoon happy hr. or the plat/elite cocktail hr. drinks. Thanks in advance.

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Some other threads state that the casinos were only open 3 of 12 nights due to the proximity to land and other factors. A bit confused *♀️

Rules are cruise shops and casinos cannot open within 3 miles of land.

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Haven`t read your previous posts but can you settle what were discussing on another thread. Did the Caribbean ship change or cancel the afternoon happy hr. or the plat/elite cocktail hr. drinks. Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

We were on the June 30th cruise, and we had no happy hours, at least none I could find. I did ask one of the bar staff and was told there were some on previous sailings but none scheduled for ours. There was some kind of platinum /elite event in Skywalkers almost daily from 5 to 7, I think. I am not sure what it was because I am not in that group.

 

 

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