runnersuzy Posted January 21, 2019 #101 Share Posted January 21, 2019 On island in March and best review I have seen, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusmom Posted June 3, 2019 #102 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I know this is older but TY! (apparently I can’t send messages) We are taking this cruise w our 12 yr old over Thanksgiving (& week following). Did your grandson do any of the kids club activities or stick with the adults? One thing we were trying to sort out at his age (& I know there probably aren’t many kids onboard to start) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted June 4, 2019 Author #103 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Hi. Our grandson hung with adults part of the time but also found kids his age on the ship to swim and play ping pong etc. he did not do kids club activities this time although he has in the past. I think that was because he was at the very upper age of one group and just a month or so too young to be in the next age group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusmom Posted June 4, 2019 #104 Share Posted June 4, 2019 7 hours ago, BoopTennis said: Hi. Our grandson hung with adults part of the time but also found kids his age on the ship to swim and play ping pong etc. he did not do kids club activities this time although he has in the past. I think that was because he was at the very upper age of one group and just a month or so too young to be in the next age group This is exactly what I wondered about. He will be almost 13. He likes the appeal of the kids space and I like that he might meet other kids there but he’s between ages. He’ll be 2 mos shy of 13. I was surprised as there is a BIG difference between 8 & 12. I’d think 7-10 and 11-13ish would be better breakdowns even if they are in the same space. I’m guessing from your post that they aren’t really flexible about that (off to the family section to post next lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher1977 Posted June 5, 2019 #105 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Since you were on the Island Princess for a Panama Canal cruise recently could you answer a few questions for me as we will be doing the Panama Canal in October 2019? 1. How were the mosquitoes? Were they problematic? Lots of other insects/bugs? Did you have to use a lot of insect repellent? 2. Did you get any shots/vaccinations prior to this trip? 3. Did the Library have very many books? How about board games? 3. I keep reading that the Casino was made smaller when they added more state rooms. Were there many slot machines or were a lot of them removed? Thanks for answering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metairiegal Posted June 5, 2019 #106 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Interested in this info, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheride Posted June 5, 2019 #107 Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, teacher1977 said: Since you were on the Island Princess for a Panama Canal cruise recently could you answer a few questions for me as we will be doing the Panama Canal in October 2019? 1. How were the mosquitoes? Were they problematic? Lots of other insects/bugs? Did you have to use a lot of insect repellent? 2. Did you get any shots/vaccinations prior to this trip? 3. Did the Library have very many books? How about board games? 3. I keep reading that the Casino was made smaller when they added more state rooms. Were there many slot machines or were a lot of them removed? Thanks for answering. I'm not the OP, but took this voyage late Jan/early Feb, so I'll give you what info I can. 1: No bug problems for me, at all, and I'm a mosquito magnet. I had some repellant with me, but the only place I even applied it was in Limon, but I didn't see even mosquitoes there. Not sure if this varies by time of year. 2: No shots. I did check the CDC website and didn't see any recommended. 3. Didn't really notice the games, but I would say the library had a fair assortment of books, nothing spectacular. But, to be fair, I typically travel with my books on a tablet, so don't really pay much attention to the libraries other than browsing through just when wandering the ship, so my comparison is certainly skewed. 4. This was the first time I've ever spent much time in the casino; again, I usually just walked through to look around or maybe drop a couple bucks in the quarter drop machines or something. But, I'd say this casino was significantly smaller. I'm going to speculate maybe ~50 machines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoopTennis Posted June 6, 2019 Author #108 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I’m the OP but would agree with cheride. We did not run into mosquitoes anywhere. No shots required We spent time in the library to play cards. There were several board games and books but I didn’t really pay attention to the selection casino as said above was small but had enough tables and slots for my husband lol. We had a great time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsim2011 Posted June 6, 2019 #109 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Thank you so much for this review. We booked this cruise for New Year 2019 but having read some negative reviews about the Island I was having doubts. Your review has totally reassured me and I am now excited and looking forward to this cruise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seacreature101 Posted June 7, 2019 #110 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Glad I found this and thanks for all the time it took to do it. Thoroughly enjoyed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriPhil Posted June 7, 2019 #111 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Great review and I could almost smell the suntan lotion - thanks! I have avoided booking cruises on the island based on prior posters, but won’t hesitate now if there is an itinerary I’d like. Yay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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