Sky princess Thanksgiving 2022; as live as it can be.

[Mittens101]

1 hour ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Haha after the late night room service we went comatose from 2:30am until 1:30pm hahaha 

got cleaned up and went down to Alfredo’s (only thing open)..WRONG! Full Up and line at least 40 deep.

So we’re up here at Salty Dog Grille grabbing something; it’s damn humid outside!

also the internet is utter garbage, at year 2000 ISDN speeds.

I got news for you, the internet gets worse I was down to 0 kbps several times. Absolutely ridiculous when you pay for the package  

[c-boy]

2 hours ago, Mittens101 said:

I got news for you, the internet gets worse I was down to 0 kbps several times. Absolutely ridiculous when you pay for the package  

awww sea days. Internet is like the bathroom line at half time

[KarmaCruisers]

2 hours ago, Mittens101 said:

I got news for you, the internet gets worse I was down to 0 kbps several times. Absolutely ridiculous when you pay for the package  

The problem is..since the pandemic happened; NO ONE wants to be stuck on a ship and have no internet..so now *everyone* purchases it…and it wasn’t great in the first place..but definitely in 2019 on this same cruise we were getting like 10Mbps. (So literally like 10x better)

[c-boy]

🤣  karma

[KarmaCruisers]

Also; we got absolutely DESTROYED in the casino today..this cruise is a very weird one for us..I think this is the “usual” princess cruise vibe that people want (SUPER quiet and sedate)

the casino has been absolutely DEAD, literally like a morgue.

kris lost another $1900 and I finally am down $1500 myself; which brings our grand total to down $4800 (ouch!)

funny enough; on any other cruise I’ve been on, after earning a ton of points (literally I am LEAPS AND BOUNDS above everyone else, at ~8000) I have had a casino rep at least INTRODUCE themselves…on this cruise, nothing, lol.

I don’t think we’ll be doing much more casino’ing, until the last sea day times; as we have excursions in each port and they’re all first off the ship time! (Which is like 7am!)

We’re deciding if we want MDR or Buffet; as it’s formal night…and we don’t dress up on vacation (lol who am I kidding, I won’t even dress up for $250k! {as an aside, I always joked that I would dress in a fuxking SUIT for $100k…turns out I won’t, lol})

I’ll post some photos I took today as well as this evenings dinner menu and food pics of wherever we go

one from our balcony and one from the casino, lol.

[KarmaCruisers]

So buffet it was (because of BBQ and steamed dumplings)

[Jkco2020]

KarmaCruisers - we are onboard with you and are feeling the opposite regarding the crowd.  The rowdies may be absent in the casino, but oh my are they active in other places onboard! LOL! 
This seems like a very different Princess crowd in comparison to what we have experienced in the past - even on Princess Christmas and New Years cruises. This Thanksgiving cruise has been really interesting…including an angry, yelling chair hog who had two of her (MANY) saved seats taken this morning after not being in them for hours. 
Hope you are having a great time!!

[c-boy]

3 hours ago, Jkco2020 said:

KarmaCruisers - we are onboard with you and are feeling the opposite regarding the crowd.  The rowdies may be absent in the casino, but oh my are they active in other places onboard! LOL! 
This seems like a very different Princess crowd in comparison to what we have experienced in the past - even on Princess Christmas and New Years cruises. This Thanksgiving cruise has been really interesting…including an angry, yelling chair hog who had two of her (MANY) saved seats taken this morning after not being in them for hours. 
Hope you are having a great time!!

they do exist .... say it ain't so.... times, there a changin'

 

[KarmaCruisers]

3 hours ago, Jkco2020 said:

KarmaCruisers - we are onboard with you and are feeling the opposite regarding the crowd.  The rowdies may be absent in the casino, but oh my are they active in other places onboard! LOL! 
This seems like a very different Princess crowd in comparison to what we have experienced in the past - even on Princess Christmas and New Years cruises. This Thanksgiving cruise has been really interesting…including an angry, yelling chair hog who had two of her (MANY) saved seats taken this morning after not being in them for hours. 
Hope you are having a great time!!

Ahh; that’s a possibility; as we don’t really ever go up on Lido to hang out (we’re from Sunny california and have a pool at home)

also; I guess they were just waiting..after the 7:30 showing of Rock Opera let out,

the casino packed up!

We lost another $1000 at Heads-Up Holdem table, meh.

As usual, we’ve ordered our late night ritual of room service;

tonight’s menu is:

Chips & Guac

PB&J

Grilled Cheese Sammich

Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken Tacos

Hot dog (with all the fixins)

two Pop’s

 

The internet it so damn bad, we can’t even load yahoo mail (my wife’s email account thst has all the booking details for our excursions)

LUCKILY, it finally loaded text list of emails enough to see for tomorrow.

Which I guess I forgot to mention our plan..

Cozumel: we’re going to Paradise Beach Club

Roatan: Daniel Johnson’s Monkey Hangout

Belize: Alta Mayan Ruins (Princess brand excursion)

Costa Maya: Maya Chan

 

we watched Godzilla: King of the Monsters last night during room service

tonight is X-Files: I want to believe

gotta get up eaaarly for the next few port days..ohh joy; lol

heres a picture of tonight’s MDR..sorry it got cut off; there were people standing by it who when I asked to move, really didn’t, so I got the best I could.

 

[LouChamp]

Aloha. Love your reports especially the food pictures. We love Princess and have sailed during thanksgiving which we had a wonderful experience. 

Keep posting food lol.  Have a blessed thanksgiving! 

[Mittens101]

Love the photos keep them coming lol

[MissP22]

I see the movies haven't been updated. 

[KarmaCruisers]

52 minutes ago, MissP22 said:

I see the movies haven't been updated. 

That’s odd you say that..so; BEFORE the pandemic, the movie selection was GREAT! Literally had movies that were basically just out of theatres as well as good classics..

SINCE the pandemic, the selection TOTALLY is different! I mean, they still have a couple decent choices, but nothing like before.

[KarmaCruisers]

Also, lol at 6:30am; someone “butt dialed” the ship “all-call”..luckily nothing incriminating was said haha.

I’ve never seen that happen before 

@Jkco2020what did you think about that?

[MissP22]

6 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

That’s odd you say that..so; BEFORE the pandemic, the movie selection was GREAT! Literally had movies that were basically just out of theatres as well as good classics..

SINCE the pandemic, the selection TOTALLY is different! I mean, they still have a couple decent choices, but nothing like before.

I know it's not the  most important thing to do while sailing but I still like to see a few newer flicks during the afternoon on a sea day. I suppose most people don't care one way or the other but I can only sit in the hot sun by the pool for so long.

After lunch by 1 PM I've had my fill.

[KarmaCruisers]

Good morning Valor; Kris said before it pulled up, the Pride was on its other side;

and we’re currently watching a Fantasy class motor along to here.

The ONE thing that I think is a damn joke..is people say “all you do is eat on a cruise”…these HAVE to be people who actually either don’t cruise or don’t eat..

Were big eaters AND cruisers; there’s honestly no WAY to eat that much..because restaurants aren’t open!

We tried to go to the MDR for breakfast..only to be told only ONE is open in the mornings (Estrella) AND it’s open till 9am only!

so quite literally at 9:30; the only place to eat a meal is the lido buffet!

same thing with night times; it’s extremely challenging to find (included) food at any given hour.

this is why we resort to room service, and international cafe.

also; sorry I totally forgot to take a picture of my food this morning (was too damn hungry); but I had an omelette and hash browns/sausage.

I also got the picture of the ship staff that someone was asking about 

[iamaqt2]

20 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

The ONE thing that I think is a damn joke..is people say “all you do is eat on a cruise”…these HAVE to be people who actually either don’t cruise or don’t eat..

Were big eaters AND cruisers; there’s honestly no WAY to eat that much..because restaurants aren’t open!

We tried to go to the MDR for breakfast..only to be told only ONE is open in the mornings (Estrella) AND it’s open till 9am only!

so quite literally at 9:30; the only place to eat a meal is the lido buffet!

same thing with night times; it’s extremely challenging to find (included) food at any given hour.

this is why we resort to room service, and international cafe.

I've found that to be my experience as well.  Unless you eat at 7, noon and 6 pm, you're pretty much relegated to the buffet or IC.  I've been known to order pizza delivery to the Explorers Lounge at 10 for a drinking snack.  People looked at me with envy lol.

[CruzinNoony]

2 hours ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Good morning Valor; Kris said before it pulled up, the Pride was on its other side;

and we’re currently watching a Fantasy class motor along to here.

The ONE thing that I think is a damn joke..is people say “all you do is eat on a cruise”…these HAVE to be people who actually either don’t cruise or don’t eat..

Were big eaters AND cruisers; there’s honestly no WAY to eat that much..because restaurants aren’t open!

We tried to go to the MDR for breakfast..only to be told only ONE is open in the mornings (Estrella) AND it’s open till 9am only!

so quite literally at 9:30; the only place to eat a meal is the lido buffet!

same thing with night times; it’s extremely challenging to find (included) food at any given hour.

this is why we resort to room service, and international cafe.

also; sorry I totally forgot to take a picture of my food this morning (was too damn hungry); but I had an omelette and hash browns/sausage.

I also got the picture of the ship staff that someone was asking about 

Thank you so much for posting this.

[KarmaCruisers]

1 hour ago, iamaqt2 said:

I've found that to be my experience as well.  Unless you eat at 7, noon and 6 pm, you're pretty much relegated to the buffet or IC.  I've been known to order pizza delivery to the Explorers Lounge at 10 for a drinking snack.  People looked at me with envy lol.

It’s not even that..the buffet is also only open “certain” hours…it doesn’t stay open from morning till midnight.

Alfredo’s isn’t BAD at 11-11..but after 11pm it’s either IC or room service.

[KarmaCruisers]

Posting from Paradise…Beach club that is 🙂

the free WiFi here is a good solid 5Mbps, so we’re browsing the webs and relaxing. The water is pretty clear and not too cold.

[KarmaCruisers]

Pictures

[iamaqt2]

4 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

It’s not even that..the buffet is also only open “certain” hours…it doesn’t stay open from morning till midnight.

Alfredo’s isn’t BAD at 11-11..but after 11pm it’s either IC or room service.

Truth.  And those late night drunchies "require" food.  At least Princess offers a fairly decent selection of room service food.  My 2 am orders can get pretty big 😉

[KarmaCruisers]

10 minutes ago, iamaqt2 said:

Truth.  And those late night drunchies "require" food.  At least Princess offers a fairly decent selection of room service food.  My 2 am orders can get pretty big 😉

LOL! Abso-fuxing-lutely!

no other cruise line has as good a selection for FREE. (I mean “complimentary”)

[memoak]

2 hours ago, iamaqt2 said:

I've found that to be my experience as well.  Unless you eat at 7, noon and 6 pm, you're pretty much relegated to the buffet or IC.  I've been known to order pizza delivery to the Explorers Lounge at 10 for a drinking snack.  People looked at me with envy lol.

Not my experience. We generally eat at 8:30, 1:00 and 7:30 or 8:30. Never had a problem finding food

[iamaqt2]

9 minutes ago, memoak said:

Not my experience. We generally eat at 8:30, 1:00 and 7:30 or 8:30. Never had a problem finding food

It's not necessarily about finding food. It's finding the experience that goes with the food.  Main dining times past 7 are a huge competition with any evening shows or activities because service takes 2 hours.  And not everyone gets up before 9 to eat in the MDR.

Half the buffet shuts down at 10 am and the grills don't open til 11.  Are you going to starve?  No.  But service hours for sit down table service are very limited as Karma pointed out.