LIVE: CB Panama Canal Partial Transit Christmas Cruise 12/18/22 – 12/28/22

[HBCcruiser]

 

 

[that]

4 hours ago, Vic The Parrot said:

I like that pamphlet "Your Princess cruise begins"

 

Nice touch.

 

Does every cabin get one, and can you take it home?

It is in every cabin 

and you can take it home

[Raze]

1 hour ago, HBCcruiser said:

 

Ivan in CC is amazing!! He is booking us the same table every night with the same wait staff who are amazing!  The best!

 

sorry. What is CC?

[cr8tiv1]

Club Class Dining Room is a small area, usually on Deck 6.  Available to those who booked a Club Class Mini-suite or a Full Suite.  

Edited December 20, 2022 by cr8tiv1

[Raze]

5 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Club Class Dining Room is a small area, usually on Deck 6.  Available to those who booked a Club Class Mini-suite or a Full Suite.  

Oh thanks. And you were talking about that before. Couldn’t put 2 and 2 together. 

[HBCcruiser]

Sorry but make of this as  you will. BTW a US marine friend noted that the pickup ship was US Coastguard. We miss Jamaica tomorrow. 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by HBCcruiser

[HBCcruiser]

A lot of people with private excursions in Jamaica are pretty angry because they won’t get their money back. Luckily we booked through Princess so had ours refunded. 

[HBCcruiser]

The show last night was fabulous! Bravo. Amazing singers. I highly recommend seeing it.

[HBCcruiser]

The champagne waterfall was last night! It’s nice to see them doing it again. They had stopped it during Covid. 

 

 

[HBCcruiser]

Day 3 Sea Day.

 

[HBCcruiser]

French toast! It’s one of my favs.

 

 

[HBCcruiser]

Our attendant makes the best towel critters!!

 

[HBCcruiser]

Chilling by the pool with a dirty banana. 
 

 

[sttopmh]

Have you heard whether UBD is available?

[CkCkHunt]

Of note, it is dangerous and inflammatory to say that those we rescued were throwing drugs overboard or that the plane was looking for drugs. The Coast Guard planes that flew over were looking to see who they would be picking up later and to assess the needs of those in distress, as well as our boats needs and concerns. The Coast Guard would have sent a helicopter for pickup, for example, if someone had been seriously injured or if our ship was in danger.

 

Second, the imply that the things going overboard was cocaine is silly, especially because a simple look would have visually confirmed they were things to keep the raft afloat and the people afloat if the raft broke. Finally, do you genuinely think that drug dealers are taking their drugs across the Caribbean in homemade rafts made of oil barrels? Drug dealing is a lucrative business, especially if you're smuggling it across the ocean.

 

While you may have been joking, I have heard six separate groups perpetuating that incredibly dangerous and inflammatory lie last night and this morning. The plain fact is that those 14 people risked their lives to escape oppression, communism and who knows what else. The passengers screaming at the Coast Guardsman last night for "ruining our vacation" while they risk their lives everyday for our safety and security were disgusting and a disgrace.

[nini]

15 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Club Class Dining Room is a small area, usually on Deck 6.  Available to those who booked a Club Class Mini-suite or a Full Suite.  

 

Do you know what a "Vista Suite" qualifies as? SHUSH... It is a secret that I booked one for us on the CB for 2024.

[nini]

42 minutes ago, CkCkHunt said:

 

While you may have been joking, I have heard six separate groups perpetuating that incredibly dangerous and inflammatory lie last night and this morning. The plain fact is that those 14 people risked their lives to escape oppression, communism and who knows what else. The passengers screaming at the Coast Guardsman last night for "ruining our vacation" while they risk their lives everyday for our safety and security were disgusting and a disgrace.

 

This is so sad that this would happen. We have also experienced a very heartbreaking situation on a ship which required us, per maritime law, that all of the ships in the area would do a search. We were going to totally miss a port, however, the Captain was able to get us to the port that evening and the town had basically waited for us. It was dark, but we still had a good time.

[HBCcruiser]

4 hours ago, sttopmh said:

Have you heard whether UBD is available?

It is not. We are doing the chefs table instead. We are supposed to meet tomorrow at 10:15 in one of the dining rooms to get all of the details! We have a busy day tomorrow:

10 AM cabin crawl

10:15 AM we have to meet for the chefs table info 

1:45 fine wine tasting

3:00 pub crawl

Edited December 20, 2022 by HBCcruiser

[HBCcruiser]

4 hours ago, CkCkHunt said:

Of note, it is dangerous and inflammatory to say that those we rescued were throwing drugs overboard or that the plane was looking for drugs. The Coast Guard planes that flew over were looking to see who they would be picking up later and to assess the needs of those in distress, as well as our boats needs and concerns. The Coast Guard would have sent a helicopter for pickup, for example, if someone had been seriously injured or if our ship was in danger.

 

Second, the imply that the things going overboard was cocaine is silly, especially because a simple look would have visually confirmed they were things to keep the raft afloat and the people afloat if the raft broke. Finally, do you genuinely think that drug dealers are taking their drugs across the Caribbean in homemade rafts made of oil barrels? Drug dealing is a lucrative business, especially if you're smuggling it across the ocean.

 

While you may have been joking, I have heard six separate groups perpetuating that incredibly dangerous and inflammatory lie last night and this morning. The plain fact is that those 14 people risked their lives to escape oppression, communism and who knows what else. The passengers screaming at the Coast Guardsman last night for "ruining our vacation" while they risk their lives everyday for our safety and security were disgusting and a disgrace.

The plane was Cuban not US Coast guard. The US Coast guard picked up the 14 people once we were out in international waters. They were throwing white bundles overboard. We have videos and photos. Deduct what you wish. 

[milogurd]

29 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said:

The plane was Cuban not US Coast guard. The US Coast guard picked up the 14 people once we were out in international waters. They were throwing white bundles overboard. We have videos and photos. Deduct what you wish. 

The photo in Post #91 from @bmc alabama looks like a Coast Guard plane.

 

 

This is for comparison:

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by milogurd

[milogurd]

@HBCcruiser Are the Princess Favorites you could order every night no longer on the dinner menus? (Cesar Salad, French Onion Soup, Shrimp Cocktail)

[HBCcruiser]

The plane that flew by does look like coast guard. 

Edited December 20, 2022 by HBCcruiser

[HBCcruiser]

Just now, milogurd said:

@HBCcruiser Are the Princess Favorites you could order every night no longer on the dinner menus? (Cesar Salad, French Onion Soup, Shrimp Cocktail)

They are there just ask. We got them. 

[milogurd]

2 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said:

The plane that flew by

That is a US Coast Guard plane. See post #120 above.

[HBCcruiser]

21 minutes ago, milogurd said:

That is a US Coast Guard plane. See post #120 above.

Yes I noted that. Can we not highjack this thread with this topic?  Thx.