LIVE! Discovery Princess - Mexican Riviera - November 11, 2023

[Cruise-mom]

Glad to read you enjoyed the 360 dining experience, we did it recently on Enchanted and we were blown away. From start to finish everything was spectacular.

 

Well done on your win!

[Cruisintimer]

10 hours ago, cruiseypop said:

Mid 70's on the upper deck.  Just perfect weather, it's warm, sunny and perfect for sitting out in the sun.  Weather forecasts for Mexico in in the 80's and 90's and high humidity, so I guess enjoy this while we can!

Agree, it was a beautiful day to be on the Discovery. 

[Cruisintimer]

On 11/11/2023 at 7:53 PM, cruiseypop said:

So I ate at the buffet tonight.  There is a themed night every night.  Now, I've eaten at A LOT of buffets over the years.  I've been to many in Vegas, Indian Casinos at home and even those like Old Country Buffet and local Chinese buffets.  And tonight had to be one of the best buffets I've ever had.  The seasoning and flavoring was incredible for buffet food.  The variety was good and the German selections were top notch.  And the food was really good quality.  Good Job Princess!  This was definitely not on the cheap -- which so many buffets can be.  I've attached the schedule of buffet themes.

We both have said the same thing, this is definitely the best buffet we have had.  Today at lunch we had huge salads and everything was so fresh and delicious.

 

[cruiseypop]

Rock Opera

 

Fantastic production show last night called Rock Opera.  I've seen this on past ships and tonights performance was one of the best I've seen.  Its an interesting concept and I felt the singing style leaned more towards rock than opera, but nonetheless all the singers and dancers were excellent.  Of particular note, Nick Petris the lead tenor.  Amazing voice and talent.  He is also performing solo tonight singing Michael Buble songs.

[cruiseypop]

Here are the Discovery Princess event listings for port day Cabo San Lucas, Monday, November 13, 2023

[hatchda]

8 hours ago, cruiseypop said:

Here are the Discovery Princess event listings for port day Cabo San Lucas, Monday, November 13, 2023

Thanks for posting these daily "Platters".... We are going on this same cruise in January.

[dazee8]

22 hours ago, cruiseypop said:

Princess has raised the bar

 

Tonight I went to the 360 Experience, a new experiential dining experience that is a visual and taste experience like none other.  This was a first class experience, something I would expect Walt Disney World to pull off.  It is part movie and part dinner.  Imagine watching someone prepare lemon pasta in Italy on a 360 wrap around screen around your dining area and then within a few moments they bring the very same dish to you.  It was almost emotionally overwhelming.  This is will be hard for other cruise lines to top.  And now they have the computerized projection system in place they can adapt and change the experience for the future.  Princess really needs someone to come over and promote this new feature.... John Heald are you listening?  Several perfect courses were served with impeccable timing in this 90 minute show.  Whether you are one person or a group of people, this is truly a must see.

 

 

 

 

Can you please tell me where the 360 Experience restaurant is located?  Which deck and what restaurant?  I am having a hard time finding it on the deck plan/map.  Thanks!

[DiRonT]

28 minutes ago, dazee8 said:

Can you please tell me where the 360 Experience restaurant is located?  Which deck and what restaurant?  I am having a hard time finding it on the deck plan/map.  Thanks!

It is inside Sabatini's.  The group of 20 guests are walked through the restaurant to a private entrance into the special room used for the 360 Experience.  I agree it is a wonderful experience.

[dazee8]

8 minutes ago, DiRonT said:

It is inside Sabatini's.  The group of 20 guests are walked through the restaurant to a private entrance into the special room used for the 360 Experience.  I agree it is a wonderful experience.

Thanks very much for the information.  I booked it and we are looking forward to trying out the new 360 Experience. 

23 hours ago, cruiseypop said:

Princess has raised the bar

 

Tonight I went to the 360 Experience, a new experiential dining experience that is a visual and taste experience like none other.  This was a first class experience, something I would expect Walt Disney World to pull off.  It is part movie and part dinner.  Imagine watching someone prepare lemon pasta in Italy on a 360 wrap around screen around your dining area and then within a few moments they bring the very same dish to you.  It was almost emotionally overwhelming.  This is will be hard for other cruise lines to top.  And now they have the computerized projection system in place they can adapt and change the experience for the future.  Princess really needs someone to come over and promote this new feature.... John Heald are you listening?  Several perfect courses were served with impeccable timing in this 90 minute show.  Whether you are one person or a group of people, this is truly a must see.

 

 

 

 

Can you please tell me where the 360 Experience restaurant is located?  Which deck and what restaurant?  I am having a hard time finding it on the deck plan/map.  Thanks!

[cruiseypop]

MDR Menus for Monday November 13, 2023

[cruiseypop]

Our first port was Cabo San Lucas.  Tendering reminds me how much I don't like this port.  I'm sure if they could build a dock they would.  It just seems odd after all these year (cruise lines have been tendering here since the 1970's or earlier) they would have a dock by now.  It was very choppy and the whole process seems to take forever. One cool thing was the fisherman coming back in to port like to feed the sea lions and the sea lions have been happily trained to jump right onto the swim platform at the back of the boat.  Note to self: I will forever skip this port in the future.  Unless you like fishing, there isn't much to do here.  We walked all the way to the mall, about a mile or so and saw a life size Huichol beaded Rhinocerous!  That actually was worth it. The evening dinner was at Bistro Sur La Mer - first time for this.  The staff were excellent as always, but the menu was just ok.  My filet mignon was perfect though and delicious.  They are in the process of changing this over to The Catch by Rudy or something named like this.  Ironic, a quick survery of other diners confirmed very few people ordered any seafood.  Perhaps seafood is not as popular many think?

[cruiseypop]

The Princess events listings for Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - Day 4 of the cruise.

[New2cruise2022]

I agree that the tendering in Cabo isn’t ideal and feels slow and cumbersome. That being said, for many cruisers, including newer ones likes me, there is a sense of adventure that comes with taking a small boat to shore. I don’t know that it outweighs the time it takes to get to the port. 
 

Tendering does support the local economy and the boats that service the ship. It also bolsters cruiseship-sponsored excursions as passengers may be more inclined to buy an early excursion to have priority leaving the ship. 
 

For passengers with disabilities or limited mobility, tendering can add one more difficulty to travel. 

[travelin.sisters]

thank you for this lovely live...you are making me more excited for our cruise next month & very happy to hear that all things on the discovery have been really good for you

[cruiseypop]

I should clarify my comments on Cabo port.  It is definately a must see for first time visitors.  Once you arrive at the Marina there is a nice walkable path alongside a beautiful marina, with many side streets to explore.  For repeat visitor my opinon would be to book and excursion.  I still have the camels and todos santos are on my list.

[suzyluvs2cruise]

4 hours ago, cruiseypop said:

Our first port was Cabo San Lucas.  Tendering reminds me how much I don't like this port.  I'm sure if they could build a dock they would.  It just seems odd after all these year (cruise lines have been tendering here since the 1970's or earlier) they would have a dock by now.  It was very choppy and the whole process seems to take forever. One cool thing was the fisherman coming back in to port like to feed the sea lions and the sea lions have been happily trained to jump right onto the swim platform at the back of the boat.  Note to self: I will forever skip this port in the future.  Unless you like fishing, there isn't much to do here.  We walked all the way to the mall, about a mile or so and saw a life size Huichol beaded Rhinocerous!  That actually was worth it. The evening dinner was at Bistro Sur La Mer - first time for this.  The staff were excellent as always, but the menu was just ok.  My filet mignon was perfect though and delicious.  They are in the process of changing this over to The Catch by Rudy or something named like this.  Ironic, a quick survery of other diners confirmed very few people ordered any seafood.  Perhaps seafood is not as popular many think?

Here's the menu for "The Catch" by Rudi.....

[cruiseypop]

Oh what a wonderful day in Mazatlan.  Mazatlan is one of my favorite ports.  The people here are so nice and friendly.  And unlike some ports that are very sales agressive, Mazatlan feels less touristy than other ports and more city like with locals enjoying their day working, shopping, eating, etc.

 

I visited one of my favorite housewares store "Michaels Gallery".  There are all kinds of handmade mexican items here.  I purchased a new butter dish for about $8.  Which I think is almost a steal.  Shh, don't tell anyone.  They also have placements, knick knacks, other pottery much is stamped Mexico.  Also the staff is so friendly and nice.  I also purchased a silver desk ornament/paper weight.  It was a bit pricey, I got the last one so don't all rush at once to find another!

 

We took a taxi both ways into the centro and back.  It's a bit pricey at $10 each way, but we knew we wanted to walk a lot around the centro old town.  Michaels Gallery is in the historic centro.  We just tell the taxi to take us to the cathedral or big church it is in the center of the historic centro.  There are also touristy things like dancers and musicians too.  If you are up for walking you can follow "the blue line"  A blue line painted on the street from the cruise ship all the way to the historic centro.  It's about a 20-30 minute walk each way.  The walk can be nice too, houses, a few shops along the way to see.

 

[KLM3164]

21 minutes ago, cruiseypop said:

I visited one of my favorite housewares store "Michaels Gallery".  There are all kinds of handmade mexican items here.  I purchased a new butter dish for about $8.

I love the butter dish you got….so colorful!

 

22 minutes ago, cruiseypop said:

We just tell the taxi to take us to the cathedral or big church it is in the center of the historic centro.

The area doesn’t look very crowded today. The last time I was there a few years back I remember it being packed with people and the traffic was bad.

[suzyluvs2cruise]

32 minutes ago, cruiseypop said:

Oh what a wonderful day in Mazatlan.  Mazatlan is one of my favorite ports.  The people here are so nice and friendly.  And unlike some ports that are very sales agressive, Mazatlan feels less touristy than other ports and more city like with locals enjoying their day working, shopping, eating, etc.

 

I visited one of my favorite housewares store "Michaels Gallery".  There are all kinds of handmade mexican items here.  I purchased a new butter dish for about $8.  Which I think is almost a steal.  Shh, don't tell anyone.  They also have placements, knick knacks, other pottery much is stamped Mexico.  Also the staff is so friendly and nice.  I also purchased a silver desk ornament/paper weight.  It was a bit pricey, I got the last one so don't all rush at once to find another!

 

We took a taxi both ways into the centro and back.  It's a bit pricey at $10 each way, but we knew we wanted to walk a lot around the centro old town.  Michaels Gallery is in the historic centro.  We just tell the taxi to take us to the cathedral or big church it is in the center of the historic centro.  There are also touristy things like dancers and musicians too.  If you are up for walking you can follow "the blue line"  A blue line painted on the street from the cruise ship all the way to the historic centro.  It's about a 20-30 minute walk each way.  The walk can be nice too, houses, a few shops along the way to see.

 

 

Love the butter dish. Walking along the "Blue Line" is very safe and when we've done it there are Police/security ever couple of blocks. 

[cruiseypop]

It's Italian night in the MDR tonight, Tuesday, November 14, 2023.  Looks really good, but I'll be the judge of that.

[C & C Love to Cruise]

Would you be so kind as to take picture of the drink menu at Good Spirits. 

[mkcurran]

2 hours ago, cruiseypop said:

Oh what a wonderful day in Mazatlan.  Mazatlan is one of my favorite ports.  The people here are so nice and friendly.  And unlike some ports that are very sales agressive, Mazatlan feels less touristy than other ports and more city like with locals enjoying their day working, shopping, eating, etc.

 

I visited one of my favorite housewares store "Michaels Gallery".  There are all kinds of handmade mexican items here.  I purchased a new butter dish for about $8.  Which I think is almost a steal.  Shh, don't tell anyone.  They also have placements, knick knacks, other pottery much is stamped Mexico.  Also the staff is so friendly and nice.  I also purchased a silver desk ornament/paper weight.  It was a bit pricey, I got the last one so don't all rush at once to find another!

 

We took a taxi both ways into the centro and back.  It's a bit pricey at $10 each way, but we knew we wanted to walk a lot around the centro old town.  Michaels Gallery is in the historic centro.  We just tell the taxi to take us to the cathedral or big church it is in the center of the historic centro.  There are also touristy things like dancers and musicians too.  If you are up for walking you can follow "the blue line"  A blue line painted on the street from the cruise ship all the way to the historic centro.  It's about a 20-30 minute walk each way.  The walk can be nice too, houses, a few shops along the way to see.

 

My Favorite Port! Glad you had a good day there.

 

[cruiseypop]

I am just amazed at how busy the casino is. It has been packed every night.  Sometimes so busy I couldnt even get a machine!  My luck has continued.  

[mrmarklin]

Cruisy, did you seriously order steak in a Seafood restaurant?  Say it ain’t so. 

[cruiseypop]

6 hours ago, mrmarklin said:

Cruisy, did you seriously order steak in a Seafood restaurant?  Say it ain’t so. 

Ha ha, yes I did!