Live Caribbean Princess - Iceland , Ireland , England and Scotland

[scubacruiserx2]

 This will be a cruise of many firsts . First live  , first time on a diet to lose weight , first European cruise on the Caribbean Princess , first side suite and first time traveling with our adopted family from home and 5 first time ports . Portland ( Weymouth ) , Falmouth , Cornwall , Kirkwall  , Scotland ,The Port of Cobh , Ireland , Grundarfjordur , Iceland and Edinburgh  Scotland .

 

 

 

 

 The Caribbean , Princess is and old friend and here she is at sea.

 

 

 

She has 2 viewing points forward .  Blue is the Bow and Red is over the Bridge

 

 

 

 

 This aft view is from the Regal and shows where our aft suite originates on the CB and points to larger . We would cruise the CB after we returned from our Regal cruise . The photo is taken in our home port of Port Everglades .

 

 

Edited May 31 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

 What the red arrow points to is 2 aft facing mini suites that are larger then the mini suites above , but have no sink . The arrow began at our suite .

[bagney]

Thanks for this live from! I'm following along as we have close friends from Vancouver Island on this cruise with you!

[cr8tiv1]

Thanks for the large font.  What is a "first side suite".  Are you in a mini-suite or aft suite?  I love the Caribbean Princess.  Enjoy your cruise.  I am looking forward to hearing your comments.  

[scubacruiserx2]

1 hour ago, bagney said:

Thanks for this live from! I'm following along as we have close friends from Vancouver Island on this cruise with you!

 

 

 Thanks , we just booked it this week when we had dinner with our friends and they told us about it . Less than 40 days before we fly to London .

[scubacruiserx2]

1 hour ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Thanks for the large font.  What is a "first side suite".  Are you in a mini-suite or aft suite?  I love the Caribbean Princess.  Enjoy your cruise.  I am looking forward to hearing your comments.  

 

 You're welcome . We usually book aft corner suites on our other favorite cruise line for the wake show . The only full suites that we saw were the Penthouse Suites on the side . We chose Starboard as it faces the land the most . We like your locations . We went to Kauai and San Francisco for our anniversary last March .

[scubacruiserx2]

 

Day-by-Day Itinerary:

 

 

Fri, Jul 12Friday, July 12th 2024	Southampton (for London), EnglandView excursions in Southampton (for London), England on Friday, July 12th 2024		04:00 pm
Sat, Jul 13Saturday, July 13th 2024	Portland, EnglandView excursions in Portland, England on Saturday, July 13th 2024	07:00 am	07:00 pm
Sun, Jul 14Sunday, July 14th 2024	Cornwall (Falmouth), EnglandView excursions in Cornwall (Falmouth), England on Sunday, July 14th 2024 ( Water Shuttle Required, Wheelchair Access Limited )	07:00 am	06:00 pm
Mon, Jul 15Monday, July 15th 2024	Cork, Ireland (Cobh - For Blarney Castle)View excursions in Cork, Ireland (Cobh - For Blarney Castle) on Monday, July 15th 2024	07:00 am	06:00 pm
Tue, Jul 16Tuesday, July 16th 2024	At SeaView onboard experiencefor Tuesday, July 16th 2024
Wed, Jul 17Wednesday, July 17th 2024	At SeaView onboard experiencefor Wednesday, July 17th 2024
Thu, Jul 18Thursday, July 18th 2024	At SeaView onboard experiencefor Thursday, July 18th 2024
Fri, Jul 19Friday, July 19th 2024	Reykjavik, IcelandView excursions in Reykjavik, Iceland on Friday, July 19th 2024	08:00 am	10:00 pm
Sat, Jul 20Saturday, July 20th 2024	Grundarfjordur, IcelandView excursions in Grundarfjordur, Iceland on Saturday, July 20th 2024 ( Water Shuttle Required, Wheelchair Access Limited )	07:00 am	04:00 pm
Sun, Jul 21Sunday, July 21st 2024	Akureyri, IcelandView excursions in Akureyri, Iceland on Sunday, July 21st 2024	09:00 am	06:00 pm
Mon, Jul 22Monday, July 22nd 2024	Seydisfjordur, IcelandView excursions in Seydisfjordur, Iceland on Monday, July 22nd 2024 ( Water Shuttle Required, Wheelchair Access Limited )	08:00 am	06:00 pm
Tue, Jul 23Tuesday, July 23rd 2024	At SeaView onboard experiencefor Tuesday, July 23rd 2024
Wed, Jul 24Wednesday, July 24th 2024	Orkney Islands (Kirkwall), ScotlandView excursions in Orkney Islands (Kirkwall), Scotland on Wednesday, July 24th 2024	07:00 am	06:00 pm
Thu, Jul 25Thursday, July 25th 2024	Invergordon, ScotlandView excursions in Invergordon, Scotland on Thursday, July 25th 2024	07:00 am	06:00 pm
Fri, Jul 26Friday, July 26th 2024	Edinburgh (South Queensferry), ScotlandView excursions in Edinburgh (South Queensferry), Scotland on Friday, July 26th 2024 ( Water Shuttle Required, Wheelchair Access Limited )	08:00 am	08:00 pm
Sat, Jul 27Saturday, July 27th 2024	At SeaView onboard experiencefor Saturday, July 27th 2024
Sun, Jul 28Sunday, July 28th 2024	Southampton (for London), EnglandView excursions in Southampton (for London), England on Sunday, July 28th 2024	07:00 am

 

 

 

Edited June 1 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

  Sorry for the powered scrambled eggs appearance of the previous post . I copied and pasted it from Princess but this is not the way it looked on their web sight . Perhaps I will have to work on my proper English as I speak mostly American and it sometimes gets lost in translation . 😉

[geoherb]

I look forward to following your live thread next month. I'm going to do one for my East Coast North American cruise next week on the Island Princess.

[scubacruiserx2]

58 minutes ago, geoherb said:

I look forward to following your live thread next month. I'm going to do one for my East Coast North American cruise next week on the Island Princess.

 

  Will you be doing a live thread ? 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

 When we booked this cruise this week , we got 3 prices . CC was first but they linked us to Princess . Our TA was second and an unnamed agency was 3rd . They all had the same price on the same room .

 One thing that we noticed on the unnamed agency was that they worked with a company that could finance the cruise for 18 months . We phoned our TA and she had not heard of the company . She checked up on them and applied to offer this service to all of her future bookings . The company said that it would take 10 days to process and approve of her . There was a 35% reduction in price and we asked if we could book this cruise with the agency with no hard feelings since we needed to get busy . With her approval , we booked with the agency . The agent that we spoke to gave us about $ 500 credit to spend on board only as a loyalty perk and about a $ 2000 price reduction !! Cruise deal done ! Is this a great country or what ?

🦅

[scubacruiserx2]

 Good surprise # 2 

 When chatting with Princess this week we found out something new . Our friends have never cruised Princess before but they had heard us talk about the Chef 's Table . We were concerned that with a party of 7 , it would be hard to be picked . But , when we talked to Princess  we found out that there would be 4 Chef ' s Tables and she then asked if we would like to book now ? Even better , we will have a Kitchen Tour like the old days BC ( before Covid ) . Yeah Princess !

[scubacruiserx2]

 Our Chef's Table on the Regal February 11 , 2016

 

 We had to scrub up first and wear a lab coat in the Kitchen

 

 

 

 Chef Naveen with the first of 5 Hors D' Oeuvres

 

 

DW with the shrimp Margarita . Note empty flute , it's hard to eat and drink at the same time

 

 

Carmen Miranda Seahorse

 

 

Duck !

 

 

[geoherb]

4 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

  Will you be doing a live thread ? 

 

Yes. I plan to start it Tuesday morning when I'm waiting for the shuttle bus to take me to the port from LaGuardia.

[scubacruiserx2]

2 hours ago, geoherb said:

Yes. I plan to start it Tuesday morning when I'm waiting for the shuttle bus to take me to the port from LaGuardia.

 

  We look forward to seeing and reading it .

[scubacruiserx2]

     The Bistro Fontina Mini Tartlet . This was my wife's favorite and she thanked the Chef . He latter brought her the recipe .

 

 

Maitre d'hotel Patricio shows his approval of the Roasted potatoes with Sour Cream and Osetra Cavier  while Chef Naveen describes the preparation of it .

 

 

 

 The Brie Lollipop

 

 

 

One last photo of the amazing under the sea art of vegetable carving and arranging before removing our coats outside and returning to the dining room .

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

 Seated at the table , photo op before we made a mess of the place

 

 

 

 

 

Murano Glass centerpiece reminds us of a Sea Anemone that we saw SCUBA diving on the trip .

 

 

 

[Ellipooh]

Great review and photos.
I’ve not seen that itinerary before, I’m very intrigued. 

[scubacruiserx2]

 Thank you . You sound like us . First we heard about it , next we became very intrigued . Finally we booked it and the other things related to it like plane tickets , hotel rooms for 3 days , etc. and lastly , we're writing about it as we do it , so it's Live   

Edited June 2 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

 If you have an appetite , please bring it to the Chef's Table .

 

 

Synchronized service of the first course

 

 

 

 

The second course

 

 

Second course with Gray Goose gravy ( more gravy please )

 

 

The main course Tenderloin was flambéed but the Rack of Lamb was cooked in the galley .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It was a real pleasure watching an artist like Chef Naveen work . Like seeing Rembrandt paint and not just seeing the finished product .

 

 

 

 

 

 The Cellar Master describing the next wine

 

 

Edited June 2 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

 The cheese course and the Dessert wine

 

 

 

Dessert

 

 

 

 

Choice of the gourmandises

 

 

To the ladies , will you accept this rose ?

 

 

The gentleman got Cook Books . Does this mean I have to cook for my wife ?

 

 

 

 

 

 The price for all of this ? It is just $ 100 p.p. now but it cost more when we had this meal .

Edited June 2 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

  We did do some booking this week . 2 nights in London where we're really looking forward to the Royal Horseguards Hotel across from the London Eye .

 

 

Photo from Wikipedia

 

 We booked the Phantom of the opera for Thursday night . Our video of Unity singing on a cruise .

 

 

 

 

 We choose our favorite Virgin Airline to London this upcoming trip . Business for the flat bed seat on the redeye over and Premium Economy for the day flight return . Photos from Premium Economy .

 

 

Large WC for a plane

 

 

 

 Lunch and a nap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Business Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Clubhouse in London is our favorite and included with Business 

 

 

 Our oldest Grandson was on this trip with us to the Baltic from South Hampton .

 

 

 

 

Up the stairs is a Library and an open area outdoors

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 2 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

 We have not been on Princess for a number of years before Covid . But our last cruise on Princess came for our 44th Anniversary when we saw a room , itinerary and a price that we liked just before the sail date . It was from our home port with no travel expenses so we could afford an upgrade . It was on a newer ship that we have not been on , the Enchanted Princess . So we hopped on the ship and named the thread Some Enchanted Evening .

 

 

  

 So , if you would like a free trip to the Southern Caribbean , you can read about it here :

 

 

 

Edited June 2 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

  I posted the wrong thread for the Enchanted Princess . This is the correct one .

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

 The port of Seydisfjordur , Iceland .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The bus ride to Puffins , Elves and More .