LIVE: Sailing Solo on Sapphire! Cheeky Little Coastal Sep 24-28

[ceilidh1]

I’m always on the prowl (I see where The Tribe’s collective minds went there) for new and interesting drinks . Last week we went for sushi and I tried this crisp, refreshing, Soju infused delight!

[LidoLiz]

Following….as in, we will be following you aboard in Vancouver and staying on through Panama to FLL! (Our medallions arrived today).
 

We plan to board a bit later and miss the crowds, and what a great sailaway time of 11 p.m.!!

[SenatorsFan]

Bring on the fun! Enjoy your cruise. 😄

[Hogladyrider]

It's TIME for some Shenanigans!

[ceilidh1]

34 minutes ago, LidoLiz said:

Following….as in, we will be following you aboard in Vancouver and staying on through Panama to FLL! (Our medallions arrived today).
 

We plan to board a bit later and miss the crowds, and what a great sailaway time of 11 p.m.!!

We need to find one another at a bar...

[ceilidh1]

Well, this may be good or bad! I set a delivery preference to deliver to the post office if we were not home, as packages are constantly stolen from our front patio. I just got this. ***Spoiler…we were not home. Let’s see if there is anything waiting for me when I get there!

[CruzeQueen2]

Hi @ceilidh1 - happy to follow along with you on this sailing. I'll be on Discovery soon!

If possible, and not too much trouble, can you find out the price for a bottle of Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay? I have never been able to purchase this one by the glass...and wonder if I should purchase it ahead in the cruise personalizer in Canadian funds!

Just one of those things I do!

TIA - thanks for taking us along with you. Have fun!

[ceilidh1]

28 minutes ago, CruzeQueen2 said:

Hi @ceilidh1 - happy to follow along with you on this sailing. I'll be on Discovery soon!

If possible, and not too much trouble, can you find out the price for a bottle of Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay? I have never been able to purchase this one by the glass...and wonder if I should purchase it ahead in the cruise personalizer in Canadian funds!

Just one of those things I do!

TIA - thanks for taking us along with you. Have fun!

For sure! If I forget, just give me a nudge…

[ceilidh1]

Now it feels real!

[ceilidh1]

Our collection of fridge magnets from cruises past…(we also have every plastic cruise card from every cruise)

[PescadoAmarillo]

46 minutes ago, ceilidh1 said:

Our collection of fridge magnets from cruises past…(we also have every plastic cruise card from every cruise)

Hello!  G and I wish you Bon Voyage!  As for cruise cards…well, you’ve met him, so this won’t be a surprise. He punched holes in ours and fed them onto two 4” binder rings. They are both fully loaded. And every time I start mentioning new appliances and countertops, he jingles them like pom poms and asks “And how many countries have you been to?”  😆

[ceilidh1]

57 minutes ago, PescadoAmarillo said:

Hello!  G and I wish you Bon Voyage!  As for cruise cards…well, you’ve met him, so this won’t be a surprise. He punched holes in ours and fed them onto two 4” binder rings. They are both fully loaded. And every time I start mentioning new appliances and countertops, he jingles them like pom poms and asks “And how many countries have you been to?”  😆

I hope to one day run into G again (and maybe you, too) on our travels. Such a delightful gent!

[ceilidh1]

I have obviously been under a rock or preoccupied, as I literally just noticed today that our sailaway time from Vancouver is 11pm. I wonder why? It looks as if the ship arrives at the regular time, and it's not like it's a mammoth ship that can't get under the bridge. I would have thought it would be more cost effective to toodle around out in the open ocean than stay docked in Vancouver (first stop is Victoria) but what do I know. It does, of course, mean that limited bars will be open and no shops or casino. I also assume we will have to clear US CBP in San Fran when we disembark, which is ALWAYS a gong show...

[cruisingrob21]

In many ways, the Pinnacle class ships (Koningsdam) represents (in my opinion) a closer evolution of the original princess grand class than the princess royal class ships do.  I always recommend folks that love the grand class ships but avoid the royal class, to try HAL's pinnacle class ships.

[ceilidh1]

Has anyone else ever received this survey? I don’t partake in the casino, but was willing to fill the survey out. Unfortunately, the button was not activated and there was no link attached, so I wasn’t able to. Pretty much sums up Princess IT (Disclaimer: I know this survey wasn’t specifically sent by Princess but it’s their cruise I’m booked on…)

[ceilidh1]

In other IT news, be careful out there…this morning I got an email from my boss (sent from her correct company email address) with a file in our one drive/sharepoint. Nothing at all unusual or suspicious as that is how we always send files and documents within our company. I logged into one drive and within seconds knew it was a scam as I started getting notifications that my account had been accessed from China. I immediately changed my password and let my boss know. It had already gone out to everyone in the company and many staff had clicked/opened. These hackers are getting very clever!

[JGmf]

1 hour ago, ceilidh1 said:

Has anyone else ever received this survey? I don’t partake in the casino, but was willing to fill the survey out. Unfortunately, the button was not activated and there was no link attached, so I wasn’t able to. Pretty much sums up Princess IT (Disclaimer: I know this survey wasn’t specifically sent by Princess but it’s their cruise I’m booked on…)

 

I'm a routine gambler on Princess and get a lot of emails and home mail delivery of casino promotions and offers.  Never got this survey.  Maybe it's geared to learn more and draw newbies into the casino?

[startedwithamouse]

1 hour ago, ceilidh1 said:

Has anyone else ever received this survey? I don’t partake in the casino, but was willing to fill the survey out. Unfortunately, the button was not activated and there was no link attached, so I wasn’t able to. Pretty much sums up Princess IT (Disclaimer: I know this survey wasn’t specifically sent by Princess but it’s their cruise I’m booked on…)

They probably chose the wrong list of recipients?

[cruisingrob21]

20 minutes ago, JGmf said:

 

I'm a routine gambler on Princess and get a lot of emails and home mail delivery of casino promotions and offers.  Never got this survey.  Maybe it's geared to learn more and draw newbies into the casino?

I got the same - I rarely donate to the cruise line (aka use shipboard casinos) so they are apparently trying to get us to.

[ceilidh1]

6 minutes ago, cruisingrob21 said:

I got the same - I rarely donate to the cruise line (aka use shipboard casinos) so they are apparently trying to get us to.

Were you able to click on the button? They forgot to put a link into mine...

[cruisingrob21]

6 minutes ago, ceilidh1 said:

Were you able to click on the button? They forgot to put a link into mine...

yes, it was a survey asking questions about what would make me/you want to spend more time in the casino.

[ceilidh1]

16 minutes ago, cruisingrob21 said:

yes, it was a survey asking questions about what would make me/you want to spend more time in the casino.

Well that’s easy…guaranteed win every time! That’s the only way I would play. I’m not a good loser. Especially if money is involved.

[ceilidh1]

I just realized that receiving the medallion in the mail is equivalent to doing the docs dance! I remember the days we would get a big fat package in the mailbox with luggage tags, boarding passes, etc. That was always a happy dance kind of day!

[TNVolnteerCruiser]

4 hours ago, ceilidh1 said:

Has anyone else ever received this survey? I don’t partake in the casino, but was willing to fill the survey out. Unfortunately, the button was not activated and there was no link attached, so I wasn’t able to. Pretty much sums up Princess IT (Disclaimer: I know this survey wasn’t specifically sent by Princess but it’s their cruise I’m booked on…)

I got one from Carnival and had the same problem.  

[Jenski95]

I'll be seeing you on board 🙂