I wake to the Captain again - really Captain Oliver - this
is getting a little personal with you in my cabin all the time. Well on the speaker that is.
He announces that the high winds hitting the shore will mean
we are not able to safely tender ashore today so the port has been cancelled.
Oh well - we are disappointed but we know they don’t make
these decisions lightly. I am further
impressed when I head down to the Atrium and see so many of the officers out
around the ship in the public areas answering questions people may have about
the missed stop.
People seem to be understanding. It is very windy out there. Last sailing in Princess Cays it was windy
too and I didn’t even go in the water.
Bernie commented the snorkeling was impacted by it too. So today with even higher winds we totally
understand. Also we get a credit of
$18.57 each for the port charges.
A new Patter is put up on the intranet system very quickly
and a new one sheet updated Patter is sent to all the cabins. It still blows me
away at how quickly the ship can get things organized for a day at sea all of a
sudden. Including lunch in the dining
room.
At 9:30 we meet up with Michael and Meg/Neil for breakfast
at Sabatinis. Oh this just is teasing
me! I love this but it is only available
to those in a full suite or someone celebrating a big milestone cruise (75,
100, 125 etc).
After breakfast I head to the Enclave to enjoy my last day
here. It is still relatively quiet, but
I do notice a lot of people allow their friends to come in with them. They just sneak them in. In our ten days on board three different people
have bragged to us about how they just have their friend come in with
them.
I love this Enclave and Bernie REALLY loves it. I think this is something that will be a
possibility for future voyages for us.
Today is also Super Bowl.
There are a lot of events happening focusing on the big game. They are showing the game up on MUTS, in
Vista Lounge, in the Casino and I believe also in Club 6. They are having trivia, tail gate food,
contests, etc. But neither of us watch
American Football so we are not interested.
The weather all day has been windy, intermittent showers and
many are complaining that the ship should show the game in the cabins. But most
are not aware that the ship has to pay for the rights to air the game in certain
areas. Public venues and in your cabin
are two different costs. But in the end
I believe most were happy with the viewing of the game.
We did have to deal with one issue on our bill today. Three nights ago we ordered a bottle of wine
using our Wine Package. The bottle was
$45 and our package had one bottle left of the Silver package. What normally happens is they charge us the $45
and then they credit the $29 for the package a few hours later. But this time no credit appeared even after
three days. We discussed the issue with
Natalya Vityuk and she promised to investigate.
This is the same evening we had the charge for the strawberry daiquiri that
we never ordered and she dealt with.
Later in the day Natalya touched based with us to say that
there was no paper receipt (normally they have me sign a paper with Silver Wine
Package written on it). But I don’t
remember ever signing the paper receipt this time. The Bar Manager usually goes by that receipt
to process the credits. But they are
able to see that we still had one bottle left of the package and processed the
credit.
I love the Wine Package option and it certainly has gotten
easier in the past few years. But I really
wish they would update and make it more technical. Maybe something added to your card
electronically that you can pull up on your account that shows your wine
package when you view your account.
Then you could see what bottles you ordered, where, when and
the cost, and maybe even the savings you earned because you had the
package.
I arranged to meet up with Katherine and Andrea for
Afternoon Tea. Katherine has followed my
blog and now my page and it is lovely to get to know them in person.
Back in the cabin I watch the cooking demo with Federico (Maitre
D’) and David (Executive Chef), boy those two are hilarious. I love that I can watch the cooking shows on the
on demand tv in the cabin.
Dinner is in the dining room where we reflect on the trip
and say good bye to many. Jandri has
been such a joy. We do hope to sail with
her again.
Tonight is Voice of the Ocean and we want to see it only
because Michael is one of the judges again.
Meg and Neil are there and well I would like to say we enjoyed it but
have to say most of the singers were, well…. Hard to sit thru. But I have to commend them, they certainly
were better than I could do but it was like a bad Karaoke. The last two sailings had much better
singers. But I am glad at who one as he
was quite good.
We say goodbye to Michael after the show and promise to keep
in touch and to hopefully get to sail with him again. I am happy to report that the Royal Princess
is my most favorite ship. The crew are
amazing, wonderful, kind, friendly, hard working and well almost any other
adjective to mean superb. I love the
venues on board, the cabins, the food, the entertainment and can’t wait to sail
her again.
Back in the cabin we pack up the last bit of items and put
our final bags out. We gain an hour
tonight.
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