There was a decently large family of Dall's Sheep on the mountain side above Juneau - sort of near the three big ice formations at the very top! It was a pleasure being your Ship Naturalist on the Royal Princess!
That’s interesting about the temperature inside the ship. I’ve been on three Alaska cruises with Princess and we’ve never had that problem before. Maybe there was something wrong with the system, who knows
Did you book the Lyft prior to the cruise or when did you book it? We also are staying an extra night and I don’t walk far well. Thanks! @vicki-spence_nana
Enoyed your video. Cruising on Royal Princess this Saturday (in 3 days!) This will be our first time on Princess. Your likes and dislikes are really helpful with our expectations. Thx!!
Going on this same cruise September 2nd our first cruise ever! This was very helpful!! Interesting to hear that y'all liked the Symphony dining room. Did you ever eat in the other 2 MDR's? Sure hope they have the heat figured out by then or we'll be sleeping with our balcony door open!
I really enjoyed your video. We are taking the same cruise at the end of August. This is our second cruise in 14 years and that one was also Alaska. I was disappointed to hear about the temperature being hot on the ship. My husband always runs hot and he will not be happy about that. Did you mention it to guest services? Are you going to do a video on any excursions you took? Thanks again.
I considered talking to guest services but didn't. We will have a video coming out soon of out time on the White pass summit train ride in Skagway. Keep a look out!
They were decent. My favorite was the duo of Ilse Sandoval and Angelo Luna. Overall, there was a decent range of music and the DJ at night was prett good.
I am traveling on Royal Princess next May, I am blind, and I am traveling with my guide dog. Just us do you have any insight as to how they handle individuals with disabilities at the port, from what I’m hearing the chaos situation has been going on for quite a while in Seattle now that I’ve been listening to RUclips videos.I was wondering if you had some insight for me did you see them people with disabilities or did they all have to wait in those massive lines?
Yes, they were very accomodating with those with disabilities. They will take good care of you. You can always put a note in your booking for this consideration as well.
If you are traveling solo, I would encourage you to reach out to Princess and make sure they know you will be traveling alone. I have heard a few horror stories…….
Concerto, Allegro and Symphony. We were mostly at Symphony since it has open seating. Concerto offers a mix of reservations and open seating. Allegro is for “traditional “ cruising with set times. We only went to Allegro for a wine tasting. It is a little out of the way in my opinion.
Ten of us stayed at the Paramount Seattle. It was in a great location (walking distance to Pike Place). I would stay there again. The other 3 stayed at a bnb at Pike Place.
I'll be on royal princess next year and I hope that a/c is working - I hate being hot. I can't sleep hot. the worst disembarkation I think I've had was port canaveral with NCL - they got us off the ship too early and long long lines in a warehouse to pick up our luggage and no air- so hot and this was early May - and t hen narrow aisles with luggage stacked 3 levels hight on shelves - saw so many a lmost get hit with someone grabbing luggage and swinging it down and total chaos. MSC out of brooklyn cruise terminal was chaotic as well - people saying differnt things then had everyone sitting in one huge area watching the doors open to go aboard- lik ea stampede and rude employees though not sure if msc or the port itself. Princess does boarding the best - they had us sit in groups away from the main door and came and got us and so much smoother.
@@rasberrygetaways it was with NCL as well - lots of looping through one area then another. worse thing though was friend with me wanted to walk from the hotel to the ship since we were 'only half a mile away) - um, 2 big 'cliff's straight down nad so many railroad tracks if a train had come wewouldn't have known which were tracks and which were the areas between!
Unfortunately, there has been a change with access to Alfredo's. It is now a $14.99 surcharge for a three course meal, or priced ala carte. The Princess Plus plan will include 2 "casual" dining meals per voyage. The Premier Plan allows for unlimited included dining at Alfredo's and the other spots deemed Casual dining.
I found alfredos and sabatinis food was not that good (i am a chef).......crown grill on the other hand was excellent.......service was excellent all around.......on our land portion we got shots of denali ( we were told that less than 30 percent actually ever see it due to clouds) .......glacier bay was awesome until a medical emergency and ship had to turn around.......the helicopter ride up to the glacier was second to none......we seen all the wildlife, whales, seals, otters, bears, mountail goats, caribou...........the river boat tour was awesome
There was a decently large family of Dall's Sheep on the mountain side above Juneau - sort of near the three big ice formations at the very top! It was a pleasure being your Ship Naturalist on the Royal Princess!
We had a great time!
Hey now, I did see a white mountain goat! A pinprick even with binoculars. Great video!!!!
Thanks Jan!
That’s interesting about the temperature inside the ship. I’ve been on three Alaska cruises with Princess and we’ve never had that problem before. Maybe there was something wrong with the system, who knows
I feel like they were having an issue during the cruise. Not sure
EXTREMELY HELPFUL
Thanks!
Thnx for the video very helpful!
No problem!
Did you book the Lyft prior to the cruise or when did you book it? We also are staying an extra night and I don’t walk far well. Thanks! @vicki-spence_nana
Yes, we booked out Lyft the day prior and scheduled the pickup. It is very simple on the app.
balconies= $$$ noisey bright ..weve done 5 alaskans n always inside!! we go on- deck to see& watch scenery wildlife etc.
Thanks for watching the video!
Enoyed your video. Cruising on Royal Princess this Saturday (in 3 days!) This will be our first time on Princess. Your likes and dislikes are really helpful with our expectations. Thx!!
Have fun!
Thank you so much! Would love to hear about yoyr trip!
I’m doing this cruise 7/22 so excited
Enjoy! Thanks for watching.
Booked this for next year. We are going on R.P. because it is going to BOTH Glacier Bay and Skagway, which is hard to find.
Thanks for watching!
Going on this same cruise September 2nd our first cruise ever! This was very helpful!! Interesting to hear that y'all liked the Symphony dining room. Did you ever eat in the other 2 MDR's? Sure hope they have the heat figured out by then or we'll be sleeping with our balcony door open!
We also ate at the Concerto I belive for breakfast. It was great! I would imagine the heat has been corrected by now. Thanks for watching!
@@rasberrygetaways thank you!
Your welcome! Good luck on your cruise.
I really enjoyed your video. We are taking the same cruise at the end of August. This is our second cruise in 14 years and that one was also Alaska. I was disappointed to hear about the temperature being hot on the ship. My husband always runs hot and he will not be happy about that. Did you mention it to guest services? Are you going to do a video on any excursions you took? Thanks again.
I considered talking to guest services but didn't. We will have a video coming out soon of out time on the White pass summit train ride in Skagway. Keep a look out!
Did you ever post your video on what to pack for your Alaska cruise? If you did I can’t find it. We are headed there this May.
We should have one soon. We are in the process of a move so we are behind.
Lovely weather 😊 May I know when was your cruise date pls?
June 10 to June 17th of this year.
What were the live bands like? Were they playing danceable music?
They were decent. My favorite was the duo of Ilse Sandoval and Angelo Luna. Overall, there was a decent range of music and the DJ at night was prett good.
I am traveling on Royal Princess next May, I am blind, and I am traveling with my guide dog. Just us do you have any insight as to how they handle individuals with disabilities at the port, from what I’m hearing the chaos situation has been going on for quite a while in Seattle now that I’ve been listening to RUclips videos.I was wondering if you had some insight for me did you see them people with disabilities or did they all have to wait in those massive lines?
Yes, they were very accomodating with those with disabilities. They will take good care of you. You can always put a note in your booking for this consideration as well.
If you are traveling solo, I would encourage you to reach out to Princess and make sure they know you will be traveling alone. I have heard a few horror stories…….
I believe the embarkation and disembarkation issues are caused by the port of Seattle personnel.
That's what I assumed. Thanks for watching.
After you made this video Princess came out with a new App. Sorry to say, it was not an improvment.
LOL. Of Course!!! Thanks for watching!
That's really helpful
Glad you think so!
For your embark - were you in the green lane status? Or did you have to show docs there?
Yes, we were green. We showed our docs right before steppping on the ship.
What are the names of the MDR's. We are first time Princess Cruisers and Senior Citizens, all of this online things are challenging to us 🧐🙃😀
Concerto, Allegro and Symphony. We were mostly at Symphony since it has open seating. Concerto offers a mix of reservations and open seating.
Allegro is for “traditional “ cruising with set times. We only went to Allegro for a wine tasting. It is a little out of the way in my opinion.
Where did 13 of you stay in Seattle for overnight accommodations please?
There will be 10 of us.
Ten of us stayed at the Paramount Seattle. It was in a great location (walking distance to Pike Place). I would stay there again. The other 3 stayed at a bnb at Pike Place.
Thank you so much, enjoyed you two this am
Any body going Sept 7 2024 north bound out of Vancouver?
Sorry. Thanks for watching!
@@rasberrygetaways um thanks.
Yes!!! So excited
I'll be on royal princess next year and I hope that a/c is working - I hate being hot. I can't sleep hot. the worst disembarkation I think I've had was port canaveral with NCL - they got us off the ship too early and long long lines in a warehouse to pick up our luggage and no air- so hot and this was early May - and t hen narrow aisles with luggage stacked 3 levels hight on shelves - saw so many a lmost get hit with someone grabbing luggage and swinging it down and total chaos. MSC out of brooklyn cruise terminal was chaotic as well - people saying differnt things then had everyone sitting in one huge area watching the doors open to go aboard- lik ea stampede and rude employees though not sure if msc or the port itself. Princess does boarding the best - they had us sit in groups away from the main door and came and got us and so much smoother.
We thought Seattle was a little chaotic.
@@rasberrygetaways it was with NCL as well - lots of looping through one area then another. worse thing though was friend with me wanted to walk from the hotel to the ship since we were 'only half a mile away) - um, 2 big 'cliff's straight down nad so many railroad tracks if a train had come wewouldn't have known which were tracks and which were the areas between!
Unfortunately, there has been a change with access to Alfredo's. It is now a $14.99 surcharge for a three course meal, or priced ala carte. The Princess Plus plan will include 2 "casual" dining meals per voyage. The Premier Plan allows for unlimited included dining at Alfredo's and the other spots deemed Casual dining.
That's a bummer to hear!
I found alfredos and sabatinis food was not that good (i am a chef).......crown grill on the other hand was excellent.......service was excellent all around.......on our land portion we got shots of denali ( we were told that less than 30 percent actually ever see it due to clouds) .......glacier bay was awesome until a medical emergency and ship had to turn around.......the helicopter ride up to the glacier was second to none......we seen all the wildlife, whales, seals, otters, bears, mountail goats, caribou...........the river boat tour was awesome
Thanks for sharing! Our favorite was Glacier Bay!
The APP is the WORST!!
I’m in software development, the app is terrible. I want to give them my company’s card, ha
You should!! Lol.