Thursday, October 10, 2019

Grand Princess 2019 Drydock Video

Here is a very nice, long, narrated video about the Grand Princess during her last drydock in Portland, OR.  Enjoy!


Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Coral Princess - Public Deck Walk-throughs

Below are some time lapse, walk through videos on the public decks of the Coral Princess.
Promenade deck - Back to Front

Promenade Deck - Front to Back


Fiesta Deck - Front to Back


Lido Deck - Back to Front


Sun Deck (and some Lido deck) - Front to Back

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Coral Princess - Trip Report - Final thoughts and more photos


On Friday and Saturday we sailed southbound under sunny skies and 60 degree temps.  With the winds and current coming from the north, we had calm breezes on deck and smooth sailing despite being surrounded by whitecaps.  For much of the journey we were on a parallel course with the Golden Princess and Royal Princess; Princess Cruises should have had a helicopter in the area to take a photo.  Around 1 in the afternoon on Thursday, the Star Princess passed between the Coral and the Golden Princess while heading north bound.  The Golden stayed with us until the evening of the 27th, and then sped up to make a eastbound turn toward San Franciscio.  The Royal stayed far off to our starboard most of the day on the 28th and then continued south as we entered the channel between Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands.  Since both ships were headed to San Pedro, I'm assuming she did this to avoid burning more expensive fuel as she headed well south and then maneuvered back to the east.

This cruise has had a lot of fun activities, great weather, and very good food.  By 6am on Sunday the 29th, we were parked at Pier 93.  We were off the ship by 7:50am, on a coach to LAX by 8:20, and at our gate at LAX by 8:55.  The biggest take away from our voyage was that it re-affirms our belief that the Coral is the best ship in the fleet when it comes to friendlyness of the crew, general uncrowdedness, and variety of outdoor and indoor venues on board.