Sky Princess - Embarkation Day - Our first ever Princess Cruise!!!

[@annirvin6555]

Mark is so like Phil Tufnell.

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

😂 He's never been likened to Phil Tufnell before! He's been called Tim Peake though 😂

[@jade291000]

We did the fjords in may on brittania .but this is two weeks round the med 😅

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Lovely 😊 We did the Fjords on Iona in April and loved it. We’re off on MSC World Europa at the end of the year and cannot wait. We booked the cruise use for the ship 😂 It goes around the med as well and we not done much of the western med before so we’ll be stopping at 4 ports we’ve not been to and visiting two new countries 😍

[@jade291000]

Loved it goin on the ship in september

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

How fabulous!! Are you doing Scandinavia this or the Fjords? Have you been on a cruise before? Thank you so much for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@jools5231]

Thanks for a great vlog. We have had the same idea with an internal cabin and then purchasing the Premier package. I'm really looking forward to watching your other vlogs new and old.

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@jools5231 Hi Jools, thank you so much 😊 We usually always go for an inside cabin (outside if the price is any different) so that yes we’re ultimately saving money for everything else. We did look at the price of a balcony but Mark always says we could have another cruise for the price of that 🤣 Have you been on a Princess Cruise before or are you thinking about going on one? Thank you for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@StephenEscott-tg9xc]

Absolutely love princess, was our, 1st ever cruise. The ship is amazing

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@StephenEscott-tg9xc We absolutely loved it too - we booked the cruise for the itinerary so have no expectations for the ship but had heard Princess was a good cruise line and Sky exceeded our expectations. Where did you go for your first cruise? Thank you for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@StephenEscott-tg9xc]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark we did Copenhagen it was amazing.

[@soniauk4284]

So good to see a new sky Princess vlog XX I'm going in November for a two week Mediterranean cruise with my dad. I hope you had a good cruise - I can't wait 😊

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Sonia 👋🏻 Thank you so much ☺️ We had a fabulous time, booked the cruise for the itinerary and Sky Princess and the cruise line itself exceeded our expectations 😍 How exciting!! It'll come round quickly but we do love the build up to an upcoming cruise - we have one in November too in the med but on MSC!! It's going to be fab!! Thank you for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@Ian-xg9cv]

Hi both, we really enjoyed your vlog. We were on our first ever cruise on Sky with you back in June. Seeing the ship again brought back many happy memories. We spent quite a few relaxing hours listening to the fabulous violinists and Asian Soul whilst propping up the bar in Vines! The sail away from Stockholm was the highlight for us. We're looking forward to your next update. Happy cruising 🍷

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Ian, thank you so much ☺️ That's fabulous that you were on your first Princess one too!! Wasn't it such a great cruise and the ship was so lovely and just everything was really good 😊 So glad it bought back some memories for you, that's what nice about these vlogs ☺️ I am currently working on the Stockholm vlog and agree that it was a lovely sail away, we thought it was better than Olden in Norway actually. Thank you for watching and for your comment, take care - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@Ian-xg9cv]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark Hi again Amanda & Mark, we're just planning our second cruise and Princess is most definitely an option. However after watching your vlogs from P&O IONA and MSC EURIBIA we'd be very interested to hear your views (when you have time) of how the 3 cruise lines compare based on your experience. We thought the food and service in the MDRs on SKY was very good but it looks like you enjoyed the other ships as well. Do you have a favourite? Kind regards, Ian & Sarah 🙏

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@Ian-xg9cv Hi both, now thats a difficult one!! 9 times out of 10 we book the cruise for the itinerary but Iona was booked for the ship when we went in January as originally we should have been on her in January 2022 so wanted to make sure we went on her and it worked out well with NYE. She is a lovely ship and we have had family members go on her lots of times and she is a popular choice for the Norwegian Fjords, and the prices for P&O are so reasonable. The food was always pretty good, the Keel & Cow especially and we liked the cinema and the pick n mix 🤣 MSC Euribia was booked again for the ship as she was new and we’d never been on MSC before so wanted to try them out plus it was, again, a very reasonably priced cruise. We loved the galleria, the glitzy staircases, the Big Band in the carousel lounge, all the tech and much more. We ate in the MDR mostly and liked that we had an allocated table and we got on really well with our table mates and our waiter was really good. Princess as you know was booked a year in advance for the itinerary but we really loved the ship. We think that Princess is a higher quality ship/service than the other two and we enjoyed the luxury, for us of the Premier Package. We didn’t overly enjoy the food in the MDRs but liked all the specialities, Alfredos, the buffet etc. We also liked all the entertainment that was on offer - we found it difficult to choose what to do!! We have booked MSC World Europa for the Ship later this year and just happen to be going to the Med 😍 I think it will depend where you want to go mostly but we enjoyed the experience or cruising from Southampton as well for our last 4 cruises - the next one is a fly cruise. If we had to pick one of these three again it would be hard because of the reasons we use to chose our cruises but after all that rambling on we think it would be ……. Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas 🤣😂 She is our favourite ship and we would love to go on her again one day especially on another transatlantic to the Caribbean. If you haven’t tried RC then they are worth a try. Sorry, thats not very helpful is it but we would happily go on all three ships again if the price was right 😉. If you need any help choosing a cruise we have a little travel agents business and would be more than happy to look at some cruises for you - we’re on Facebook and Instagram - Dymond Travel. Have a great week and thanks for asking us a really difficult question to answer 😍

[@Ian-xg9cv]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark Thank you for such a comprehensive response. We now have lots of cruise options to consider 🙂 Wishing you every success with Dymond Travel which we are now following on Facebook & Instagram

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@Ian-xg9cv Hi Ian, you’re very welcome and thank you so much for the follows - hopefully you’ll see something that takes your fancy 😉

[@ArnieRelffe-Arnold]

Hi Guys. I've been looking forward to you cruising again so much. Great fun as always. Can't wait for more. Happy Anniversary to you both and Happy Birthday Amanda! x

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Arnie, thank you so much, thats such a lovely thing to say! We really appreciate your support so thank you for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@takethetwistyroad]

It’s a cumberbund. What do I win 😂😂, Mark needs to up his quiz question game. Great first video of this series. Cannot wait to see the destinations..

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@takethetwistyroad Mark said you’ve won an ivory cumberbund and we’ll let you have it when we come to plant trees 🤣🤣 Thank you for watching both - I’m looking forward to getting next week’s video out to show off our first destinations - Amanda 😍

[@awrsl]

Great to see you both on a cruise again. We are on Sky Princess 2nd November for two weeks. On the Good Food Show at sea cruise! Will look forward to your further adventures on Sky princess!

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Awhh thank you so much 😊 I was super excited for this one and couldn't wait for it to come around!! She was such a lovely ship and we were very impressed with the cruise line. Have you been with Princess before or will this be you first time? We actually got chatting to a couple on my birthday who will be doing that same cruise too!! Thank you for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@awrsl]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark Great to hear from you. We have been on Sky Princess but it was one of those quick seacations ones just after covid, so things may be a little different to what we experienced. Oh and belated Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary. Looking forward to your next instalment!

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@awrsl Fabulous! You’ll have a brilliant time and it’s down to Spain and Portugal isn’t it?? We did a cruise on P&O Iona that way in January and really enjoyed all the ports especially Gibraltar and Lisbon. Enjoy yourselves 🤩

[@gatersontour]

Happy Birthday and happy anniversary. Whar a beautiful ship. Its nice to spoil yourselves . We are looking at going on a cruise with our daughter and her family not sure which cruise yet but so looking forward to this. Thanks for sharing

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Awhh thank you so much ☺️ She definitely was a beautiful ship, so much more than we expected as we'd booked this cruise for the itinerary 🚢 If you ever need any help booking a cruise then head over to our Dymond Travel page on Instagram and we'll be more than happy to help you 😊 We absolutely love cruising and our little travel business has only been open for 5 months and we've booked subscribers of ours onto their very first cruise which is so exciting!! Thank you for watching and have a great week - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@gatersontour]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark just watching your Copenhagen one now!! Looks amazing

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

It was and Happy Anniversary by the way! Hope you've had a great day!!

[@juliegough350]

Hi Amanda and Mark great vlog as always these cruises look amazing i need to conquer my fear and try one, you always seem to have a great time and the food looks amazing. Look forward to seeing more, take care see you soon i hope xx

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Julie, thank you so much ☺️ We just love them, they really are a great way to see different parts of the world 🌍 You should definitely give one a go and if you ever need help finding one that would alleviate your fears then give us a shout! We started our travel business 4 months ago and have already booked two lots of cruise newbies on the first cruises which are both to the Norwegian Fjords - an ideal location for a first cruise 😉 See you next week when we're in Denmark 🇩🇰 xx

[@TreesVerwoerd]

So nice to see you two on a cruise again! The Princess ship looked like old skool cruising.....we love that! (Except the shower curtain😉) Lovely to see how much you are enyoing everything, we have to wait "only" 38 days for our cruise to Denmark, Sweden and Norway on HAL. Looking forward to the next video.

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Trees, hope you're well and how exciting - not too long to wait now!! We'd agree with you about it being old school cruising - she definitely felt that way but had all the techy stuff making it more modern and up to date! Where are you stopping in those countries? Working on our Denmark video hopefully for this weekend 🤞🏻 Thanks for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@48counties19]

That's whetted our appetites just a little bit more 😃

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

I'm really am so excited for you!! You'll be going on a ship we've not been on .... yet 😜

[@48counties19]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark ha ha!! I'll watch that space!! 🧐😃

[@GeraldineOrsmond]

We are on Sky Princess next year with some friends and really looking forward to it. We are going around the Med. This will be our 3rd cruise. Hope you both had a brilliant cruise. Happy Birthday and anniversary. Found vlog helpful.

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Geraldine 👋🏻 You will love it, were your previous cruises on Princess or another cruise line? The med will be lovely ☺️ We've done various ports in and around the med and we're going again in November but to 4 ports we've not been to before so that will be nice 😊 Glad you found it help and thank you so much for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@GeraldineOrsmond]

@@AdventureswithAmandaandMark We have been on Iona and Anthem of the seas, this will be or 3rd cruise 😀

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@GeraldineOrsmond Awhh we have been on those two as well! We went on Iona twice this year in fact, she’s a lovely ship although we really like Anthem for everything she has onboard (Independence was one of our favourites 😍). All 3 ships are quite different so that’s nice that you are getting to try them out. We still haven’t decided which cruise line we like best and Sky Princess was our 12th together and my 15th (Amanda). Still lots more to try though 🤣

[@Talesofhakuna]

Happy birthday

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Thank you so much ☺️ Seems a while ago now though - thank you for watching 😍

[@Sillyworld82]

My wife and I will be on the Sky Princess in February 2025 in the Caribbean 🎉 It will be for my wife's birthday as well and I can't wait 🎂

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Damien, how fabulous!! Have you been onboard Sky before or even on a cruise before? We've been to the Caribbean a few times and all the islands are so lovely - hoping to go next year too! Make sure to put that it's your wife's birthday on your princess app and let reception know and we'd highly recommend booking a table at the Catch by Rudi for a meal (you should get a birthday cake too 😉). Thank you for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@Sillyworld82]

@AdventureswithAmandaandMark This will be our second cruise. The first was on Royal Caribbean's Navagator of the Seas through the Mexican Riviera.

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Ooh that sounds nice - is that anywhere near Cozumel and Belize? We've done a couple with Royal Caribbean and loved both ships 🚢

[@Sillyworld82]

@AdventureswithAmandaandMark it was the west side of Mexico, so Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta.

[@StephenEscott-tg9xc]

A tip if doing a princess. To work out how much things cost, you always divide by 3 and then times by 2 ,

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@StephenEscott-tg9xc Hmmm 🤨 I think you might have to explain that to us as we’re a bit confused!

[@StephenEscott-tg9xc]

@AdventureswithAmandaandMark on the princess ships everything is on dollars. To work out what you pay in English pounds. For example If u buy something for $90 dollars You divide it by3 Then times it buy 2 Then it works out to £60

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@StephenEscott-tg9xcAh ok, yeah we’ve been on a few ships where its dollars - Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. It was weird going on MSC last year when everything was priced in Euros. We didn’t have to worry too much about the exchange rate on this cruise as we had $400 of Onboard Credit but thank you for explaining it, we will try and remember that for future cruises 😍

[@sheilaUK]

what a great vlog! new subscriber here looking forward so much to seeing the rest of your cruise and hoping I might see myself in the background as I was also on this cruise!!! shame I didn’t get to meet you, what a lovely vlog -looking forward to watching all the others as also love motorhoming! 😊😊

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

Hi Shiela!l 👋🏻 Oh my goodness what's the chances of that!! Thank you so much for subscribing, we really appreciate that and so happy that you love motorhoming too 🤩. We seem to have done more cruising in the last six months and have another one in 4 months but the it's going to be all about Millie the Motorhome 🚐 Did you enjoy the cruise and the itinerary? We loved it and Sky was so much more than we expected!! Have you cruised before? Thank you so much for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍

[@sheilaUK]

yes Been on Sky before and also done two with Saga (totally fabulous!) I did have a motor home too but have arthritis and couldn’t manage it! Fave you tube channel is “Life is too short” love a bit of Carol and Ken! Loving yours already. Thank you my dave port def Helsinki got soaked in Tallinn 😂😂😂

[@sheilaUK]

Fave not Dave😮

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

@@sheilaUK Now I keep saying to Mark we’ll be able to go on a Saga Cruise as he’s 55 but never hear much about them - will have to check them out! We liked Tallinn and said we will have to go back and explore more as obviously the weather wasn’t good to start with, thankfully we didn’t get soaked 🤣 Helsinki, I don’t think we did it justice - think we were a bit tired out 🥱 Thank you so much for your lovely comments though and we hope you enjoy all our future vlogs - Amanda and Mark 😍

[@shaunmccrudden3287]

Do u know about the bingo days and cost if you know

[@AdventureswithAmandaandMark]

We haven't done bingo on a cruise for years but we actually did on this one on the last day as we had OBC to use up - I'm sure it was $29 for one set of 4 games 🤔 They also had tablets you could pay extra for. Thanks for watching - Amanda & Mark 😍