What we LOVED and HATED about our EMERALD PRINCESS CRUISE to New England and Canada!!!!

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@donnareese4040 5 ай бұрын

Just left an amazing week on the Princess Emerald. Everything you said is so true! I LOVED this cruise line and will return.

@laurieGaryCruise 5 ай бұрын

@@donnareese4040 that’s wonderful. So glad you had an incredible vacation.

@richardgotshall2703 6 ай бұрын

I love that the promenade deck wraps around the entire ship (with some stairs). It’s a nicer walk than using the shorter jogging track.

@laurieGaryCruise 6 ай бұрын

@@richardgotshall2703 yessss.

@timeisnow777 5 ай бұрын

Ty great review, we have a 16 day Hawaiian cruise scheduled on the Emerald.

@laurieGaryCruise 5 ай бұрын

@@timeisnow777 that sounds HEAVENLY!!!!

@paula6093 7 ай бұрын

Hi! I just discovered your channel. Glad to hear you loved the Emerald Princess. We are boarding that ship in September for New England/Canada. This will be our first Princess cruise. Thanks for the info y’all! We’re from the south “y’all” lol)

@laurieGaryCruise 7 ай бұрын

Have the most wonderful cruise! Hope you love it as much as we did!!!

@MarilynMcphail 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your review. We are sailing on the Emerald Princess in February for a bucket list Panama Canal cruise!

@laurieGaryCruise 3 ай бұрын

@@MarilynMcphail hope you have a wonderful time!!!!!

@casinorevelers Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video! We are sailing on Emerald princess this summer. I am all ready for my sundae now! :)

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

It’s soooooo good!!!!

@SMtWalkerS Жыл бұрын

You two are funny! I will probably never do a cruise and I am stuck at home most of the time. I like to watch travel videos to do some vicarious travelling. I'd like to see video diaries of your meals, port experiences, ship experiences. You two make quite the energetic, comic duo!

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

I (we) hope you do get to cruise eventually if it’s something you’d like to do! We are going on a 2 week cruise vacation coming up and as soon as we are back I will post loads of videos about it!

@senorasarahCDMX 8 ай бұрын

I love the background pic of Gary with the icecream XD YES!

@laurieGaryCruise 8 ай бұрын

Gary SCREAMS for ICE CREAM!!!😂😂😂

@RobertBloom-e9t Жыл бұрын

You both are making me want to go on this cruise!

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!!

@sherricassady873 11 ай бұрын

We have a10 day, Caribbean, booked on the Emerald Princess coming up in April. Thank you for the info. Happy cruising 🛳 😊

@laurieGaryCruise 11 ай бұрын

Have an amazing trip!

@teresah5318 Жыл бұрын

We took a 2019 - 2020 (Christmas & New Years) on the Emerald Princess. Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles through the Panama Canal. We were having such a good time that I thought what a great way to kick off 2020! It was a wonderful (although hot & humid) cruise. Staff, food, entertainment was all top notch. We will be on her again doing a back-to-back in February. Carribean circle then the Panama Canal to LA. Thanks for sharing your opinion.

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

We did the Panama Canal on the Caribbean Princess (just to and from Fort Lauderdale) and had a great time as well! I think I like the Emerald Princess better as a ship. They are similar but there was just something about the Emerald! Have an amazing February Cruise!!!!

@kathik 10 ай бұрын

@@laurieGaryCruise Might you offer +/- insight on your P. Canal voyage, please? Our date for this is in November. I know what to Invision from the ship thanks to this video. Now, onto anything you care to share from sea days, the crossing, ports etc. Thank you!

@laurieGaryCruise 10 ай бұрын

@@kathik If you watch all of our vlogs I feel like we capture the experience pretty well. I don't know if you are going to the same ports as we did. We bought a lot of excursions and I'm glad we did because most of the ports didn't have much to do directly off of the ship. However the wait time to go to the excursion was unhinged. If I could go back in time I'd get to every excursion meet up time on the ship at the last second because there was almost always another 30-60 minutes to wait. I'd also come prepared with breakfast and coffee from the International Cafe so I could at least enjoy something while I was waiting. I love sea days with Princess Cruise Lines because they have so many included movies on demand. Also 2 main pool area's and an adults only one on the back of the ship. Always so many lounge chairs available for sun. It's a great cruise! Enjoy!

@brucebreault6328 Жыл бұрын

Just missed you we were there October 7 -14 . Embarkation was an absolute breeze so was self debarkation . We had reservations at the Michelangelo every night except the one night we went to Sabatinis! The staff was excellent in both places,the staff throughout the ship was great. I do have a couple negatives. The specialty coffees the premium desserts ice cream cones and slices of pizza were all at the same place so lines were intertwined and a little bit confusing of who was in line for what!!Also this is bit nitpicking but you can get 2 ($12.00)premium desserts on the Princess plus for free but a ice cream sandwich you’re charged 3 dollars and a scoop of gelato cost 1.50 . It would be nice if the casual restaurants would open at 1 on sea days and lastly it would be nice if they would put in the Princess plus cabins the location of where the casual restaurant the juice bar and where you can get the premium deserts are located.

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

If you watch our VLOG posts from this cruise we actually did had an issue with THE SPECIALTY DESSERT WAIT! You are right, the line WAS too long cause everything was in the same spot and when the dessert order came up they called by name and not room number……well, my “real” name is Lauren and they called my name after about a 30 minute wait……well guess what, a woman says her name is Lorraine (they sound similar) and she’s been waiting for 20 minutes and they were hers! Without waiting for us to make sure the names were correct sure enough she took my desserts. Guess what! They were mine! I then had to wait another 30 minutes to get ours because they were sooooo backed up. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY!!!!!! I forgot to mention that incident in our dislikes.😂

@jeffreyjohns4558 Жыл бұрын

You are both so fun!

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

Why thank you sir!!!!!

@kenlehigh6363 11 ай бұрын

Great video! My wife and i are going on the Emerald in may for a carribbean cruise. We are really looking forward to it. The last and only cruise we've been on was for our honeymoon in 1998. Things sure have changed since then with technology and all. We appreciate the positive feedback. Are you sure your from Manhattan? I would have thought SoCal with the accents. 😊

@laurieGaryCruise 11 ай бұрын

Have an amazing cruise! Things are definitely different than 98!😍 Im from NY, Gary is from Indiana originally but I lived in Los Angeles for 5 years so maybe the accent stuck!😄

@Olga-ni4jq 10 ай бұрын

@kenlehigh6363 are you sailing on May 20?

@kenlehigh6363 10 ай бұрын

@@Olga-ni4jqYep

@laurieGaryCruise 10 ай бұрын

@@Olga-ni4jq as of now, no plans for cruising in May…..but you never know.

@kenlehigh6363 10 ай бұрын

@@Olga-ni4jq yes on may 20th

@wildmanjac1 5 күн бұрын

Leaving on Feb 28th for 12 days with a partial thru the Panama Canal on the Emerald. Just did a 7 day on the Sun, and although it's a magnificent ship, I probably won't do another cruise on one of those giant ships again. It took over an hour of standing in line to just get on board. Now that was at Port Everglades. Just too many people as far as I'm concerned.I thought the crew was nice but not as friendly or as cordial as those on some of the other Princess ships. I think because they're much smaller the crew has the opportunity to gt to know you a little better and be3come a little friendlier. With 4000 passengers on board I think you are just another customer and I don't find that on the smaller ships. I also did the Beyond ( Celebrity ) and felt the same way when the cruise was over. Anyway, thanks for your review. All the best.

@laurieGaryCruise 5 күн бұрын

@@wildmanjac1 good to know. We are doing our first Edge Class cruise with Celebrity in a few months. It will be interesting to see the differences. We also have been anxious to get on the Sun but that’s a shame to hear the crew is not as nice. We did a Panama Canal cruise on the Caribbean Princess. It was cool going through the Canal and their lectures/information was good but we had multiple poor excursion experiences with them on that specific cruise.

@wildmanjac1 2 күн бұрын

@@laurieGaryCruise I was a bit fearful about he excursions around trhe Canal so I not planned any. I'll say that you may haw a completely different experience as I'm sure the majority of the crew will have changed by the tme you board. But I wish you well and have a great trip.

@DH-qz2so 10 ай бұрын

Just returned home from Emerald Princess/Panama...was a good time...food and service was really really good... Medallion worked great! Grand Cayman was cancelled due to weather...so that was a bummer....

@laurieGaryCruise 10 ай бұрын

So sorry you had a port cancelled but my fave thing about Princess is just watching movies on SEA DAYS!!!!💖

@cruisecrazy7066 3 ай бұрын

Were you actually on the ship? I don't see the ship, just You, in front of a projected backdrop.

@laurieGaryCruise 3 ай бұрын

@@cruisecrazy7066 yes. We have full vlog videos from the cruise as well.

@richardgotshall2703 6 ай бұрын

Where would you suggest we go for a lobster roll? We sail from Quebec City at the end of September.

@laurieGaryCruise 6 ай бұрын

@@richardgotshall2703 I can’t give you a good answer. I got a good lobster roll from a stand in Newport Rhode Island but Im more of a whol3 lobster kinda girl!

@rexnelson9728 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your response

@jennifermtinez Жыл бұрын

Hi! Loved your videos of the emerald princess, planning to sail on her soon. Would you say it’s worth it to book Princess with just the standard fare? Does the medallion still work, and can you just order alcohol drinks a la carte?

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

The medallions work really well! If you plan on drinking and using wifi PRINCESS PLUS is the way to go. Gary and I are not big drinkers but we definitely made our money back in lattes.

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

Also yes you can order drinks ala cart.

@billdea8963 Жыл бұрын

Love the movies on demand. Pause to go to get something to eat and resume later.

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

Yeaaaas!

@michaeldigirolamo1600 11 ай бұрын

We are going on the Emerald Princess early July for a 11 day cruise.( Quebec to Boston ) My wife and I did a Alaska Cruise last summer on the Crown Princess, and everything was wonderful. My only issue was that I felt that the entertainment was geared for a much older guests. The performers were very good, but I felt it was for a MUCH older crowd. My wife and I are in our 50's, and I thought it was catered to more guests in the 70s and 80s. What was your thoughts on their Entertainment?

@laurieGaryCruise 11 ай бұрын

We enjoyed 2 of the 3 main stage shows and felt like they were geared to people of all ages. There was no Karaoke on our sailing which we would have enjoyed. I think there was a good magician. Because this cruise was at a port almost every day I think there was less entertainment than normal. This was one of the most exhausting cruises we’ve ever been on simply because the Ports were so great and there was so much to do on land.

@lisanance3569 Жыл бұрын

Did you like the MDR for breskfast and lunch? Also how did you have an appt for embarkcation?

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

When you Check In before the cruise you will get an embarkation time. We arrived earlier and didn’t have to wait at all. Main Dining Room was excellent every meal. Only thing we didn’t like which I didn’t mention in the video because it was actually not as bad on this cruise as our Caribbean Princess Cruise was MAIN DINING ROOM MEAL TIMES! In other words…..:the service was good but a few times, very slow! Our first night it took 90 minutes from the time we were seated to leaving even though we purposely didn’t order too much……but that was nothing compared to a 2 and a half hour dinner on the Caribbean Princess so I guess…..progress????

@frankprospector115 Жыл бұрын

I was on Emerald 14Oct-21Oct 2023. Loved it. One thing I loved that you didn’t mention was the international cafe. The food there was great. I also liked the entertainment in the Wheelhouse bar. Went there every night after the shows.

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

@@frankprospector115 we do love the International Cafe BUT it wasn’t as good this time as on the Caribbean Princess hence not our fave.

@scotthanson6439 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. My wife and I will be on the Emerald in 23 days and have the Princess Plus package. It comes with 150 minutes each of wi-fi, but my wife, at least will need more. We don't want to pay for the Premium as the others benefits would go unused. I heard somewhere it is best to upgrade after being onboard but before your minutes run out. Can you or anyone on this board comment on this?

@laurieGaryCruise 9 ай бұрын

I am confused because I am pretty sure Princess Plus includes unlimited wifi. It was that way for us on our cruise and that was after they had made the previous package changes. Are you 100% sure?

@scotthanson6439 9 ай бұрын

That’s what I remeber when we booked. I hope I’m wrong.

@laurieGaryCruise 9 ай бұрын

@@scotthanson6439 I’m interested to know cause we are sailing Princess Plus on Island Princess in June and to my knowledge it includes unlimited wifi.

@scotthanson6439 9 ай бұрын

@@laurieGaryCruise reading thru the Princess site's material, it appears the 150 minute limit is for the basic booking. The Plus and Premier then go unlimited. That's what I'm hoping for.

@laurieGaryCruise 9 ай бұрын

@@scotthanson6439 I’m pretty sure that unlimited it what it is!!!🎉🎉🎉

@eddrey8411 Жыл бұрын

I will be cruising on the Emerald Princess soon. Glad to know you had no complaints. 👍 I am hoping for a great time!! 🤞😁⛴🎉

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

I hope you have an incredible cruise. If you think of it drop us a comment letting us know if you had as good a time as us.

@sherricassady873 11 ай бұрын

Will you be on the emerald princess to Princess Cays, St. Thomas, St. marten, St. kitts, Antigua and Tortola, at the end of April would you? We will be on the Emerald Princess for that run. I can't wait. 😊

@laurieGaryCruise 11 ай бұрын

@@sherricassady873 we are on a Celebrity Cruise right now then doing the Island Princess to Canada in June and early July.

@patriciaseldin4585 6 ай бұрын

Take it from Fort Lauderdale in May to the Carribean. It sucks. They forget to order everything for the Specialty Coffee Bar. I am trying other lines. This comes from a Platinum Member. I am going on Celebrity, We don't do less than 10day and my Canadian Friends agree.

@laurieGaryCruise 6 ай бұрын

@@patriciaseldin4585 wow! Well, we love Princess but I think Celebrity is our fave so hope you enjoy.💖

@patriciaseldin4585 6 ай бұрын

@laurieGaryCruise , I know. Princess was our Favorite. We do have Sun Booked. November, but even the top of ship is closed so I don't know how that is going to be changed. But I am hopeful.

@laurieGaryCruise 6 ай бұрын

@@patriciaseldin4585 dying to cruise the SUN. All booked up with cruises for the next year though. Maybe 2026.

@Cruiseview 6 ай бұрын

The only thing I don't like about princess is their shower curtains. I wish they would switch to doors. Those curtains tend to stick to you as you shower. Otherwise everything on the Emerald was great.

@laurieGaryCruise 6 ай бұрын

Don’t their newer ships have doors? We dislike curtains too.

@Cruiseview 6 ай бұрын

@@laurieGaryCruise I think the Sun Princess is the first to have doors. I was on the Enchanted Princess that is a newer ship and it also has curtains.

@laurieGaryCruise 6 ай бұрын

@@Cruiseview oy vay Princess!🤦‍♀️

@rexnelson9728 Жыл бұрын

We are going on a 14 day cruise to the Canal. They are asking $245.00/person gratuity, seems a bit spendy? Do the passengers pay the employees wages?

@laurieGaryCruise Жыл бұрын

The employees don’t make the best wages and the gratuities are divided by multiple staff members. $245 for a 14 day cruise is only $17.50 a day which is shared money. It’s annoying and of course we all wish people made livable wages but we always not only pay gratuities but tip our room attendant on top of that if they are good to us (which…..we’ve never had a bad one in all of our cruises.)

@timeisnow777 5 ай бұрын

We tip extra too. Our feeling is if you can't afford to tip then maybe you shouldn't cruise. The crew works their butts off to make sure your cruise is enjoyable.

@donnalichtfuss7527 9 ай бұрын

For our last princess cruise we had the plus package. We bought our tickets/plus package the summer previously. Princess added the ice cream to the package later but would not honor it to us because 'we already bought the package before adding the ice cream'. Makes no sense. When we questioned it, their answer was..." How would you like to upgrade your package?". Really?

@laurieGaryCruise 9 ай бұрын

That’s truly awful customer service. When they changed the packages around originally that was some really shady dealing originally. But I still feel I get the best value with Princess Plus, even more so then on Royal, Norwegian, and Celebrity so it’s hard to stay mad.