Ready to Sail

  Finally we are ready to cruise again. It has been a few years since we have been able to take to the high seas. First Covid cancelled a trip to Europe. Then in the fall of that year our second cruise was cancelled. Finally we were scheduled to go cruising last fall but a bike accident made us put that one on hold. So here we are ready to go again! We are going on a Transatlantic repositioning cruise. We have many crossing of the Atlantic but this one has a few ports that we have not been to and will give us a better opportunity to explore the south coast of Spain

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This will be cruise number 26 on the Princess Line. It is a 14 day adventure starting in Fort Lauderdale and ending in Barcelona. The first 9 days are at sea except for one port, the last few days are port heavy.

The Enchanted Princess carries 3600 passengers, has 19 decks and is 1100 feet long and has only been sailing for about 18 months. It is one of the newest designs for Princess ships. We have a balcony on the Baja deck. The ship has all the familiar venues including the International Cafe, the small food bar in the atrium which is where we like to gather for daily tea and small meals. We really like the dedicated made to order pizza restaurant in the atrium. However it has many redesigned areas and new names for places on the ship.

It has been a interesting time preparing for this cruise. Like many cruise companies we must use an App to prepare for this trip. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It remains to be seen how it works this time. This ship uses the Medallion Net. No more cruise cards for drinks, leaving the ship, etc. The Medallion transmits the info. If you walk up to a bar, the bartender sees your picture and has your name and probably what you ordered last time. We used this system that last time we sailed in 2019.

We have rented a car for the trip to Lauderdale and will simply drop it off at the port. That will be Thursday morning.