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    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      Home from the Majestic Princess

      April 21 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      So, as we sadly head home, what to say of the Majestic Princess...?

      Pros
      - The food is very good, in both the restaurant and the buffet, and very varied
      - The indoor pool, and the cabins in there, are lovely and is broadly a nice place to spend time.
      - The staff (as with every cruise we've done) are friendly and helpful.
      - Music in the bars provides great entertainment, and it was especially nice to have a pair of violinists on board.
      - We got quite a bargain for the cruise
      - The embarkation and disembarkation process was swift.

      Cons
      - Tipping. Oh man, the tipping. Most cruise lines we travel on include tips, but this is an American line, so no. So $17 pppd added and 18% tip added on drinks/cover charges. Particularly annoying when you read Princess' tipping policy, which pools any tips across the Fleet.
      - Bar prices. Even without the tips, far higher than their sister company P&O at $9 for a bottle of beer
      - The indoor pool is not adults only. (And there are two other pools that children could use)
      - The trivia was not as good as when we were last on Princess!
      - All of the bars occupy walkways, which means finding somewhere quieter to have a drink and a game of cards is challenging
      - Shore excursions prices are high, more so than other cruise lines we've sailed on, we think. But also when compared to what you can do relatively easily by yourself (which we are happy to do)

      Would we come back? Yes. But with the usual caveat of right dates, right places, right price.      Read more

    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      Second and last sea day

      April 20 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      As we were up early for breakfast, we nabbed a cabin next to the pool on the way. This turned out to be a real boon as Ben read whilst I did a two-and-a-half hour swim!

      We actually did some of the entertainment programme in the afternoon, going to a trivia (we came second), a lecture on the Irish Potato Famine, and the grand finale of the Voice of the Ocean. Splendour Duel also got its first outing.

      Just before dinner, we sailed the straits between Corsica and Sardinia. Ben was very happy at dinner as he had a souffle for starter and dessert!

      Up early tomorrow for transfer to Rome.      Read more

    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      Bellver Castle

      April 19 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      We'd viewed the Bellver Castle in the far distance from the Sky Bar. But, Google reckoned it was a 45-minute walk...! It was back in the direction of the port anyway, so we thought we'd wander and see both how far it really was and how many stairs there were.

      As it turned out, Google was pretty accurate. 504 steps later, we explored the Castle, which had a display on the history of Palma and an exhibition on weights and measures which was also interesting.

      By the time we got back to the ship, we realised our adventure had left us roundly sunburnt 🤦‍♀️ so we jumped in the pool to some of the heat out, and as we did the heavens absolutely opened!

      All in all, a fantastic day in Palma. Now a final day at sea before home.      Read more

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      Sky Bar Almudaina

      April 19 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Ben took us on a walking tour of Palma from the Cathedral. We have visited before but only briefly, and the city is clearly much larger than we remembered. Every corner seemed to hold a church! Through balconied shopping streets and portico-laden squares, we headed for the top of town popping into the local fish market en route.

      Ben found a rooftop bar that opened just as we were passing it, so we were lucky to get about the best table in the place. With amazing 360 views of the Cathedral, harbour, Belvell Castle, and mountains behind, we enjoyed a few glasses of wine under the glorious sun - this would later turn out to be a mistake!      Read more

    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      Palma de Mallorca

      April 19 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Harbour porpoises and a beautiful sunrise greeted us on the sail in to Palma. The port is quite far from the town but the walk was all harbourside which was very pleasant.

      Disembarking early meant we made it to the Cathedral and Royal Palace before opening time; given the crowds when we left this area that was clearly a boon!

      Toying between the Cathedral and the Royal Palace, we opted to view the Palace which still serves as the summer residence for the Spanish monarchy. The tapestries were especially beautiful.      Read more

    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      At Sea in the Med 🌊

      April 18, Mediterranean Sea ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Sailing from Gibraltar to Palma (Majorca) gave us our first day at sea. We enjoyed two talks - one from Cruise Director Nikki about life at sea and an enrichment lecture on Christopher Columbus. Both were good, although the latter made both Ben and I think that we could do ship lecturing (again!).

      Some time in the cabin in the afternoon before "formal" night. The food was excellent again with a gala menu of escargot and surf & turf. However it is not really "formal". Far too few people dress up on Princess, and no restaurants or bars enforce a dress code, so you can be - or as we found, are very likely to be - sat in a bow tie next to someone in shorts and trainers, which rather spoilt the fun.

      We were however treated to a beautiful sunset over dinner, and then we popped by some of the entertainment afterwards.      Read more

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      Gibraltar (apparently)

      April 17 in Gibraltar ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Back in town, the "rock" was still an anathema, covered in cloud and the rain settled so we firstly holed up in a bastion tunnel for a pint at the Lord Nelson before moving next door to the Queen's Cinema for more glasses of wine than was sensible...the absolute BEST stop in Gib.

      We left with intent but I forgot my jacket which led to a further unintended glass of wine as it was happy hour! By the time we left the sun was out and you could at least see the rock, but having visited before it wasn't the end of the world to have not gone up the cable car.      Read more

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      Europa Point

      April 17 in Gibraltar ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      The cloud held an ominous threat of rain...which joined us on and off as we walked through Gibraltar. We popped by the Trafalgar cemetery and botanical gardens before the 100 ton gun and onwards up a gruelling set of hills and stairs in the rain...which led to me feeling rather hot and grumpy!

      At Europa point, with the Rock shrouded in cloud, we overlooked Africa and explored the guns before hopping on a bus back to town.      Read more

    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      Sunrise in the Straits

      April 17 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

      On our way to what would transpire as the slowest dinner possible last night, I banged my elbow on a bannister and now have a tiny but perfectly square cut 🤦‍♀️ so much for not using lifts!

      We sailed through to Gibraltar* this morning so we grabbed an early breakfast and took it to the Wake View Bar to watch sunrise. We had the bar almost to ourselves...almost...and the only other chap that joined us for the longest time decided to sit directly in front of us 🤦‍♀️ nonetheless a beautiful sunrise over the Straits as we head for port at 10am.

      *Yesterday afternoon, we were sat next to four Americans who were congratulating themselves on finally being able to pronounce Gibraltar correctly. They were still not pronouncing it correctly.      Read more

    • S JTravelerMajestic Princess in the Med

      Alicante

      April 16 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      A short port day in Alicante, but as we'd visited before we opted for a later - by which I mean 8.30ish - breakfast in the buffet...and it was carnage! Mercifully there were free tables in the Wake View Bar so we stole our food out for an al fresco breakfast overlooking the ocean.

      In town, the free Museu de Fogueres was a superb find. In an annual festival that sounds like Bonfire Night on steroids, sculptors make massive paper mache statues parodying recent political figures or events to be burnt at the culmination of the festival. The museum had some of the statues saved from the flames by popular vote and costumes of those involved. The American tour group that followed us into this small museum had the loudest tour guide we have ever come across - the group definitely did not need the ear pieces they were wearing!

      Up the street is the Central Market, where Ben managed to accidentally order octopus 🐙 we found a nice looking stall and he enquired about the octopus on display, and whilst we ordered a beer and looked at the menu the octopus promptly arrived unannounced! He said it was delicious at least, as was the anchovy tapas that he actually ordered.

      With an early departure, and Gibraltar tomorrow, we holed up again for an afternoon in a Hollywood Club cabin next to the pool. We've been really lucky to get one every day given there are only eight in here.      Read more

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