April 10 Today is our last day at sea. The seas were the roughest yet. We packed. We picked up the paperwork for the jewelry. We met with the wedding photographer to review the photos. We purchased the package of ninety-two printed photos, the thumb drive, the video and two 11x14 metal enlargements for $2500.

April 11, we met in Da Vinci for our group to disembark at 8:45. At 9:15 we were still waiting. Our flight was supposed to leave at 12. We finally got off of the ship, picked up our luggage, boarded the bus and arrived at the airport, checked in and had uneventful flights home.

This trip was a replacement for a Regent Asian cruise that has been moved to 2024 because of covid. We have been to Hawaii for our 25th and 40th anniversaries and thought this cruise might be a good way to celebrate our 50th. We have sailed Princess in 2013 to the Mediterranean so we thought we knew what to expect from this cruise. I understand that covid has changed many things in our lives…and unfortunately travel is one of these things. Princess clearly has allowed the ship to “age” during its hiatus. Princess is clearly shorthanded on staff. Princess was not ready to welcome back over 2700 passengers. They ran out of supplies, wait times for service were much too long, staff was frustrated, passengers were angry. Over fifty people got covid and were quarantined on deck twelve. The atmosphere was pensive. The weather was disappointing. I will never again book a cruise with nine sea days; I will never again use Princess. The medallion app, the medallion network, all need reevaluation.