~ Our Ship ~
Mexican Riviera - January 17th to January 27th, 2019

These images are random images taken around the ship, to allow you to get a feeling for what being aboard the Grand Princess is like. I know, images fall short on doing what you can get when you are actually there, but maybe it might entice you to join us on our next cruise. We like to think that there will always be another cruise.

This is the Neptune Reef and Pool, at mid-forward, Deck Fourteen (Lido). It is one of the three large swimming pools. There are multiple hot tubs on either side of the pool. This is also where you can sit in these chairs and watch Movies Under the Stars in the evening on a huge LED movie screen larger than a drive-in theater screen. Up the stairs would be deck fifteen, where most of the deck is shielded from wind with glass railings. Down on the Lido you are protected by full glass windows with tables next to them. On nice days this area is popular, whether at sea or in port. This view is looking forward. The view below is taken from up one deck level, looking aft, toward what is at the other end of this area.  (Photo by Pfister)

Standing on deck fifteen (Sun Deck), with the Neptune pool and Lido deck below to the right. Those large balloons up there are radar domes. There were some in the picture above as well. (Photo by Pfister)

Sometimes at night, they project images onto those "Mickey Mouse Ears". "This was truly the Love Boat for Ray and myself! We made some great memories and are looking forward to many more!"  (Photo by Din)

We all remember the "Love Boat" on TV... but do you remember that it was a Princess ship that the show was based on? It was the Pacific Princess... the earlier one. That boat has been sold and was in service for a small company in the Caribbean. Two years ago it went to Italy to be refurbished, but no one paid the six million dollar bill, so it was impounded and sold for scrap for 2.5 million dollars. So sad. It was the Love Boat show that is credited with popularizing and glamorizing cruising. It was also the Love Boat show that named the Puerto Vallarta area as the "Mexican Riviera".  Princess has since renamed a new ship with the name Pacific Princess.

Another swimming pool, this is the Calypso Reef and Pool, just aft of the previous Neptune Pool, mid-ship. This image was taken on the Lido deck. Notice the overhead... that is like a large greenhouse. Wouldn't you love to have this for a back yard in the wintertime. It it is too warm, that overhead...  (Photo by Pfister)

...opens up.

With glass walls two decks high, there is very little wind in this area if it is blowing. It can be chilly out here in the winter evening, with that overhead open. That is the Sun deck over our head, and to the right are tables and chairs that are arranged all along the side wall, which is full glass... as you see below. (Photo by Smith)

This is not what you expect to see when out on the open ocean, is it. That water is quite smooth, and this was one of the more smooth and gentle cruises we have taken. But there is s little movement out there... you are standing nearly one hundred feet above the sea surface when you are on this Lido deck. A great view when in port, and lets you see a far away horizon. Actually, if we walked to the other side of the ship, we would be seeing some mountains in the distance... California or Baja... we were never very far from the shoreline... maybe ten miles or twenty down by Cabo. (Photo by Pfister)

"Center of ship, listening to Mexican Musicians.  This is where we had the group picture taken." 
(Photo by Gately)

This area is what Princess used to refer to as the Atrium, and now they refer to it as the Piazza. Barbara is standing on deck 5 to take the picture, and you can see across the way decks 6 and deck 7. It is an open area that is very pleasant, and with the curved staircases and glass elevators and glass railings, it is very photogenic, and as Barbara said, our group stood where the performers are standing and the photographer took our picture from up there on deck 6.

Cabin view - left side, looking out

How the two images relate to each other:

Below is the cabin view - right side, looking out     
The Cabin - Right side, looking out. (Photos by Pitt)

This is a "Balcony Cabin". Top image, the refrigerator is in the cabinet below the TV, which has a dozen channel selections on it... mostly recorded, some old movies, some music, some locally generated programming, a Bridge cam that lets you see over the bow 24/7, and a map of where we are in our itinerary. Entry to the cabin is behind the camera, as is the head... bathroom...  and closet.

Lower image shows the sliding glass door to the balcony, the hair dryer/blower over the desk, the cabin phone, and bed which can be made up as a double queen size or two singles.

An "Ocean View" is the same, except there is a window and no balcony outside.

An "Interior" cabin is the same, except the window/sliding door at the end is a solid wall.

A "Mini-Suite" is the same, including a balcony, except there is an extra twelve feet past the TV, a second TV, a couch, more shelves, larger closet, larger head, and a tub/shower instead of just a shower.

A "full suite" is usually two rooms, double balcony, and separate tub and shower.

The bathroom vanity sink.

How the two images relate to each other:

And below is the "head". The shower is to the right side of the image.  (Photos by Pitt)

For "A Few Dollars More' they offer a Mini-Suite that is maybe half again larger, and the 'head' is larger, having not only the shower the other had, above, but a tub as well. More room in the head.    (Photo by Viscuso)