Thursday 13 v. 64 Princess Cruise Facts

Thirteen Things Carmen learned about Princess Cruises while earning her Commodore status 1. Princess Cruises sails to the Galapagos. One of my dream destinations. Sign me up! 2. Princess is big on the balconies - it has the largest proportion of balcony rooms. 3. For those of you who enjoy scrapbooking, like me, they have a Scrapbooking@Sea program. 4. They feature Movies Under the Stars, with a 300-foot LED screen, where they show first-run movies. 5. They also use the LED screen for Playstation II tournaments, showing the Superbowl, etc. Did I mention the 300-foot LED screen? 6. The Caribbean and Europe are their most popular destinations. I'd like to go on a Mediterranean cruise. Sign me up! 7. They have some exotic destinations on their list - Asia and Australia are a few. 8. You can package your air and any hotel stays with Princess, making it a seamless vacation purchase. 9. Very few people get seasick on cruises. Good news for me. 10. You can chose traditional dining (set time, same table each night) or Anytime Dining. 11. You don't have to go buy the new formal dress, as there are other options, unless you really need an excuse to go buy a new dress, in which case, I'm giving you the excuse on a silver platter. There is at least 1 formal night offered on each 7-day cruise. 12. No Princess employee is allowed to pass a passenger without saying "good morning" or something along those lines. Customer service is an obsession at Princess. 13. If you sign up for my 7Seas list, I can get you some awesome deals on Princess, some of which, I'm not allowed to advertise. You can sign up at my Expedia CruiseShipCenters Website (and win a cruise in September.)

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Barbados Memories

Here are the Barbados pictures I promised. Enjoy.

Did you know that Barbados is a major cruise port? Visit www.cruiseshipcenters.com/CarmenandJim to find a cruise there. Sign up for our email newsletter, and be entered to win a free cruise.

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Back from Barbados. It was lovely, and I'll post pictures when I can come up for air. :)

I told you that when I got back, I'd have BIG NEWS. My news is that Jim and I are now cruise ship consultants! You know how much I ~heart~ travel, and I just thought we could share our passion with the planet!

If you even think you might want to cruise in the future, I encourage you to join our new 7Seas (TM) list. Basically, it's free to be a member, you'll get deals that I can't even advertise (and you should see these deals!) Plus, if you'll notice the ad to your right, above our new cute pic, is a promotion to win a cruise a day. Anyone new to sign up to our list is entered to win a cruise! Woot! Woot!

"How do I do this?" you ask. Click on that big flashy ad, which will take you to our new Web page, and sign on up! I hope someone I know wins a cruise, because that would be the best!

You can also enter by clicking over to our Website, www.cruiseshipcenters.com/CarmenandJim.

I also have a Facebook group all set up, should you want to join - I'll be posting interesting cruise info over there, and probably some here as well!

Believe it or not, I have more big news on the way, but it's still a little premature to say. So stay tuned!