Tuesday,
October 6, 2026
Aboard
the Island Princess, Atlantic Ocean
85F
If you have already read the long tirade about our luggage caper, and are still awake, I won’t keep you too long. After boarding the transport to the ship, we arrived at the port terminal about 3 minutes later—I did not realize how close we were!
Boarding took a little longer than usual, but it was quite easy. Everyone must watch a safety video on his/her “device,” then check in at the muster station for our stateroom. The ship does not leave port until everyone has watched the video—Princess knows!
Our
stateroom is great, and I forgot to take photos before we plopped our stuff (2 wheeled
carry-ons and 2 tote carry-ons.
Highlights:
- We met a couple from Wilkes Barre! We talked a long time—they have cruised to Antarctica and South America, where we have not.
- A lady told me she met someone who brought 15 pieces of luggage, and that lady was not the only one who did that! I cannot imagine that!
- There are a lot of retired military onboard, as well as other veterans. So far, mostly U.S. Navy!
- There are many veteran cruisers on board—world cruises for 9 months and so on. We are light with only about 67 cruises.
- The striploin steak I had for dinner was really medium rare, and I was provided with a sharp knife!
- As I write, all of our luggage has arrived!!! 8 p.m.—the latest we ever got our luggage on a cruise.
Another day on the high seas! Another adventure!
TK’s Takes (Monday): It was a long day and he had 13,000+ steps.
TK’s
Takes (Tuesday): We went from being too cold to too hot. It seems like we never left the ship--this stateroom is almost a carbon copy of the one we had on the Sapphire Princess. We have a bigger dining room. He saw 3 kids and he bets there are less than 10 aboard.
