Canadian Princess Cruise 2025 - Day 1

It did take a bit to get onto the ship, but once there, I was able to meander to my room, which is all the way at the back (aft) of the ship and I love the location. Sail Away is an event and I went up to the Sun Deck to watch the festivities. I was entertained watching the bartenders while I waited for my Pantalones Tequila Sunrise, which I thought was appropriate while we moved out to sea. I had also grabbed something healthy to eat and relaxed for a little bit and then went for a walk to find the "Good Spirits At Sea" bar where I signed up to learn about some of the drinks they have on the menu and have a couple of tastings. Those tastings were actually full drinks. 

I had the Aperitivo Roma: A cocktail featuring Limoncello, Aperol, Canadian Whisky, Bitters, and Mint Leaves, designed to evoke the spirit of Rome and its piazzas. I really enjoyed it as well as the other drink, a Barbados Swizzler: A rum-based cocktail with Bacardi Superior and Dark Rum, Grapefruit, Agave, Velvet Falernum, and Bitters, celebrating the flavors of Barbados. I like that one too and then I moved to another bar where I was meeting up with singles and solos. It turned out to be women who are mostly a lot of fun and I met one who I really connected with and ended up spending the evening with her and having dinner with her and her mom and drinking a lot more and exploring the ship and ended up not getting to sleep until close to 2:00 in the morning. 

For dinner I had goat cheese with roasted vegetable antipasto, seafood stew and bananas foster. Keep in mind, the portions are not American size. It was all very good.

(Singles & Solos get together)