Sapphire Princess Review

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Sapphire Princess - Asia

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First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2006
Cabin: Balcony

We began our long flight on Thursday morning, November 9, 2006 from Indianapolis, Indiana, flying through Chicago, then to Tokyo, then onto Bangkok, Thailand. We were lucky enough to have business class air on American Airlines for the 15 hour flight from Chicago to Bangkok. It was wonderful. American Airlines treated us very well and we were rested and relaxed when we got to Tokyo. We then boarded Thai Airways for a 5 hour flight to Bangkok. Thai Airways was very pleasant.

When we arrived at the airport in Bangkok on Friday night, November 10, 2006, the airport was sheer chaos. I suspect it is always like this. People running over other people etc. We had booked the operational overnight/transportation package with Princess. We easily found a Princess representative, who led us to a bus, where we sat for over an hour only to be told that because we were going to the Indra Regent Hotel, we needed to board another bus, which would be waiting for passengers for about 2 more hours. We had been flying since Thursday morning at 8 am and it was now Friday night about 10 pm. We spoke to a supervisor with Princess Cruise Lines and they quickly got ourselves and 2 other couples a van that would take us to the Indra Regent Hotel.

Once at the Indra Regent Hotel, we were quickly and politely checked into our room. Our room at the Indra Regent Hotel was WONDERFUL. We were able to get cleaned up and get a good night's sleep. This hotel, I would definitely recommend to anyone going to Bangkok. It was in the middle of everything, the people were wonderful and we said, if we ever go back to Bangkok, we are definitely staying at the Indra Regent Hotel. Princess had arranged for a huge buffet breakfast for the entire Princess passengers staying at the hotel. It was great food and plenty of everything you can imagine from bacon, sausage, ham, eggs, cold cut meats, breads, fruits, jams, orange juice, milk, coffee, etc. We were very impressed. I discovered once in the lobby of the hotel that it was attached to a wonderful mall where anything could be had, once you haggled for a low price. I wish I had known about this earlier in the morning because the deals were wonderful and I got DVDs for about $1.00 each. They worked great on our portable DVD player as well as our home DVD player. To say the least, had I known that this market mall was next door, I would have gotten up early and done a lot of shopping before we headed out to the Sapphire Princess.

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