PCA and Princes Cruises Partnership December 2022 Caribbean Cruise!

BY QUEENE MAVOR | PHOTOS BY LOU AND QUEENE MAVOR

Lou and I would like to share a great experience we had participating in the PCA and Princess Cruise partnership on our December 2022 eastern Caribbean cruise.

About a week before we left on our planned Caribbean cruise, we discovered via a cruise planning forum that there would be a PCA group on the same cruise. Of course, this immediately piqued our further interest in what was planned. While we couldn’t formally change our booking to be a part of the group prior to our departure, once we boarded in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., we immediately ran into PCA cruise participants Nathan Merz (national PCA

Valuation Chair) and his wife, Suzie, who introduced us to Vu Nguyen (National PCA Executive Director) and Tom Gorsuch (2022 National PCA President).

We were warmly invited to participate in all the PCA activities for the week.

Porsche themed group activities including cooking demonstrations, technical workshops, cocktail parties, dinners, and comedy shows were held throughout the 8 day cruise.

Special activities onshore included Porsches and Pastries with the local PCA chapter in San Juan, Puerto Rico and PCA beach party in Grand Turk. Of course, it wouldn’t being a national PCA event without a Concours. But how do you do a concours on a cruise ship? With diecast models of course!

Over 100 diecast models entered and were on display throughout the cruise for all passengers to enjoy. There were some beautiful models, many hand built – including one of our favorites: the garage find Porsche!

We had a great cruise experience which was made more fun by meeting Porsche enthusiasts from across the country! From what we heard from the Captain and crew members themselves, having such a fun group on board also made for a more enthusiastic crew!

For those who are interested, keep your eyes peeled for the PCA and

Princess Cruises Western Caribbean Cruise being considered for December 2023. PCA is hoping to take over the entire ship for the Western Caribbean cruise that’s ~3000 PCA members on a ship! It promises to be a good time!

If you would like to see and hear more about the 2022 cruise, catch episode 42 of the PCA Insider Podcast on YouTube. The discussion starts at about the 20-minute mark! Go to: https://podcast.pca.org/ and go down to #42. n

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Right) San Juan, Puerto Rico Porsches and Pastries; PCA Activity Track for 1st Three Days of Cruise; Porsche Die Cast Concours Awards Display; Nathan Merz’s Porsche Valuations Presentation; Outdoor Theater Cruise Wrap up Cocktail Party and Live Band.