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  1. Indeed, it does 'suck', not an expression we use in the UK! 🤔 I'll be very wary of booking with Princess in the future!
  2. According to Terry Thorton (company's CCO), "a Princess cruise vacation is the best value in travel, but with continuing increases in consumer demand" their new pricing approach would always reward guests who lock in their Princess vacations well in advance. To underscore its commitment to providing the most competitive pricing in the industry, Princess is introducing the Best Price Guarantee. Princess is so confident that its new pricing structure offers the best value that the brand will match any lower price found for the same cruise and stateroom category. Further, if a guest is unsure of the departure date, Princess Promotions will allow them to secure today’s pricing for a future vacation without locking in the specific dates or itinerary. UK bookers, we booked Regal, 7th August sailing, £5,500. Now sale price is £3,500. We're told if we rebook, we'll lose £750 deposit. UK bookers are screwed again!
  3. Changes are due to port congestion. Have to ask about possible transferring. Thanks.
  4. We booked Regal Princess, Aug 7, around UK cruise, a major draw being stops at Dublin and Liverpool. Email this morning says both ports are cancelled and are replaced with Holyhead, Wales and Falmouth, so 2 huge cities replaced by 2 towns with water shuttles involved. Definitely would not have booked the cruise with the new itinerary but after talking to customer service, the changes are not considered major enough to get our deposits of £750 refunded. Not very fair IMHO.
  5. Just off the Meraviglia today. Posting a draft beer menu would be a total waste of time. They had around 8 pumps at the bar. IPA my favourite. No! Murphy's? No! Newcastle? No! What have you got on draft? Heineken! IPA bottle? No! We may have IPA tomorrow, in other words, couldn't be bothered to get it up today. Seriously, who's managing that pub?
  6. Done a dozen MSC's so a bit of a fan but a recent 5 nighter on Meraviglia definitely had some negatives. Embarking not good, long lines, bit unorganized, no Biggie. First and second evening, very difficult to sit somewhere and be served a drink. Other nights better but not good. Lounges had non existent servers, this created lines at the bars with people trying to get a drink. Lounges are small for a big ship so difficult to get a seat anywhere. Loved Divina with it's numerous lounges and Doge coffee lounge. Meraviglia has no coffee lounge. Nice chocolate and coffee area on the promenade but premium drink package is not accepted here. Premium beers at the pub were regularly not available. No top tier event. I don't think this ship had enough staff to cope with the amount of passengers. Servers at regular dining were excellent although our 2 top was so squished up, it was really a table of 6. Disembarking, although quite well organized was also sloooow! Maybe this was not a fault of the ship. None of these things a deal breaker and we did enjoy the cruise but if this is how the big ships are, I'll try and stick to the smaller ones or maybe try and go yacht club.
  7. Got off the ship Friday, ship got in around 07:00, didn't start the disembark until around 08:00 and the self assist was definitely not express. Seemed like most of the ship were self assisting. Although it seemed to be quite well organized, lines went on forever and we as Diamond didn't get off until around 10.00. A lot of self assist were still going off at this time.
  8. No refund for port fees etc. but knowing how super efficient MSC customer service is, I'm sure the check is already in the mail. 😂
  9. Off Meraviglia today. 5 nights with only 2 ports, make that 1 port as it didn't make the pier at the island due to currents and wind. There really wasn't anything unusual with the weather that day, quite windy I suppose but nothing unusual going on with the sea. Just makes me wonder if conditions have to be perfect for that big ship to get in there?
  10. I always park at the port but if there's a 4 day cruise followed by a 3 day cruise, the lot gets 9 days money! What a scam.
  11. We're from the UK. Been in Florida for a month and decided on another MSC cruise, thinking that the testing was over on the 5 dayers. Disappointed to say the least that we're being treated differently to US citizens and need a test. Tested ok this morning but this discrimination is bad. Makes no sense as not a govt. requirement and not the case on other lines.
  12. Never been out of Southampton before and hear stories of rough seas in the Bay of Biscay. How was is for you?
  13. I would book a cruise for CATS. Excellent show. Can't understand all the negativity.
  14. Second time in boardwalk balcony, never again. Way too much noise this time with people screaming as they come down the slides. Also films shown til midnight, James Bond, really loud, wouldn't mind if you could see it! Slides in the way.
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