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Here’s hoping people in the Signature suites get this new restaurant comped as 360 was/is?

New high end dining experience just announced. Originally the venue was on deck plans as Altitude but is now called Love by Britto with the menu designed by Rudi Sodamin - $149 per person so appears to be the new ship’s 360. New Specialty Dining on Sun Princess

To me it looks as though the balcony is the same height as the normal ones but the bottom of the glass extends further down into the deck below meaning the gap between the two floors is smaller but you shouldn’t need to be on tip toes to see over the glass. No doubt it’s this way to make the sphere more apparent. Obviously only an assumption until the ship is launched. Edit - looking again it seems the sphere balconies are the same as the normal balconies but there’s glass instead of the metal superstructure at the floor of the normal balconies. Hope this makes sense.

I think it’s just the wide angle lens giving that impression. Must say I’m getting more and more excited to sail on the new ship and see Princess’s next generation. Will be spending 30 days on her starting in September 2024 - 16 nights in a Penthouse suite on the TA before spending 14 nights in a mini suite around the Caribbean with a ten night Orlando stay in between. Should give plenty of time to enjoy everything that’s on offer. Cannot wait.

I thought the same.

I wonder if the large expanse of wood under the sink is in fact a drawer. We have something similar at home.

Possibly because Princess cruisers on CC can be a miserable bunch and unreceptive to change 🤣

This British person who has been on 30 cruises has never removed gratuities.

Yes, gratuities are added daily to your account and would be offset against any OBC that is on your account.

It’s likely that there will be a number of children during school holidays. This will apply to week long or two week long cruises. We’ve never found it to be a problem but it will depend whether you’re pool deck lovers or not. Gratuities are included in the Princess Plus and Premier packages but otherwise payable on a daily basis per person with the amount depending on which cabin type you are in. Can’t remember whether it’s just the first two passengers that need to pay them though.

I would suggest people who are rightly assuming there have been cutbacks watch some recent YouTube videos of people who are experiencing their first Princess cruise. It’s interesting to see through new eyes how impressed they are with Princess compared to other lines and how they feel the Plus and Premier packages present such good value, again, compared to other lines. Perhaps then people would realise that, despite the cutbacks, Princess still offers one of the best all round cruise experiences available.

I expect you were undercharged in the first instance as I would imagine the Golden Circle tour to be a lot more expensive than $129.95. Was this for one person or two?

It’s in the thread linked above by ‘arxcards’ - Princess 2025/26 Program - it’s in September 2025.

Love the look of the 29 night Discovery Princess itinerary Seattle to Singapore via Alaska and Japan. Unfortunately we’re already booked on Star Princess in the Mediterranean for 18 nights. Might have to consider cancelling this as the Discovery Princess itinerary looks too good to miss.

Okay. Thank you. I sometimes receive emails but didn’t receive these ones. That’s a shame as would have been interested.

This is interesting to hear. Where have you seen these offers? Emails from Viking or through travel agent websites?

It does seem weird but I’m hoping this means it’s publicly accessible space perhaps with a seat or two on each level. Although looking at this picture, there doesn’t seem to be much room for seating.

Seemingly Sun Princess has finished her final dry dock and is heading back to Monfalcone from Palermo. Only three months to go 😃 https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcO-mcIj3V/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Yes, she is back in dry dock. I saw a post on Instagram earlier confirming this. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzLzu6XoGQO/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Fiera!, which originally premiered on the Regal Princess, has always been one of our favourite Princess production shows so it will be interesting to see the new version. Definitely getting excited for our TA and caribbean cruises next year.

You can order multiple side dishes which are served family style.

We’re in the U.K. and have previously cancelled a cruise booked with an FCD. We only lost the FCD and didn’t have to top up to 15%.

We had similar speeds on Sky Princess earlier in the year in Northern Europe. It was sufficient to use YouTube at 1080p without issue 🤷‍♂️

Not too keen on the large shared family style concept but sounds good. Interesting to hear about potential changes to the Crown Grill. Have always felt it could with an update particularly on the starters side.

Good to hear of the enhanced menus in the Reserve and Signature restaurants. Will be interesting to see who the celebrity chef will be. Assume they’ll be working on the high end deck 17 restaurant - Altitude? Hope both are more well received than Share by Curtis Stone was. We enjoyed that when we ate there on the Emerald.