Mud_Shark

I would also prefer the mini-golf over the putting green. I remember the Grand having an actual course. Can't recall which other ships have it. My wife isn't really interested in a putting green, but will play me a game of mini golf when it is available.

I have had this exact scenario. My booking showed a credit due back to me when I cancelled the transfers (about a month before sailing) - but it never came. That was in 2021 so I don't think it is coming. Hopefully it was just that they were restarting cruising and accounting was not organized. I should have called and asked after a certain amount of time, but never bothered to.

We enjoy both steamers and planks more than any of the other casual venues on other ships. Hopefully you will as well.

Have you looked at the people getting off a cruise ship in port lately? Just about everyone of them (us) screams "Tourist" without the accompanying Princess Bag. I don't think we are fooling anyone by leaving the bag in our room.

The reality is that cruise lines have been trimming their bottom line since COVID. Of course we all know they took a severe hit during the pandemic, and have tightened their belt in small ways - perks, dinning options, loyalty benefits, available items, give-aways etc. So it is easy to pick out what is now less than what used to be and focus on that. But the bottom line is - we still cruise cuz we love it. And we still cruise Princess because we feel they give us the best bang for the buck and are the best fit for our onboard desired experience. By the way - I had not heard that the french onion soup was not a steady menu item on the new Sun Princess. If true, I will have a little cry, but will not be cancelling our booking on the Sun.

They are not always exact on the opening for bidding. Sometimes it is right on the day. Other times it is a day or two later before it actually opens. Some have reported even longer delays before the bidding opens, but for the six cruises we have tracked (only bid on 3, and only successfully on 2) they were all open within 2 days of the stated date.

dlp 1000 - I am not an expert on all this, but from my limited experience, no matter what you initially paid for the category you booked, I think the upgrade minimum bid for the next level will be the same as everyone else in your current category. And no - your loyalty status does not factor into the biding, nor do the packages.

What time do you arrive in Vancouver? If it is 8-10am, I think you will be slow getting through customs and to your gate. If it is a red-eye departure and you arrive 8-10pm, you might do better.

I'm even named after St Patrick, but be that as it may, I would take a seafood buffet over Corned beef and cabbage 🤮

We sail in 19 days and the shows and some activities are populated. Been that way for a few days now. Not everything, but the major headliners for the theatre and the Vista lounge, and the deck parties.

We are bringing our daughter and her family (2 adults and 3 small children) with us this time. We will ask when tendering, but if refused, we have no problem waiting in line with them in the regular lines. We will stick together either way and enjoy our day together.

Did you get that OBC applied before stockperks took over as the portal to apply through? There didn't used to be an outer time limit, but I was told by stockperks that there now was.

Well, it seems from this announcement that they won't, but when I applied earlier to stockperks, they replied back that I needed to re-apply after May 1st. Now it appears if I re-apply at that time, it will not be successful, so it sounds like stockperks was caught off-guard by the date in this announcement.

My thoughts exactly. We sail in January 2025. Will they accept a request for Shareholders credit for these voyages?

Been like this for almost a week now. Cabin selection is the last page I can get to - then when ready to book - error.

1) Our guest lecturer on our Pacific crossing was hiding ducks every day. So maybe not exactly staff, but close to it. 2) In Australia, we found some ducks on our cruise and their tags had a link to a social media page where you were to post where you found the duck and then if you wanted, re-hide it and post that is was travelling again. Some ducks had been on multiple cruises. We took the ones we found on the Royal Princess and hid them on the Majestic Princess.

We are doing this in early April. We have ridden Segways before at other ports. We are 61. I found it extremely fun. My wife took a little while to feel comfortable on them - but got there. The balance is the issue, as you lean forward to go forward/accelerate and lean back to slow/stop or even reverse. If your balance is weak you may struggle. On our past experiences, we got off the segways to see various sites along our tours, so it was not constant standing on them without moving. But you are on your feet the entire time, so if you could not go shopping on your feet for two hours, you would also struggle at this, but if two hours on your feet shopping or such is no problem, I would say you should be fine.

Thanks for the video. Looks great. we will be there later in April.

Thanks all. I forwarded the above photo to my daughter to show our grand daughter. She will be excited to see what happens on our cruise.

Our 4 year old Grand daughter is quite concerned. This will be her first cruise in March. She is excited, but came home today worried that the Easter Bunny would miss her and her siblings. The family usually attends local Easter activities with face painting, egg hunt, and a visit from the E Bunny. Wondering if anyone knows if the Bunny makes an appearance on the ship? We will bring some chocolate with us, but would like to know if there is anything onboard for the holiday. Thanks I should mention we are on the Enchanted Princess

We absolutely loved Moorea of all the stops. We did a private Jet ski tour - 2.5 hours. Just our guide on his jet ski and us (me and DW) on one jet ski. Toured all over. Stopped for snorkeling at the lagoon by the small off shore island. Saw plenty of jumping dolphins, saw a couple whales, trolled slowly over shallows and looked down on plenty of turtles and rays. And of course, we opened up the throttle a bit and had some fun. Quite an affordable excursion actually. Can't recall the exact cost, but I thought it was a bargain.

I now reluctantly use a CVP for this exact reason - because it is worthless to call the out-sourced call-center. Often first time cruisers have no knowledge of CVPs and such and so they tend to call the call center, only to get useless and incorrect information and be on hold forever. This is bad initial exposure for Princess. If I didn't have a CVP to go through, I would most definitely no longer be sailing with Princess

watched a video on your cabin. As you have said, it looks like the view straight out is ok, but looking down will be somewhat obstructed, as the tender boat is directly in front of this room. Up to you, but this would be one of the rooms I might choose to put in a bid to move up from. If you choose not to - you will still enjoy the room. Happy sailing

What room number are you in right now? Some obstructed balconies are not very obstructed at all. If you have one of these, I would not risk it on a balcony where you have no choice. If you are in a pretty obstructed one, then I might give a bid to upgrade. I put in a few upgrade bids for Enchanted in April, but have not heard anything and the cruise is also sold out - so not holding my breath.

My recommendation is to make your booking now. Some itineraries will go up in price (especially Sun and Star right now as they are a new class of ship), and some will go down as time goes on. You can always re-fare if the price goes down, and if a new promotion is for "New bookings only", you can still cancel your booking and re-book. Only thing is, you could lose your specific room, but not always. Sales or promotions have been lame for about a year now (other than kids sail free promos - if that is something that appeals to you.) Prices fluctuate more based on demand than based upon promos.