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They where clearing them out at $699 for the august sailing last minute

Well, since princess mis-estimated the demand for short cruises,

and is giving them away again -- there should be a lot of people

achieving elite.

 

So, I would look for a reduction in benefits. Perhaps a dollar limit

on laundry, etc.

$119 for a 4 day cruise on the Ruby, how can they turn a profit on that.

Dont forget the lovely cruise director Sam, one of thebest we have sailed with.

Are Princess really listening to there passegers or panicing over prices. Just had an offer on the Royal for sailing coming up at $399 for an inside.

My fixes

Full promanade

Aft pool

Do away with fountains, have 2 decent pools mid ship

Bring back Explorers lounge.

Midship stairs

All I can say is on our 5 day all the pools were open and I went to the forward adults only pool and really enjoyed it. Did not interact at all with the cabana people so I have no idea what their attitude was nor do I care. I see no point in using words like technically to answer the OP. Bottom line is there are three well used pools open and you can pick from the two on the Lido deck for the kids and the one on the Sun deck for just adults. The fountains were hardly ever on during our cruise.

You honestly mean to say passengers are daft enough to pay $100 a day for a deck chair. Wow.

Technically you are correct - there are three pools. However, the aft pool is for very little people when open and the forward pool is surrounded by private cabanas whose owners consider others to be intruders. No, they can't throw you out - you are allowed to go there - but you won't feel popular. For practical purposes, there is one pool (unless you rent a cabana) that is for everybody else.:eek:

If you like pool time avoid the Royal.

HAL has a budget 7 day cruise in the Eastern Caribbean advertised $399

RCL has a budget 7 day cruise in the Eastern Caribbean advertised $399

Celebrity has a budget 7 day cruise in the Eastern Caribbean for $599

All are inside prices for November.

 

Whats wrong with them?:) Why are they so cheap?

All im saying is Princes newest ship is very often cheapet than some of the older ones, that cannot be a good thing for Princess. I guess if the Regal is launched as carbon copy of the Royal Princess are happy with there new product

I didnt start this thread as a negative against thr Royal, although its ard not to be with its flawed design. I started it with the facts, the facts are the brand new Royal is very often cheaper to sail than older Princess ships on or around the same date. Will the Regal be doing the Caribbean when she is up and running just like the Royal, where will prices go then.

$798 my pricing for March

With all the doom and gloom on the Royal, and the prices of her itinaries dropping all the time, do you think the Royal will be the cheapest ship to sail on out the fleet.

Maybe they can sack the team who designrd the Royal whilst there at it.

Our cases are always locked when they go onboard so i dont know how princess can serch them without us being there

You "accept" it each and every time you agree to abide by the Contract of Passage, which is a condition precedent to boarding. Over on this side of the pond, our handbags, backpacks and camera cases get searched, and we are subject to a quick "pat down" every time we get to the turnstiles at Disney World, sporting events, concert halls, etc. For us, it is the "new normal". None of these searches or pat downs has anything whatsoever to do with national security and address only private property security. But we live with it. If you aren't hiding anything, then you have nothing to hide.

Welcome to the land of the free.

Last week on the Star, we could have taken pretty much full RRs as the inspection at LA was minimal. In fact we had 6 miniatures from the plane in our quart zip lock bags and they went right through. We also bought $129 worth of booze from Princess for in the cabin and the rest we drank at the bars. We were satisfied with our bar tab at the end of the cruise and don't know if we would bother trying to smuggle in the future. In San Francisco, there was virtually no inspection for booze. In San Diego, it would have been found. Hit or miss. Since you have to go to the liquor store and buy the booze to smuggle, the savings are just not all that much in the big scheme of things. Do I wish I could carry on the brands I prefer? Yes. Do I wish they would sell the in cabin booze in liters at a more reasonable price? Double yes. Still had a great cruise.:D

I met a person i work with many years ago on my last cruise, he was very partial to rum and coke, it wax approx $9 for a rum and coke witn tip , his answer was he smuggled a full bottle of morgan spiced on board, bought a coke sticker a made his own whilstbour and about. He carried his rum in his princess coke tumbler and mixed them at his seat be it at a bar, dining room or show. He was very proud of his system. He estimeted it saved him hundreds over the cruise, he said all hs mates do it on celebrity because there drinks are even higher thn princesses.

If it's worth it to smuggle a pocket full of booze on a cruise, then I don't know what to tell you.

Dont tell me anything, i dont even drink

Soon you won't have to go to that website. Instead, you'll be able to buy them for half the price on EBay as Princess starts to dump the dozens that it has confiscated.

If a rum runner is packed correctly by the directions given by rum runner, they are never ever be found. They even come in a small size so you can pop them in your pocket and they are so thin they dont show up.

yup, people just keep trying...cracks me up

Rumrunner.com

So, you try to sneak liquor on board, you get caught, now you are miserable and upset your whole vacation, you wrongly withhold the auto tip to "teach Princess a lesson" when all you do is punish the people who are trying to make your vacation as pleasant as possible.

 

All you had to do was follow the rules, you spent how many thousands for this vacation. Just order liquor for your room from Princess, what is it going to be. an extra $100 or $150 for piece if mind and an enjoyable vacation.

 

"The monkey never learns"

Are you directing this post at me!!!!!!

maybe the bad reception there new ship has got

Is Princess the only cruise line that destroys your property, I know other lines do it if its not in its original container, but Princess does it regardless.

I'm sorry you don't like the contract rules that you are aware of before you board. It is all spelled out for you. Have a good time finding a cruise line more suitable to your liking.

I think most of them where going to sail P and O.

It doesnt bother me, i dont even drink, we still sail Princess, i was on the Ruby last month.

The passegers had pre bought duty free in the luggage, there transport arrive late to the ship, there bottle of wine may have then been moved to there carry on , they didnt have acces to there luggage again at the port due to it being loaded straightonto there ship, they couldnt retreave there wine from there bags, there wine alchol water it was, was binned, tears, screaming and all sorts happened on deck 4, welcome aboard. The crew suffered more than anyone else as dozens in anger cancelled there tips, that was wrong in my opinion but thats what went on.

You are wrong on two counts. First, Princess didn't "steal" property. Read the contract, Princess has the right to confiscate unapproved items brought onto its PRIVATE PROPERTY. Secondly, the TSA "inspects" all of our bags every second or every day without the owners' present. Please, get your facts straight before maligning any company.

On our sailing 80 passengers from the UK where late arriving and arrived directly from there flight, there bags also went directly to the ship with the duty free purchases inside. Princess removed there property and destroyed it, a lot of these passengers where very very upset and said they would never sail with them again.

So you think the above happening to customers is OK

My wife and I were on the Grand Princess last month, on a cruise from San Francisco to Alaska.

 

A friend had given us a very expensive bottle of gin (Hendrick's). It was put in my wife's large suitcase, buried deep to prevent it from breaking and wrapped in bubble wrap, in a box. When we got to our stateroom, her suitcase was the first to arrive. In it, my wife found a note telling us that the bottle was confiscated and destroyed.

 

They had scanned the bag, opened it and then dug deep into my wife;s suitcase, through her clothes, to get to the bottle.

My question is...why could they not have kept it aside and returned it to us after the cruise?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who authorized them to go through my wife's bag without her present? Not even the TSA goes through bags without the owner present!!

 

(By the way, I have a hard time believing that a bottle of Hendrick's would be destroyed and not drunk by someone - crew members, perhaps?)

The question i have to ask you is will you sail with Princess again after they stole your property. Going by the passengers i sailed with in April the answer wil be no. On our sailing 80 passengers from the UK where late arriving and arrived directly from there flight, there bags also went directly to the ship with the duty free purchases inside. Princess removed there property and destroyed it, a lot of these passengers where very very upset and said they would never sail with them again. So this makes Princess reduce the price of cruises to fill the ship, who would of thought 12 months ago that Princess flag ship would be selling a balconys for 7 nts for oly $649. Where will all this end.

Who authorized them to go through my wife's bag without her present? Not even the TSA goes through bags without the owner present!!