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16 minutes ago, MsSoCalCruiser said:

We are trying to book Greenland but it didn’t go through.  Trying again. 

This happened to me a few times so I called my PVP and he was able to book it without any issues.
Easy peazy 😁

Last year I logged into my account and I saw a 14 day Caribbean princess Panama Canal cruise in a mini suite for zero dollars and princess plus included. I booked it and sailed it and it was not a mistake.

Lets cross our fingers that this one is real because I just booked it.😊

3 minutes ago, TeamCan said:

 

How was the service at Enterprise? Did they have a shuttle to take you to the port? Long waits?

Our plans....Embarkation- taking Galveston Limo or Galveston Express from IAH to the port.( or any other shuttle recommendations?)  On disembarkation - Reserving a 1-way car rental(Costco Travel Canada) from Enterprise (to go the Space Center and explore Houston) and returning the car to IAH that evening. The google reviews are are mixed for Enterprise... long waits, no cars, no pickup service as advertised? Won't the Enterprise shuttles be dropping off guests who returned rentals at the port and picking up guests for car rentals run constantly all of Sun morning?   How is the service for Enterprise? Any advice appreciated! Thanks!

We rented a car in Houston airport. We drove to Galveston and kept the car for 2 days. Our time to return the car was at 18:30 on a Saturday. They were closed but had a lock box for the keys. We actually had a phone call from Enterprise a few days after to ask if everything went well. They were awsome. I will certainly do that again next if and when we go back to Galveston.

On 2/28/2024 at 8:02 PM, Blueberry89 said:

Canadian here 🇨🇦 flying into IAH three days before our cruise. I just checked Expedia to get a price for a rental and drop off. They were all around C$700 🙀 Is there a different site I should be checking? We fly in Tuesday, cruise leaves Friday. Although we plan on doing a lot of walking, a car might be nice to explore the island. 

Costco travel Canada is my to go for all car rentals. I’m from NB. I got a small SUV for 317.00 US for 2 days Thursday and Friday. I pick up at Houston airport and drop off in Galveston at the Entreprise dealership. This will be mid March.

good luck 🍀 

15 hours ago, roomba920 said:

Hi everyone. I just had a terrible time booking a cruise directly online at the Princess website.

They're currently advertising a promo for 2 days (Feb. 4-6) for a 10 night Mediterranean cruise for April 2025.

Inside cabin is listed as $898 with $100 deposit. However when I booked the cruise, the system required an $800 deposit.

I called their customer service for a correction and just got the run around. One agent stated the deposits are more for cruises 10 days

and longer (no disclose about that on their site). Another agent said she could give me the $100 deposit promo, but only if the cruise price

increased to $998 (again, no disclosure pertaining to that on their site). I ended up cancelling the booking out of frustration. What has happened to their customer service?

You should get a Princess vacation planner. Mine is awesome and does all this for me. Whenever I have questions or wanting to book anything I email or call him and he takes care of everything. They work for Princess. They are not all perfect but mine is awsome and I know there are a lot of good ones.

😊

9 hours ago, Brighton Line said:

If you have 2 devices for each adult that is four devices or one per person in your party. My wife only had her phone. I had Phone, Tablet and Laptop. For the laptop I signed in under her account to assign the WiFi to that device. 

Just have one adult log their account on the child's device, there is no need to purchase more access unless you have more than four devices. 

Thanks for the response but we only have 2 devices. We need 2 more 😊

3 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

If you are sailing from the US I doubt the kids program will be full because it is. It school holidays.  EM

I Hope your right.😊

On 8/8/2023 at 2:02 PM, skittl1321 said:

My family of 4 just got back from the Seascape. Our kids were 4 and 6 and had an amazing time. 

 

I am working on going through photos, and will try to do an in-depth review as the days go by, but my short review is: Wow! My expectations were greatly exceeded. I was really worried I picked the wrong cruiseline after reading so many negative reviews during my planning, but I have very few complaints at all. It felt like when we started cruising carnival in 2008, high quality food, high quality service. 

 

We cruised in a balcony cabin, fantastica experience. Drinks and Wifi were included in our booking. We had early dining, which was at 5:00.

Having young kids, we did very few of the planned daytime activities, and were in bed well before any evening parties, so our cruise experience is maybe a bit different from others who are staying up late and partying.

 

 Some initial thoughts:

Food: Buffet was a madhouse on embarkation day and after Grand Cayman, but not too bad any other time we went for lunch or breakfast (we never went for dinner). The breakfast choices were preferable to the dining room, but it was easier for us to go to the dining room with the kids. The lunch choices seemed a bit lacking, I didn't feel like there were many things we wanted to eat, so we usually had pizza. The kids did not like any of the dessert choices on the buffet, I could have eaten my weight in cream puffs and eclairs. Dining room breakfast service was not great- there was always a mistake with our order, and often they didn't have what we asked for. Dining room dinner was amazing, our head waiter was a highlight of the cruise. Kids menu was a bit boring, but the kids loved eating off the main menu, and just adored having ice cream every night.  My husband loved the dinner menu and found tons he liked to eat. I am a picky eater and ate more beef on this cruise than I have in the past few years combined, but it was all really good; I just had a hard time finding options.  

 

Drinks package: We had the easy plus package, and honestly, I wish I could have had the non-alcoholic package so I could have soft serve ice cream included! But my husband was happy with the variety of wines available at dinner, as well as the mixed drinks or ciders he had during the day. The kids LOVED getting virgin strawberry daquiris and pina coladas, and I drank a lot of diet coke!  Our drinks waiter was confused at dinner that I didn't drink, so would often bring out the Asti or Prosecco my husband ordered for me as well. (Never the red wine though...)  No problem, I just passed the drink over to my husband.  We mostly went to the bar in the atrium and the bartenders were amazing for our kids. My 4-year old loved cherries in his drink, and one time the waiter gave him 10!  Drink service was not fast, but the bartenders almost always were making frozen cocktails, not just handing out beers, so it takes some time.  Drinks were not premixed, so I could get a virgin strawberry daquiri with a banana in it, basically making a strawberry banana smoothie 🙂  Kids ice cream in the kids drink package was available most of the day, at the jungle pool bar; soft serve, chocolate, vanilla, or mix.  It was REALLY good soft serve.  We did get charged once and had to have the $4.50 charge removed. They tried to tell us the problem was an adult ordered it; but we handed over the kids card, and they eventually did remove us, but customer service really fought back on that.  I'm glad my kids shared, because I really wanted ice cream, but I wasn't paying that much for it.

 

Pirates Cove water park: 100% the best part of the cruise for us.  Our kids lived here. We didn't ask until the end of the cruise if our daughter could go on the slides because she was under the posted age limit. (I walked up and just said "what's the age?" and they just asked me how old she was, I said 6, and they said fine, and I signed a waiver.)  If I had done that the first day, I don't think I would have been able to get her off the waterslides ever.  On sea days it was a mad house, but after ports (or during) it was really amazing. My younger son loved the mini slides and enjoyed the kids pool. We didn't go into other pools because of their depth. 

 

Elevators: Um, so this is probably the number one complaint I've heard across the ship.  Honestly, I think the elevator system was fine, maybe even good. The problem is people don't understand it.  (I worked in a high-rise that used basically the same system.)  You press the button for the floor you want to go to, it assigns and elevator and tells you how long it will be.  I THINK you are supposed to press the button the number of times there are people in your party, so the elevator can determine if it is full, but nothing said to do that, and we didn't, nor did we see anyone else do it.  Here are where the problems lie: People don't understand how the elevators are assigned, so when it shows a long wait, they press another floor near the one they want. Then another. We saw people press every single floor in a row.  So now the computer is assigning elevators to go from that floor to every single floor.  We were also guilty of abandoning elevators to take the stairs if the wait was more than 2 minutes, so the system could really use a cancel button!  With a regular elevator bank though, you'd just be waiting and waiting, and you'd have just as many issues with full elevators. I think the seascape could really use MORE elevators.  We did get the "no elevator available" message a few times; but we've been on plenty of cruise ships where we just wait and wait; so at least with that message the people ON the elevator aren't stopping at every floor.

 

Kids Club: Our kids only went to kids club twice (mini club). They had a dance party where they took the kids out on deck; and our kids told us it was incredible; but when we tried to get them to go again, they told us it was boring and there were only legos to play with. Both times we went to check them in and out it was absolute chaos with so much noise from all the parties in the rooms; but the process was very secure. 

 

Shows: We went to see 3 shows and a comedian. The comedian was fine but not really our cup of tea.  He literally kept checking his watch, as part of his act??? but it just felt like he could not be bothered to be there and was literally saying "5 minutes left to meet my contractual obligations". That's OK, not every comedian is for everyone. The guy behind us clearly thought he was hilarious.  The shows were amazing.  No, they are not broadway shows. They are song/dance revues, with arielists and contortionists. The dancers were very good. The costuming was good. The singers were good. The music was way too loud.  It reminded me of Carnival 15 years ago, when we used to be super impressed with their original shows.  My 4-year old was absolutely enamoured with every second of the shows, and we LOVED that after the performances the entertainers came out to take photos. That was such an incredible touch that really made the cruise for the kids. The 7:30 show often sold out.  We skipped the "In Concert" show because the kids were tired, and I wish we hadn't. We also skipped the instrumentalist.   I bet the pop-up entertainment in La Caberet Rouge was excellent as it was many of the same performers, but it was too late at night for us to attend.  The space is underutilized during the day, so our kids loved going back there and dancing on the stage when the room was empty. 

 

 

Will add more later... ports, more about food, stateroom, and any thing people ask about. (Plus some photos.)

Thanks for the great review.
We are actually going to be in that exact same room soon.

I was wondering about the bunkbed, if you had option to have it as a sofa in the day and bunk beds at night. Would your steward have don that for you. 

My DH and I are sailing on the Seascape on November 4 with my daughter, her husband and their two girls. I was wondering if anyone has information on the kids program if they a sometimes are full and cannot accept more kids. My embarcation time is late and I’m afraid they might be full  y the time we get ther to register them and my granddaughters will miss out.

This is actually the first time we bring children with us so I am unsure if they have to be registered or how it work?

Any info would be appreciated.😊

We are a family of four with the easy plus package which includes two devices one for each adult. Does anyone know how much it cost to add two children to access the Internet? (We would have 4 devices in all)

tks 

Do they have movies on the pool deck at night on the seascape? If so, does anyone know what movies are playing at this time?
tks

😁

3 hours ago, phoebe2m said:

We were on the Discovery Princess for two 7-night cruises. We did not buy the Plus package but I kept track to see how much money we saved. 

 

Week One

Crew appreciation $16 a day x 2 people x 7 days = $224

Wi-fi $7.50 a day x 7 days = $52.50 (we pay half price for internet, my husband doesn't use wi-fi)

Wine, beer, cocktails = $168.29

Total $444.79 

Plus package $60 a day x 2 people x 7 days = $840

Savings: $395.21

 

Week Two

Crew appreciation $16 a day x 2 people x 7 days = $224

Wi-fi $7.50 a day x 7 days = $52.50 (we pay half price for internet, my husband doesn't use wi-fi)

Wine, beer, cocktails = $85.16

Total $361.66 

Plus package $60 a day x 2 people x 7 days = $840

Savings: $478.34

 

If we had purchased the Plus we would have had a few more drinks, had a few coffees at International Cafe. We wouldn't have gone to the casual restaurants or the exercise classes. We probably would have had one or two specialty desserts.

 

So my point is, do the math before you decide.

 

 

 

 

I’m always on the fence(do I get it or not) 

We drink lots of coffee and tones of water. 
😊forgot to mention, don’t you have to have plus or premium to get free room service?
 

We want to do Dunns river falls and the zip lining. If we take a taxi from the port and start with Dunns river falls, do we have to take another taxi to get to the zip lining or is it walkable? 
tks 😊

Hi,

I was wondering if you are assigned early dining, do they assigned you a certain time between 530 and 7:30 PM?
My concern is that we have young children and find that 7:30 PM is too late for dinner.

Once on board do they assign you a specific time between those two hours or are you able just walk up to the dining room anytime between those hours?

😊

Maybe they were Canadian…

I need a passport to travel. 😊

28 minutes ago, tetleytea said:

Meanwhile I have emailed customer services at least 30 times (literally) and they have not responded even once.  And every time I call Princess, they turn around and say to email customer services.     About a sailing that same month. 

Do you send it to sbpcl@princesscruises.com

I sent the form, and my statement to this email address 

3 minutes ago, hop2it said:

How far away is your sail date? Not sure if it matters how soon this can be taken care of.

My sailing is December 3

11 minutes ago, Snaxmuppet said:

I didn't realise that there was a normal balcony (i.e. not a mini-suite) that had reserved dining (old club class). I thought the lowest class of cabin with reserved dining was mini-suite... am I wrong?

i guess I misunderstood your question. Sorry. I didn’t realize that the dining was main part of wanting to upgrade. Lol  just ignore me 😜 lol 

4 minutes ago, Snaxmuppet said:

I didn't realise that there was a normal balcony (i.e. not a mini-suite) that had reserved dining (old club class). I thought the lowest class of cabin with reserved dining was mini-suite... am I wrong?

You mentioned you were in a balcony. (There are regular balconies, regular mini suites and then club class mini suites)

I meant that instead of paying that much money for a club class mini suite just bid for a regular mini suite which might be less expensive but better and larger than a regular balcony.

In a regular mini suite you would not get the extra amenities that you get with the club class. 
Sorry if I’m confusing you more lol I hate trying to explain something in writing instead of face-to-face LOL

Instead of upgrading to club class, I would just upgrade to a regular mini suite. It’s bigger has two televisions, and is way more comfortable than just a regular balcony. 
I love mini suites and depending on where it’s located some have larger balconies also.

1 minute ago, alyssamma said:

Hi, haven't sailed Princess before so the wifi options are a little confusing to me. Is there just one class of wifi service? On other lines there is a lower package that just allows texting and surfing and then a higher package that allows streaming.

 

Does Princess have that?

 

Ultimately I want to connect to my Ring doorcam at home. If this possible with the standard wifi that comes with Princess Plus?

 

TIA

I do believe there’s only one level of Internet. Unless now that they have Starlink it’s different. Even with the old Internet I always had my Ring doorcam on and never missed a ring lol.

I just emailed my shareholder benefit form and my stock statement to Princess and within 15 minutes, they had already applied my onboard credit and sent me an email. WOW I’m impressed and happy 😁😁😁

i just had to share… they’re on the ball….

Has anyone ever done these two excursions together? I am having difficulty finding someone that offers both the same day.
thanks in advance 

😊

35 minutes ago, Fortunate 2 travel said:

Princess removed the boarding times.

Does that mean we can show up anytime?
 

I’m sorry if this was asked already, but is the Starlink internet on the Crown yet?
we are embarking on the 23rd. 😁