Well, here's a new one for me...
I spent quite some time on the phone with my VERY earnest and diligent agent today trying to arrange a booking on the Enchanted Princess for January 2025.
One of the reasons I like to book early is so that I can choose specific cabins based on my research -- those with larger balconies, or other 'hidden gems'. I take great pleasure in this.
But today, after wasting quite a lot of my agent's valuable time searching THE ENTIRE SHIP, it seems Princess has reserved EVERY "Deluxe Balcony" stateroom on the ship for "Guarantee status". There was NOT ONE cabin in that category that wasn't 'held hostage' to that booking status!!!
Has anyone else experienced this?? If I was within 90 days or so of final payment, I'd completely understand. BUT 1 1/4 YEARS???
It seems to me that people like me (who know specifically what they want, and appreciate the better experience of a deluxe vs. standard balcony cabin) would be among Princess's better customers. So why would they create a policy like this that seems specifically intended to piss us off?? Not good form, Princess! (Dang, I miss Jan Swartz!!)
Anyone know any ways through this? I know what I want, and will always be a tad resentful if I am denied it -- especially on terms as blatantly screwy as this.
I am more than willing to settle for a "Deluxe Balcony" cabin without the 'special features' I was gleefully searching for. But I am NOT willing to book into that category on "Guarantee status" only to have Princess arbitrarily put me into a space of THEIR choosing that could be under endless scraping chairs, or above the boom-boom-boom of a dance-floor, etc... This staggers belief!