Dorset Cruiser

We have a cruise booked for April 2023.  Date is now problematic for us.  Will Royal Caribbean allow us to move cruise to 2024 without forfeiting our deposit?

5 minutes ago, msmoger said:

Bottles of wine, yes, one per adult passenger and it must be consumed in your cabin.  Any additional bottles are charged a $20 (?) corkage.  It used to be $15, but I believe is was raised.

 

Bottles of spirits or beer, no.

Sorry, I am really asking about bottles of water or soda.  Understand Princess might have recently changed the rules and now only allows cans?

Are bottles still allowed at embarkation?

26 minutes ago, dreaminofcruisin said:

 

I'm not sure what you are asking...what kind of 'views'?

Perhaps this thread will help you out?

 

Sorry, I meant views as in ‘thoughts’.  These balconies are overlooked from the Sea Walk but D deck is quite far down from that.

Are there any views on the extended balcony cabins on Dolphin Deck Sky Princess.  Presume they are under the Seawalk?

9 hours ago, Potstech said:

The only facilities on the Regal were either Room Service or a trip to either the International Cafe or the Horizon Court.  As fire is one of the greatest fears on a ship I doubt there will be any in the cabins.

Other cruiselines such as Cunard and P&O put the facility in their cabins.  We have the drinks package but it would be nice to just boil up a kettle for early morning tea.

Will there be teamaking facilities on Regal Princess when she is based in Southampton in 2021?

1 hour ago, CCFC said:

OP is from the UK, its currently at £10.57 as of Friday

Thank you 😀

Dies anyone know at what price shares are trading ?

We were booked on from 19 March.  Got our FCC two days ago but no sign of our refund yet.

13 minutes ago, caribill said:

 

Princess claims that all Pause 1 refunds/FCCs were processed by the end of April.

 

I suggest calling Princess to ask about the status of yours even though your booking is with a TA.

 

Tell the rep that supposed all claims from Pause 1 have been processed but yours has not been. Ask why.

Then that is another untruth from Princess.  Have read of many, many people who had cancelled cruise dates in March who have also heard nothing and received nothing. People are getting really angry with Princess and I think this will cost them a lot of loyal cruisers.

On 5/12/2020 at 2:56 AM, ceilidh1 said:

My confusion comes in where most (?) people from pause 1 now have the FCCs calculated and posted, whether they chose option 1 or 2. So, if a rep has gone into each of those bookings and taken the time to calculate and create the FCC, surely the refund is an obvious next step on that booking? Why would you only do half of the process? My only thought is that it goes to a different department for approval, but even then there doesn't seem to be a logical reason as to why the FCC can be processed but the refund not.

 

(And I use the term "most" above loosely, since I still don't have mine)

Not true.  Our 19th March cruise was cancelled on 12th March.  Have had nothing, neither FCC nor Refund and in fact had a communication from my TA two weeks ago that if we continued to press for the refund, it could take ‘many months’.  Yet I read constantly of cudtomers with cancelled cruises after our cruise date who have had both their refund and FCC.  I am seriously of the opinion that we will receive nothing back and will be forced to take a short period credit notefrom our TA if we want to get any value at all out of this cancelled cruise fiasco.  If this proves to be the case, then ‘never again Princess Cruises’.

Thanks, will try a search but not sure how to do that now.  It was easier on the previous CC version.

Is there a list of movies being shown currently (and over the next 8 weeks)?

Never, why would I?

1 hour ago, Reina del Mar said:

We had our appointment at the Travel Health Clinic this morning and have been issued with Exemption Certificates due to medical reasons and age (60+). We needed to pay a small fee. We were recommended to wear long sleeved shirts and long trousers, as well as using DEET spray.

 

Think it's almost time to start thinking about packing, now !!

Excellent.  Same advice as us.  Have ordered a couple of pairs of trekking trousers in the sale and will wear them in all our SA ports, along with a long sleeved cotton top.  We just have to update a couple of jabs and renew our passports on Monday and we are all set.  Have already set up our cruise wardrobes in a spare bedroom.  Only need to sort out what to do with currencies and we are all set 😀

5 hours ago, TeaBag said:

I don't know when you are sailing but if you can get a hold of Sawyer Permethrin insect spray for clothing, it is very good.  You spray your clothes and it lasts 6 weeks or 6 washings.  We have alkso bought Picaridan lotion which is odorless, for our skin.  Planning on Iguazu Falls end of Feb.

Thanks for the info.  We are doing a full day tour in Rio  visiting the usual must see sites and a half day city tour in Salvador.  Think we really just need the innoculation/exemption certification for entry into Martinique and St Kitts.  I am sure a good DEET lotion/spray will be sufficient 🤞 will make sure we wear appropriate clothing.  We sail on 19th March.

On 1/21/2020 at 9:00 PM, Reina del Mar said:

Thank you...will be interested to know what you are told...we go next Tuesday for our consultation and injections if we can't avoid them. 

Had our consultation - £10 fee Which is only charged if no further action taken.  He took full medical and itinerary details and said that as we were not going near the Amazon and because we are both in our early 70s, he recommended the exemption certificate.  He said after age 60-70+ your immune system is gradually reducing and it is a live vaccine.  So thats what we did.  £30 each and it just lasts for the length of the cruise.  He said the yellow fever mosquitos are active during the day so we should use a strong DEET repellant while in any yellow fever area.  hope this helps 🙂

1 hour ago, Reina del Mar said:

 

We agree..it's a long way to go to be turned away. We did Chille to Buenos Aires  ..round the Horn in 2018 and didn't have any issue with innoculations being needed.

 

This cruise it seems as if it is Brazil being a YF area..but jabs not mandatory. The problem appears to be that St Kitts and Martinique want certificates or Exemption certificates if one has been to a YF area.

Thats how I understand it.  Have asked question about St Kitts and Martinique several times and people respond that they never have injections for Caribbean (and neither have I) BUT they never travel to either of those two islands direct from a yellow fever area.  Hope I get it sorted on Friday.  Will post how I get on.

23 minutes ago, Reina del Mar said:

 

Would also like to hear a definitive answer as we are travelling on this cruise too. 

 

Have spoken to our surgery and looks like we will have to have the YF  innoculation. Problem is our surgery doesn't offer it. We have an consultation with a Superdrug Travel Centre next week where they will do the jabs for £60 each if we can't talk our way out of needing them !!

 

We arrive in Buenos Aires on Monday 17th. March and have hotel booked for three nights. 

We are going to a travel clinic on Friday to get advice.  Do not really want the innoculation at our age - 72 and 70, so really want the exemption certificate.  Will see what they advise.  No way I am travelling to Argentina and then getting turned away.  If they say we need the innoculation, so be it ☹️

Thanks for the responses.  Suppose whatever way you spend your money, you can progress up the loyalty levels.  Never spent a dime in the casinos but we have sure spent a lot of money on cruises over a long time to get to Elite.  Presume that if you lose more than you win, you get to Elite more quickly 😉😂

Is this possible?  Have been told that someone I know has been moved from Platinum to Elite purely because they are a big spender in the Casino.  

Today our TA got the drinks, internet, gratuities package added to our 19th March 18 day cruise in a minisuite.  Cost £630 per person but think we will get our value out of it as we have 8 seadays and no nasty onboard account at the end of it 😀

1 hour ago, Coral said:

Offer available on select voyages sailing starting March 26, 2020

Someone said they had it added for their 7th March cruise 🤔

Might phone my ta and see if we can get it for our March cruise.