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We're on the Infinity R/T Vancouver to Alaska on June 10 and June 17. Anyone else on either of these cruises?

Hi Lois.. no, but enjoy [emoji846]

Excited for Edge

Lots of details on Aqua Class today; really excited for December 16!

https://www.celebritycruises.com/edge/spa/sea-thermal-suite/

We are booked for Dec. 22, 2018. If they sell her, I hope they do it as a "move over". :D

Kevin,

She’s making the 2020 World Cruise. You are good.

~Bob

My son just looked at the video today and said it looks like there is a swim against the current device in the pool? Apparently he has much better eyes then I do. Is this true? He is a swimmer and would love to workout.

There is a device, but it unknown whether that swimmer purchased it himself.

The guy was in there every day.

I hope you liked the 3 videos.

~Bob

Here's a link to all the releases, including the Asia ones:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kJwELxmQ45Qxi8a8x7MWFy-xbh_r3A7a?usp=sharing

Thank you for the insight.

It is very much appreciated!

~Bob

We are glad you had a great cruise in March. We loved our Antarctic Cruise in February 2016. But you have me concerned about the Infinity. We are scheduled to sail on the Infinity in September 2018. I don't know what "POD" means. What kind of problems did the Infinity have? Was the ship going into drydock soon to fix the problems?

 

Judy

Propulsion reference. She had Azipod issues recently affecting a few cruises, and was scheduled for drydock last month to repair.

Future cruise deposits I’m thinking.

Hmm. Ok. I wonder why they could not be used instantly/what’s the “wait until“ date about?

And me still short on FCD's until 6/2 :eek:

I do not understand the acronym FCD.

Following this thread as I am anxious to see the Americas spreadsheet. So things open on May 16th for Elite, correct?

Yes.

9am PDT on 5/17 for the rest of us lowly Platinums [emoji13]

Thanks Guys,

This is just such a typical gesture from the people on this ultraspecial roll call! Let's hope we can make it work one day!

Morven

 

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Yes!

Love the pace of a river cruise. Its wonderful to get inside a country and visit with the locals. The towns and sights along the Danube are some of the best. Enjoy!

 

We have done three river cruises with AmaWaterways with a potential fourth next year.

Our river cruise was fantastic. December 2014, Christmas Markets, beer, mulled wine, and walking into town from a riverbank... great time.

On the Regal now and was told at the Captains Circle Party that these would be open for booking on May 16.

 

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Thanks!

~Bob

That is a great function of Uber. Once in Seattle at the cruise terminal, we had an 'Uber Jumper' attempt to get our ride! It didn't work... and we where on our way quickly.

 

 

 

To update our cruising - we had an incredible Solstice cruise down under visiting Australia and New Zealand during February of this year (for my birthday); just have to return to New Zealand for sure.

 

 

 

Our next cruise is Oceania's Insignia in July for Liz's birthday (a biggie), New England and Bermuda for a week.

 

 

 

Family activities are holding off more ocean cruising until 2019 at the moment, as younger son's family is moving from Atlanta to San Jose.

 

 

 

For Bob, Any News on the Master Chief boards yet?

 

 

 

Happy cruising wishes to everyone,

 

 

 

Herman and Liz

Hi Herm,

No, they should be out within about a week, followed by Senior Chief results a couple weeks later.

I will send you an email privately about that.

~Bob

Good afternoon everyone. Question: Uber vs Lyft. Preference? Why?

Some hotels we had looked at offered shuttle service to/from airport/cruise port and didn’t think the difference of$100 is worth the cost as checking on Uber an approx costs came in much less

 

Sue

 

 

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I have never used Lyft; One thing I like about the app on Uber, you can see exactly where your driver is.

And if that tech readily available at your fingertips indicates someone is going to be super late, well, a taxi is always readily available.

I would say almost 95% of the time, though, if there is enough of a taxi queue, it follows that there is enough of a presence for UBER, and the wait is very minimal.

Found this from last year. Could be mid to late May before the December 2019 'Americas' dates I want are posted.

 

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (May 22, 2017) – Princess Cruises has announced its 2018-2019 Americas cruise itineraries including sailings to the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexico, Hawaii, the California Coast, and Alaska.

Thanks, John

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Grand Princess

San Diego this morning

A little earlier than they originally said - just got the email that says:

 

Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific 2019-2020 – 4/17, 4 p.m. PDT

 

World Cruise 2020 – 4/24, 9 a.m. PDT

Appreciate it!

No it would appear that only Australia/New Zealand are going on sale April 19 for 19/20 sailing dates. The Amerericas which is the Caribbean does not yet have a release date.

[emoji20] Bring me the Americas!

A little belated but our sincerest birthday wishes to you, Bob. Hope it was a grand day for you and that you got every thing your wished for and more!

Hi! Thank you. Well, my mother-in-law was herself, so- I’ll just say it was an eventful day.

Looking forward to seeing you guys this Fall!

I'm not "angry" - merely "peeved". We want to visit both Kenai and Copper River and it's possible to do this year in a single Connoisseur Cruisetour this year (when it's not feasible for us to do) but not next year when we could go. I'm sure they must have some reason for not offering the trip next year but it is unfortunate for us. Perhaps we will go and just do Kenai or perhaps wait until 2020 and see if the cruisetour is restored.

Ok, thank you.

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Currently being peeved with Princess. I looked at Connoisseur cruise tours to Alaska and this year tour SB8 goes to Denali Lodge, Kenai Lodge, and Copper River Lodge. Next year the same tour -SB8 - goes to Denali Lodge, McKinley Lodge, and Kenai Lodge. Poop!!! We want the one that's like this year that hits both Kenai and Copper River but it seems there are none being offered next year. What the heck? Kenai and Copper River are lodges we have yet to stay at - although we did visit Copper River Lodge last year when we were on a 7 week camping trip. It was a rainy day and we took a trip to the lodge, had Irish Coffee, had lunch, then had a second Irish Coffee while sitting near the fire in the main room and reading for a couple of hours. Wonderful interlude on our trip but we really want to actually stay there. It's looking like we may have to do it in 2 different trips which, of course, adds a fair amount of cost and time that could be used for another cruise - not to mention that the cruisetour only counts for the 7 actual sea days as opposed to the 8 days on land plus the 7 days at sea.

 

We will never be able to cruise in a suite such as is shown in the video but did enjoy watching. Holy Cow! Thanks for the video.

You’re very welcome. I don’t know if it will have been a one off for us, as our budget is typically balcony or mini suite. This was a big blowout celebratory trip.

On the other note, I do not understand why you’re angry at Princess; I may have misunderstood your paragraph, it seems to me they have simply switched one of their tours?

Cheers,

Bob

The 3 for Free is my favorite promo. I'm on the Princess site nearly everyday to compare cruise and flight changes. My flight fron San Diego to LA doesn't change much. Right now my Hawaii cruise is more than $200 more than I paid for with the current promo. I got the $300 OBC and I come out better than the free gratuities current promo. But when 3/Free comes out, I'll ckeck that out and compare all the final figures.

 

Lynn

A flight to LAX?? With respect.. [emoji4], the check in to SAN, the wait, that 21-min segment, the baggage claim and the drive on I405 to lovely romantic San Pedro is worth it? [emoji848]

UBER would be appx $155, and far far quicker with personalized door-to-door! Time has a value!

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Happy birthday, Bob! We hope you had a wonderful day!

 

Judy and Bill

Thank you!

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Oh...oh thats right she is a smaller ship. I was thinking low # front of the ship. Dh and i just drooled on my phone watching the cabin tour..

 

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Hopefully you guys watched on a large tv! Be sure to read the item description in the pull-down.

If you email me, I’ll send you a link to a blog I keep[emoji846]

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Oh that was your video...I missed that. I thought you just found it...the cabin was at the front of the ship right

 

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No... aft right. 8067.

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