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Thanks. I believe i was under the kitchen as there was clanging all night, it was an ocean view room on holland america. i don't think its possible there was a worse room. This is for caribbean princess so will check princess board.

I’m not new to cruising, but once had a horrible experience with a guaranteed cabin. However there is a cruise i’m interested in that has 500 off, but is a guarantee. What have other experiences been like? I know i slept a lot better when i was able to choose my own cabin. Price is hard to beat though.

Is it rough when you go whale watching in cabo?

Thanks. Even a small savings would help.

Just wondering if Norwegian has a black friday sale? I booked a cruise and i'd like to change dates, but now i assume i would have to pay the higher price on the new date. So, hoping prices drop even a little.

I am sorry to hear this. I was interested in the cfar. I believe tugo has this option but its not as good.

Unless prices go down for solos, it doesn’t seem like a win. Giving solo lounge access may be their argument for keeping costs high. Lets hope not.

Thanks both. Maybe they would be better just to take a bus tour of maritimes vs. a cruise.

How does it work when you turn 80? My dad turns 80 next year on top of a preexisting medical condition. Is it harder to get insurance?

Thanks! And it looks like for manulife, no preexisting medical exclusion applies

He had his heart surgery in june and wasn't planning to travel to next fall but given the slowness of the canadian health system i don't even know if it will be considered stable by then from an insurance standpoint. Thanks though and i'll read the insurance thread. It seems like separate out of province insurance isn't offered anyways, although i may suggest they ask bcaa.

My parents may have to travel in canada as my dad is still having tests due to my dad’s heart condition but they are wondering if they could get out of province insurance instead of the global travel insurance. I found a cruise where all the ports are in canada except the last port so i thought maybe they could leave early to stay in canada. But would the cruise ship have canadian or american doctors on it so they need the global travel insurance anyways?

Just a note i did get a better deal on a cruise with a princess cruise consultant instead of online. The problem is there is high turnover and they seem to disappear!

A belated thanks for your post. It seems like most caribbean cruises go to amber cove so was wondering what was there. However, i do notice most tours do say moderate. I'm not really keen to walk down a steep hill.

Thanks everyone. Glad to see this thread still active. I'm still deciding! I have signed up for a mexican cruise but still drawn to the caribbean cruises. However which ports to choose is confusing with the caribbean. The one i see for a good price goes to grand turk, san juan and amber cove.

Thanks, good idea to have an open mind. I’d be going in march, i presume at a busy time. I am in a studio cabin so perhaps the benefit outways the drawback.

I hope so too. I really enjoyed the last hal cruise i was on

This is too bad as iwas planning a trip on the bliss to mexico. Just curious to people find the small ships less busy then these big ships%?

Thanks for this post. I was just wondering the same thing. Interested if the price drops.

Thanks. I may take the epic yet at some point so your comments will not go to waste! It still seems to have the most reasonable price to go to the caribbean (this includes other cruise lines) Sorry to take the thread off track. I did book early despite my name but i had a bad experience with a horrible cabin booked at the last minute before so i am cautious.

Hi laudergayle. Sorry for the confusion. I had a separate thread on bliss vs epic. I liked that the bliss is a new ship and that as i am from vancouver i am closer to la. I decided not to do cruise first as some people seem to think it can be added later.

Thanks laudergayle, i thought i was able to switch sailings without cancelling the cruise. I decided on the mexican riviera bliss, but if the caribbean epic cruise in nov 25 (i assume released this november) has san juan then i'd consider switching to that.

So if you just book online, can you still get price drops? I had to due to amex promo.

Just to add holland america is the worse and from what i can see offers 0 single supplement specials. It seems like its worth it to create an account on princess so you can receive resident fares promos. At least it seems like you get extra obc. Perhaps a princess cruiser can speak to that?

I wouldn’t discount Norwegian. I just booked a studio with a 50% single supplement. Is that great, no, but it beats 100%. My understanding is its based on demand and if you book early like me you may have a better chance. Returning t princess i have found random solo deals with a low supplement. Thats why the filter is nice.