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People letting friends and family onto the cabana deck. There are already 39 cabins that have access to the deck, bringing in random others would not be fair to those who paid for that access.

I've noticed that the app seems to work better when you log in with your booking number instead of your user name and password. No idea why, but that has been my experience. I have not had any issues booking specialty dinners and have not had to pay in advance. I even booked our 2 included dinners for a 2026 cruise!

Will be following along! Have a great cruise!

I just realized that recently as well. I’d be more concerned if the buffet was on the deck above. I’m hopeful it won’t be an issue and will be watching for reviews as they become available.

We have a group of 6 booked Feb 2025 (3 cabins on deck 10) and our cabana mini-suites are all next to each other. If anyone can share photos of how the dividers on the balconies can be opened up, I'd appreciate it!

The video that said is was adults only during the day has been updated to say it’s not. https://youtu.be/_z-eQBor370?si=qvIdIRVG6YXJ96QC

Me too. We've only been on 1 cruise so far (2 booked since) and loved the Lotus Pool on the Caribbean since it was adult only and had stairs. It never occurred to me that other ships wouldn't have at least 1 pool with them. Our next cruise is on the Sun, then Royal - now I'm off to research the pools on the Royal, lol.

Seems like it. I've watched all the videos showing pools and other than some having steps onto the wading area, all the pools have ladders from what I've seen 😞

There are several photos and videos shared in the Sun Princess thread.

You pick the deck you want to go to outside and it tells you what elevator to get on.

That would be funny if it was the protective plastic seal!!

Princess didn’t cancel your flight, the airline did. This is why I never book flights through a 3rd party. It’s easier to manage schedule changes when you’re dealing directly with the airline. Hope you get it all worked out.

I’m curious to hear feedback on how crowded (or not) that deck gets with both the C1 and C2 mini’s having access to it. I also wonder if families with little ones and groups will overtake the area and let friends/family have access to it through their cabins. On longer cruises while school is in session, I could see it being a nice quiet private retreat. I guess only time will tell. Meanwhile I’m happy with our choice to book a cabana mini on deck 10.

Is available to all Reserve Cabana mini-suites, so 39 cabins assuming port side cabins are only allowed access to the port side deck and starboard cabins to the starboard deck.

It's just the navigation bar on my iphone

Shows as Specialty in my cruise planner for this ship.

Specialty

In that case you are charged right away on your saved credit card. However you can cancel at any time and are credit back right away.

We have been able to book SD without paying in advance. When booking through the app it shows the price and then an adjustment for our Premier Pkg (or suite on our last cruise) and then had a zero balance.

We booked a cruise last week for Feb 2026 and have already made our MDR and specialty dining reservations (739 days till we sail as of today). This reservation is in a Reserve Class mini-suite with the Premier package (which includes 2 specialty dinners). We have only paid the deposit at this point. I suspect being RC may play a role. On the flip side, our Feb 2025 sailing on the Sun is not available to make dining reservations yet. However the Sun isn't sailing yet, we are in a cabana-mini (not RC) but do have the Premier pkg. Also only paid the deposit thus far. I don't think we'll be able to make reservations on this cruise until we are paid in full.

Those people learn a valuable lesson to always book a refundable ticket and/or purchase travel insurance. We as travelers need to control the things that are in our control. Booking non-refundable flights or hotels is on the traveler, not Princess.

We didn't get invited to the lounge 😞 .

We didn't experience any issues with our cabin a couple weeks ago. There were some warm spots on the ship but it was extremely hot and humid in the Caribbean. We found our cabin was too cold at times. We did bring a small rechargeable fan just in case, but didn't need it. No roaches and no plumbing issues. The ship is a bit tired in some areas (spa locker rooms to be specific) but mostly she is still a beauty!

Ours came via Fed Ex for our trip a couple weeks ago and came from overseas. I'm sure a UPS strike could slow things down for some, but not all. Hopefully they'll come to an agreement and avoid the strike.

Yes! You have all full suite perks!! The club class, now called Reserve Collection dining was a really nice perk! No reservations needed and we walked right in every time. Be sure to book your complimentary specialty dining on embarkation day as well.