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Because it is maritime tradition to reuse names, and previous names are already trademarked, saving the expense of vetting and registration.

The local news indicated it was cargo only.

I was on this voyage and agree that the hull is pretty rusty. However, they were touching it up in Los Angeles, and were painting balconies and overhangs throughout the cruise. The interiors are in excellent shape.

Ships in the Evergreen container fleet are all named “Ever XX”, such as Ever Ocean, Ever Orient, etc. this is what greeted me one time in San Pedro:

The Port of Los Angeles also uses facial recognition. Easy and fast.

In the Princess app, under Preferences >Dining, you can note the speed that you prefer to dine. Whether they look at that or not, who knows.

Magic to Do is my favorite Princess show of all time. Unfortunately, the title confuses people into thinking it’s a “magic show”, which it’s decidedly not. It’s named for the song from Pippin, and has to do with the magic of life, not magic tricks. I love that it has a plot, and is jam packed full of Stephen Schwartz classic songs.

Have you ever considered that choosing your own cabin is the “regular” price and that guaranteed cabin is at a discount?

i recall that, at least 20 years ago if not longer, that some Princess ships’ Internet Cafes were presented by Microsoft. I work for a company that has maintained corporate alliances like this since the 1950’s. They serve as both advertising for the outside company, and a revenue source for the other one. They also, in some cases, lend a feeling of quality in products served-for example, I’d be much more likely to think that a coffee provided by Lavazza would be better than some generic, no-name coffee I might get otherwise.

This is already a thing.

Thank you! So many people cry “bait and switch” without grasping what the concept really means.

Just off the Discovery, and it was handled by the steward. Much easier/quicker.

The violence was was in Culiacan, almost 150 miles from Mazatlan.

I remember it sometimes being called “Landfall Dinner” on Princess.

When I first started cruising in the early 90’s, almost all the ships were “old”. There were very few new builds, on any lines. Many ships were recycled transatlantic ocean liners; I had the pleasure of sailing on both the Carnivale (ex Empress of Britain, from 1955), and the Oceanic from 1965. I had great experiences on both. I always chuckle at people who see a bit of rust-on a an ocean going vessel-and wonder if they should be worried about maintenance. On these boards, someone even posted a photo of some rust they saw on the maiden voyage of Discovery Princess. Oy.

Wow. There are a lot of highbrow people in this thread. I don’t know what people expect-it was never advertised as anything other than what it is-a reality dating show. And for those of us who remember “The Love Boat” fondly, remember it was not well received in its day-from a first season review: “Overall, there's nothing wrong with The Love Boat that couldn't be remedied by sharper writing, better casting, more original situations, an end to the indefatigable laugh track or, barring those changes, an enormous tidal wave.”

This all sounds like someone confused the elimination of the milestone OBC that we used to get, which did cost them some funny money, with the milestone recognition, which is little to no cost for them. I’d take it with a grain of salt.

Makes sense! I forgot to mention that the rendering of the restaurant (that matches the deck plan) was labelled “Signature Restaurant”. But for sure we’re all guessing at this point! 😊

The Cabana suites are Reserve Suites, not Signature Suites. Plus, there are regular inside cabins among the suites, which would make the “ship within a ship” thing not the case

I would have tended to agree, except that “suite dining room” is labelled on deck 8, and it matches the rendering of the room that you can find online. I don’t think they would have more than one restaurant for suite Guests. Plus-the Altitude space is way too small for as many suites as they have. Maybe it’s an up charge restaurant for suites! 😉

Great thoughts! You can tell that there are a lot of venues that still aren’t labelled, so more to come I’m sure. My guess on The Beach Club is that it’s an outdoor space for kids/teens, as they need one as their main areas look to be down below. I was thinking that “inclusive restaurant” could be the Reserve dining room, or maybe a no-charge but still specialty restaurant, like some other lines have. I don’t see a burger/pizza location on the Lido deck-they really need to have some food service up there, unless they expect everyone to order from the app!

Disagree. The font and design that is being used has definitely originated from Princess. It They just got ahold of something that they shouldn’t have, and posted it when they shouldn’t have. It’s like how on the day of the big announcement, the Orlando Sentinel leaked all the information about the ship early. That day I can guarantee that Princess gave them a “release no earlier” than time, and they did it anyway, accidentally or on purpose.

Having worked as a manager in the hotel business for many years, this is Revenue Management 101. The difference is that if a room goes unsold tonight in my hotel, I have the potential to sell it tomorrow-but once a ship has sailed, that’s lost revenue, and you can’t make it up until the next sailing. It’s why cruise lines are doing this-it’s a way to make some of that up. Hotels often offer up sells at the Front Desk, and my hotels would offer incentives to Front Desk clerks who would do the most of them. Human nature loves a bargain, and people often jump at the chance to get one. Like at hotels, sometimes these will be actual bargains, and other times not. And just like at a hotel, cruise lines oversell lower categories, then upgrade/upsell into unsold higher categories. The percentage is lower on a ship for obvious reasons, but hotels are often oversold by ~10%, based on historic no-show rates. And hotels DO sell out, and no, we don’t have a room for a celebrity. I’ve relocated many a guest to another hotel when that happens, and when it does, they are comped and get compensation.

On the Discovery, and I have seen them in videos of suites on the Sky and Enchanted.

“Suite bath amenities” has been removed from the list of Elite benefits. From experience, suites mostly have the same amenities as a regular cabin these days-the large pumps of Lotus Spa soaps, and little else other than cotton balls/ swabs and maybe a loofah. It wasn’t like the “olden days” when there was lip balm, emery boards, and often upgraded individually packed soaps and shampoos. Plus, with supply chain issues, you never knew what you were going to get, if anything.