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Thank you, that is one of the websites I've been looking at.

That is one of the websites I've looked at. I've used that and others to get my guesstimate for now and it looks like early morning. Enjoy your viewing of the total eclipse!!

Yes, if I can't find out anything from the ship, and probably as a back up, that is my plan and I've found a website that you can put in your location and it will give you a time. Problem is, I can put in our location the night before to get an estimate but as we will be moving I'll have to check again in the morning.

Thanks! Not giving up hope, from what I've read it will be able to be seen, if the skies are clear of course) (granted only partial eclipse) over most of the country and I do understand the difference between seeing a partial eclipse and being in the zone of totality. If I was on land and stationary the time would be easy to determine. As best I can tell from the maps and predictions it should be early morning.

Oh no!! That would be very disappointing. At a minimum I will ask at guest services but was hoping maybe Princess would do something special.. even though we'll only see a partial eclipse. I guess I should start asking our first sea day (April 6th) and maybe even ask whichever officers or staff attends our Cruise Critic Meet & Greet which is also that first sea day.

I will be on Sapphire Princess (sailing April 5th) somewhere between LA and Hawaii on April 8th. I know we won't be in the zone of totality but from what I've read we should be able to see a partial eclipse. However, since we will be somewhere at sea and I won't know the exact location ahead of time I don't know what time to look for the eclipse. Will Princess let us know when we can look for the eclipse, like posting it in the patter or on the announcements? Will there maybe be an eclipse watching party? From what I can tell we should be able to see the eclipse sometime in the morning.. weather dependent, of course.

So sorry for your experience. It is not fair that such a large group can affect the "regular" paying customers experience. We board her Saturday I really hope we don't have that same issue.

Thank you

Who is the current cruise director and activities director? We board in just over a week TIA

I hope the Acoustic Duo - Time Machine will still be onboard when we are on beginning of March. I really enjoyed them on the Constellation TA last spring.

So sorry for your loss. Looking forward to following along as I'm doing the same cruise with DD just a few weeks after you. We can't wait! Take good care of her for us 😊

They have 3 channels red, green, and blue. The DJ will determine what is played on each but typically red is 70s, green is 80/90s and blue is 2000s. You can switch between channels as much as you like. It's really a lot of fun.

Following along! Looking forward to following your adventure. I'll be boarding the Reflection about 1 month after you get off' Another silent disco fan here! I hope on our 8 night they offer it multiple times.

I couldn't buy the wifi for my 2025 cruise on the website but was able to on the new app by logging out then using my booking number to log in. When I log in using my username and password only my 2024 cruise shows up?? I know on the old app I could see both. Either way was able to book the internet for the 2025 cruise, I wasn't sure I was even going to book internet but at least now I'm locked in at the lower rate. If I decide I don't need it (fairly port intensive itinerary which I should have phone service in the ports) I can always cancel... up to 72 hrs before the cruise.

Thanks for the tip on the price increase!! I was trying to wait until boarding to purchase the one device plan but did so today using the app and had no problem getting my platinum discount. A big savings $$$ on my 32 night sapphire cruise in April. Love cruise critic for helping fellow members out!

You say you were assigned a specific time? We've always (at least post COVID) been able to choose our arrival time when online check in opens. I guess if you wait long enough to do online check in they assign you a time?

Wishing you safe travels! At least the weather in Atlanta is good today so hopefully your flight will be on time. I'm also very interested to hear your thoughts about the ship and crew of the Sapphire Princess as I'll be boarding her beginning of April for the 32 day south pacific cruise.

No, there used to be but they've turned it into the registration and waiting area for the rock wall. This area used to be on the port side but the suite lounge took over that space. Kind of disappointing because that was one of my favorite parts about the former Diamond now Crown lounge.

I know this is the celebrity board and celebrity is probably my preferred cruise line but I'm not loyal to any one line. We cruised the Royal princess to Alaska the first season she sailed there and all we heard was how that was a terrible ship for Alaska. We loved it. That being said, just two weeks ago I booked royal princess for New Zealand in February 2025. Price for a deluxe balcony was a steal IMHO. Never sailed edge class yet and would be willing to try it but the prices were much much higher. Pretty sure either choice would be good for me. Just super excited to see New Zealand!!

Thank you for the tip! Drink package prices at 45% off are a steal for my March cruise.

Thank you so much for posting! I'm on the same itinerary in April 2024. I've also never been on the Sapphire (but have been on princess before so I already know about the lack of seating besides a desk chair in the lower category rooms..🙁 ) so I really appreciate all the little details! Please keep them coming. Really glad to hear the internet has been good. What do you have planed for the south pacific ports?

I'm going spring 2024... can't wait. The ease of travel, cruising roundtrip LA (having only to fly to the "relatively" short flight to LA) , and the south pacific ports was the biggest reason to book. Kind of like an almost transpacific.. but on training wheels.

I personally love this idea. Having not been particularly loyal to one side of the family or the other. I've earned Elite by points on Celebrity and then Diamond (getting close to D+) on Royal by number of nights, I could only hope that combining would be helpful... but then again it depends on how they work out all those very important details! I'll be interested to see if and how this pans out.

My kids are older now but always preferred Celebrity to other lines when we went for spring break. Not all kids wants/needs are the same. If you don't want to sail with kids on board don't sail in March/April and go on cruises longer than 10 days. In fact my 20 year old choose to go on the Reflection with me for her spring break next year rather than the Odyssey of the Seas (same length and itinerary) or the Symphony of the Seas.

I'm a little farther out than that but next year's 32 night cruise will definitely get me closer!