Astro Flyer

Great savings for you also! 😃 I’ve read that Crown’s last work was done in April 2018 at Freeport, Bahamas for 10 days so the ship should have another servicing before March 2025…even with the pause that’s a long time.

We booked the same cruise & there were no offers here in the US either. Our TA attempted to get group space but none was available on this very popular itinerary. I only checked interior & obstructed view cabins and very few were available even before opening bookings to non Elite level passengers on 4/5.

I didn’t read the email announcing the Australian cruises until this afternoon (4/4). After some frustration was able to put a hold on a cabin we liked & to have our TA book it. Like Geoffa30 we noticed that the same 28 day Around Oz cruise sailing from Brisbane was a third cheaper for us than sailing from Sydney but as he stated there were fewer available cabins. From Brisbane our category of cabin had only a couple available however from Sydney there were several more available cabins…at the much higher price. We had this itinerary booked in 2020 & are looking forward this bucket list cruise. 😊

Thanks however I don’t see a Jacques on our 2 booked ships…Regatta & Sirena.

Thanks…booked on O for the first time & gathering as much info about Regatta & Sirena as possible before our first two O cruises.

Where do we go to request additional specialty dinner reservations?

Royal-class obstructed view balcony cabins on Emerald deck (8) have varying amount of obstructions with those in midship having no obstruction looking out & have slightly larger balconies. This website has photos submitted by passengers showing views looking out from obstructed view balcony cabins on Royal-class ships. https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/deckplans/ov.php?ship=Regal-Princess&cabins=E101-E230

Try this link to access it which I got when logged in to my Cruise Personalizer’s Check-In option. https://oceanready-personalinfo-ui.prod.ocean.com/linkBooking

Of course Sue is correct ☺️

On some Royal-class ships after 1800 the Trident Grill had their version of BBQ. No flames are used in their smokehouse-style BBQ so didn’t find them to be tasty. When I went saw the meat boiled before adding a rub & putting them under an electric broiler…not even BBQ sauce when I tried it.

I found some of my favorite Italian wines with good prices at Civitavecchia’s Elite Supermercati which is less than a mile from the port’s entrance. It’s not an enoteca with a large selection but had plenty for us to enjoy. I’ve checked a few other markets which mostly had wines priced likeTwo Buck Chuck. https://www.bing.com/maps/?q=Elite+Supermercati&ypid=YN1354x8054481372322776248&cp=42.09119415283203~11.799406051635742&ppois=42.09119415283203_11.799406051635742_Elite+Supermercati

All of our DMW reservations made immediately after a cruise was eligible to be booked were there until boarding when all of them were changed. On our most recent experience on Discovery’s first two sailings which were to celebrate our 50th anniversary all of our reservations were changed. They said they were sorry however no tables were available for anything close to our original DMW reservations. I don’t blame the crew but once again Princess management for dictating unworkable procedures & expecting crew to somehow make it work as promoted…not for us. Our DMW reservations made on the first booking day are still displayed for Discovery’s TSE although that doesn’t guarantee anything as all of our other DMW reservations changed upon boarding. Nearly 2 years after DMW was implemented it’s still an unreliable mess.

Here’s a CC article from 3/10 about their tour of Sun Princess: https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/7293/

In this example they charge an extra $100 to select a cabin & to make the deposit refundable…I’ve never seen Princess charge more to select a cabin.

Yes…they definitely increased our cruise fare. Our lower cruise fare with the now expired 20th anniversary sale SBC (same amount as Ultimate) was our best option. It’s a CA Coastal cruise with the basic tours & basic beer/wine at lunch & dinner package so nothing of great interest to us for the additional cost. This will be our first O cruise with a drive to the Port of LA so will bring our allowable amount of alcohol onboard & use their BOGO drink option for any mixed drinks we desire.

When crunching the numbers to get Ultimate added to my existing reservation by rebooking my cost would greatly increase. While it might be beneficial for some passengers for my reservation it was not cost effective to add Ultimate.

In December during my first X cruise I didn’t miss the Medallion & app and the X app provided necessary info and was much, much easier to use both pre & during the cruise unlike the too many Medallion class system problems. Using the X app was trouble-free unlike all of the Medallion app glitches I’ve repeatedly experienced on my primary cruise line’s Medallion class system. Even though there has been improvement too often it’s not as advertised…very disappointing after years of being a work in progress system.

Me too! 😎🏝️☺️

Sorry to learn that Holli tested positive & hopefully it’s just a mild case like a cold that my wife had last summer…take care.

Bob…hopefully you’ll soon feel better without any long term affects & that Holli won’t become infected. I’ve been lucky to avoid it during 3 post restart cruises & last summer my wife had a mild case. Hopefully you’ll soon fly back to Prescott Valley where many of your fellow brothers reside.

It's at home so I don't have it with me but as I recall it was blue print & border on a lighter 8"x10" sheet of paper. As I recall from nearly a year ago it was put on our bed with the Patter one evening.

Bring your inaugural cruise certificate we all received as your proof. 😂 Have a great cruise! 😁

We thought it was better 👍👍

Based on your knowledge would this type of curtain with a mesh top help to minimize that clinging? I saw this type beginning on Sky & also on Discovery. Being new they also were long enough to reach the shower’s floor.

Mine still shows as $7.50 per day for 1 device and $20 per day for 4 devices.