Wander58

We did not find this to be true - It's still the same cancellation policy - almost all refundable until about 120 days out then the refundable amount decreases the closer you get to sailing.

We have not heard of any changes to the Oct 20,2025 Athens->Dubai cruise on the Pursuit.

We are on the Dec 20 South African cruise - I paid in full 2 weeks ago and got the 5% OBC bonus. Yesterday I noticed that the fare had gone done again, plus 10% OBC. Since we had PIF, I did not think there was hope but I called my TA anyway just to check - GOT AN EXTRA 1300 of the fare and the 10% OBC! So, even if you have Paid in Full, it's worth it to check if you can get the new perks especially if you are more than 180 days out...all they can say is No.

I 100% disagree! Going to the small Greek Theater in Ephesus was fantastic! When would you ever get to do that? They had cushions on the stone seats that made it very comfortable. The acoustics and concert in that outstanding venue was something we'll never forget...and we definitely felt it was Amazing Evening. The only negative was the weird Turkish wine that was really bad.

Based on the fares I saw online, I just had our South Africa Intensive for this December re-fared - our new fare is $4200 LESS! I was absolutely amazed as it's really rare for us to get that kind of deal! All we lost was $300 SBC and the Premier Booze upgrade.

Maybe it was because Churchill's was still open. On the Enchanted last week, Churchill's did appear to be closed. I think the pot smoking off some balcony near us was probably worse...but we could only smell it not, see where it was coming from.

On the Island in October, only place people were smoking was in Churchill's. It looked like a blue fog through the windows.

We just got off the Enchanted Princess 2 days ago. Smoking WAS allowed in the Casino...and of course it spilled out into the Piazza and was horrible! I thought smoking indoors was banned...I was wrong. Also, we could smell someone smoking pot on the balcony. UGH!

We were just there in October. We disembarked the Island Princess and took a taxi to the train station. We had a 9:30 train to Waterloo but were easily there before 8:30am. LHR is about 1.5 hours from Southampton. On the way to the ship, I booked a private transfer and would not hesitate to book one if we were heading back to LHR. I'd expect that you could easily be there by 10:00am.

We were on the Island Princess last week. I went down to Guest services and got tokens twice during a 14 night cruise - no problem.

Thank you SO much for your updates! We also board on Oct 4, first time on the Island Princess. I thought the passenger stats were interesting - usually there is a much higher percentage of Elites. I hope the Northern Lights cruise has a similar percentage as it will make it easier to tender.

If you can wear heels, I say go for it as they always look great especially if you are going to the trouble of packing dresses. I certainly plan to on our Northern Lights cruise next week. It's about the only time we ever get dressed up.

True. But again, depends on many factors as they are not combinable with any promotions except on-board savings, B2B, and maybe one other. Best way to use them is booking while onboard. On our last cruise in May, I had the future cruise guy price it both ways and it worked out that using our 4 'free' nights was actually the best way to go by about $1000. HOWEVER, it required him to get 'official' pricing from Miami which took days. Being on-board, he was first able to verify our current level discount and free nights...something we could not do via the website or customer service back in May.

When we were on-board in May I had the Future Cruise Guy price a 15 night South Africa cruise using the current promotion and then using our 4-free nights. First, he had to verify our level and the points as they were not correct on the website. Then he had to email Miami to get the 'official' pricing using our 4 free nights. It took many days but we finally got confirmed pricing and the 4-free nights were about $1000 less than the current promotion. Since we were not planning on booking something else, it was better to use the free nights than have them expire. Long story short, it's always worth having a cruise priced both ways and you almost have to do it with the additional on-board perks to make it viable.

In Jordan, we went to a Bedouin Camp in Wadi Rum for the sunset and a show; In Columbia, it was a Carnival performance at a concert hall; In Kusadasi, it was a Turkish concert at the small ancient Greek theater in Ephesus. You can eat on the ship anytime.