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I can not get in using Princess main website address. http://www.princess.com.

 

I can get around it if I google princess cruises and choose from the selections offered under the main heading. Trying to get the home page no matter how I try to access it, Bookmark, Google even clicking the logo at the top left I get this "The page isn't redirecting properly" Anyone else have this happening to them?

 

Kinda strange.

Yes, can't get through, says "This web page has a redirect loop"

I wonder if the second stack is to blow the soot from the first stack over and above the aft balconies (see the Princess forums for soot deposits)

Soot problems caused by MUTS (Movies under the Sky) screen. Should not be a problem on P&O ship.

Princess are talking about P&O ship on their forum.

The British tip, just not so much as the Americans.

The photos you show are of the crew pool

When we sail Celebrity we just order extras when we place our meal order e.g. my son really likes the sirloin steak (available on the every day menu) but it is served with jacket potato so when ordering we just ask for a plate of fries on the side and always a get a huge plate full. We also ask for a dish of extra veg at the time of ordering so no need to wait. Can you do this with P&O? Surely that would solve the problem?

We ask for extra vegetables on Princess at the beginning of the meal if we think they will be required, I'm sure you will be able do the same now on P&O.

I never saw the point in silver service, the veg they served never seemed to go with the dishes, which always had sufficient veg on them anyway. What is a better idea is to do what RCI do, and have the extra items available on the menu on request.

Hands up al those like me, who have been offered cabbage with curry , pasta dishes etc? Many times!!

Should I change my name? From Silverservice

I agree with both of you. Vegetables (often cabbage and diced carrots) put unappetisingly on your plate is best discontinued and plated food with appropriate vegetables a good improvement. It takes a lot of time serving the vegetables and P&O waiters always seem the most overworked to me.

Unless you get one of the mid ship minisuites (MA category). Those have bigger balconies.

You can also get deluxe balcony staterooms mid ships with the bigger balconies.

I enjoyed your review, especially as we are booked on the Royal in February. The size of the balcony continues to be a recurring theme (problem) on the Royal versus other Princess ships. We had booked a deluxe balcony but have already upgraded to a mini suite as the balcony seems a bit bigger and we like to spend late afternoon and evenings on the balcony.

The minisuite stateroom is larger than the deluxe balcony but the balcony size is the same.

Loving your review. Great that you are showing that you can get around London by bus, and you can see so much more from there as you pass by.

Looks like I get what I hoped for. Just found this info on the PO site.:)

 

Which restaurants are reserved for freedom dining?

 

Azura's freedom dining restaurant is The Meridian Restaurant.

 

The Ligurian Restaurant is Oceana's freedom dining venue.

 

Ventura's freedom dining venue is The Cinnamon Restaurant.

 

On Arcadia, freedom dining, available as of 15 December 2013, is in the upper tier of the Meridian Restaurant.

 

As of 18 May 2014 Oriana will offer freedom dining in The Peninisular Restaurant.

 

On Aurora, freedom dining will be available as of 19 December 2014 and will be in the Medina Restaurant.

 

Sue

Well looks like I will have to give freedom dining a try or give up on Oriana, don't want to sit in the restaurant at the back. Thanks for information.

Don't know which one but hoping for the middle restaurant as this is the one we prefer and we have booked freedom for our Xmas 2014 Caribbean cruise.

 

Sue

I'm hoping the other way round.

Anybody know which dining room is going to be Freedom and which is to be Club on Oriana?

Call me simple. I want good food, good service, nice pools, comfortable pool and deck chairs, a nice balcony, a promenade deck, some string instruments in the lobby for entertainment and and I am happy. I want to feel like I am on a ship and enjoy the view of the sea as much as possible.

 

All the new features on the Royal that people keep listing, I have no interest in.

I am so with you on this, exactly what I want.

Looking forward to it. Wonderful report.

Most of them are only mini cruises. Can't say I am surprised.

You read the link incorrectly.

https://ask.pocruises.com/help/PO/latest_news/PO_2013canx

They are long cruises being reduced to shorter cruises except for Oriana which is doing an extra Northern Lights cruise. They get more people buying the drinks on the shorter cruises and more profit. They also don't have to compensate anyone under Vantage fare if they reduced the price to fill the ships.