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OK Discovery it is 🙂

Thank you Astro, good information.

A 4-day, Saphire or 5-day Discovery California Coastal. Pricing gives the edge to Saphire ~ $900. I have heard people say that they really like Saphire. Is Discovery significantly different from Majestic or Royal, we have sailed on several Royal class ships, if it is different then, 'Ship Experience' might be a tie breaker

Thanks for replies, Transfer is probably more convenient than Uber/Taxi.

Also, if you wait until you board you can apply Onboard Credit towards the purchase.

I have only used Princess Transfer a couple of times and can't remember how I booked them. Nothing on website. Wondering about cost from Terminal to SFO airport.

On 5/11/2024 at 10:59 AM, doghog said:

 Princess will designate separate dining rooms aboard every ship in the fleet to three table service options: Traditional dining offering an early and a late seating every evening, reservable dining times, and open seating to support walk-ins anytime. 

Just thinking aloud, this set up should also remove complaint about Traditional Diners deciding to join the walk-in group.

Best of luck to you, however, I would not be too unhappy with the new location. For me the Oceanview is to have daylight versus an inside cabin. I don't think you will spend much time with the 'View'. Especially in Alaska, viewing is best done on deck.

@TheMichael are you suggesting that a person can see available dining times via the App and so should have no need to walk up? I don't think the App is accurate enough to allow that. Often there is little selection at certain times but no-shows and other diners finishing early means there are empty tables. I also think you would need to scroll through ding rooms separately, which is a pain. I have seen Host suggesting another dining room that has availability, easier than scrolling through App for Tiem and Dining room.

13 hours ago, screwsmcernst said:

Thanks everyone for all your responses.  We have decided to book a stateroom in the "Basement".  We then took our savings and we are adding 4 days at the end and travel to Lucerne and Zurich and still saving enough to not fly economy.  😃 

Thanks for your question and all the answers. I was wondering about this, have not done a river cruise yet, Funny that you mention flying economy. I am always tempted but Business class is significantly more than Economy and I feel I can handle the latter.

11 hours ago, nini said:

Go to www.overlordtour.com

This is the company that we used as well as many on our cruise. They book up FAST! But, you can get on the wait list.

We used Overlord and joined other couples for a Private tour, this might be an option of regularly scheduled tours are full.

There are posts on both sides of this discussion, though the majority feel it is too loud. I would say that if you are in the Theater, you should not expect to be able to converse; Crooners is borderline and I accept that the piano player is there to entertain, but you should be able to converse in a bar; other areas in the Piazza, unrelated to the event, Alfredo's, Sushi restaurant etc. should NOT be drowned out by other events!

And, if you have a Wi Fi plan, you can enable Wi Fi calling in Airplane Mode and still make calls without charge.

We did a private tour of Highlands with Avril's Travels, out of Invergordon, nice small company. Avrils Travels | Highlands.

On the Regal they had Draft Heineken in the Crown Grill bar,

I have noticed several times that the map is different to the itinerary, always go with the latter. There is a current California Coastal from LA, first stop is Santa Barbara, map shows San DIego.

Interesting that no one has mentioned hurricanes. That was always a concern for me because cruises are during hurricane season. Most cruisers say the ships can avoid them and so we went Oct 2022. Hurricane Fiona hugged the coast, we missed Bar Harbor, soaked in Boston, Halifax limited by downed trees, missed St John - an OK cruise but disappointing.

3 hours ago, leck57 said:

 

Perhaps they don't any more. I'm referring to our last cruise about 12 months ago but we have two cruises in the next 4 months so I'll see if they still have them.  Personally I'd rather be sent away with a pager than stand around for however long it takes.

Agree with you, I was disappointed not to get a buzzer, hence my comment.

5 hours ago, leck57 said:

I just take a pager head to the nearest bar and drown my sorrows while I wait.

Did not know they still have pagers.

23 hours ago, PacnGoNow said:

If you do buy it again on the App, you should get an email confirmation right away.

Good to know, thank you.

5 hours ago, Thrak said:

 

That's how I managed to fail to purchase any on our May cruise last year. I waited until the end and then stuff happened and I forgot to buy them.

Once we went to buy FCD on last day and the rep pointed out we could do this using the app and showed us how. The transaction did not go through, and I did not notice until after we were home. Chatted to princes but no way to make the purchase after the cruise, they did give us OBC as a courtesy. So all ended well.

1 hour ago, Snaxmuppet said:

Deck 6...

 

Sneaky, thanks, I was looking over near International Cafe wher I think it is on Royal & Regal.

On 12/10/2023 at 2:11 PM, Snaxmuppet said:

Before we do Good Spirits at Sea (if we can get a seat), after we do Take 5.

I don't see Good Spirits on Sky deck plan,

I think it varies by Cruise / Date / Promotion. I just checked several random itineraries and deposit is $100. Also varies by promotion whether it is refundable or not.

4 minutes ago, snoozecrooze said:

I believe the logic is that they do 11×7 (assuming you're talking a 7-day cruise) and that makes it 378+77=455 (which isn't 452, I get that). But it's not just tacking on 11 to 378 and then that's it.

Great explanation - thank you! Isn't Math wonderful 🙂