Redrobo

Take a taxi from Bar, about an hour. Longer journey by bus but cheaper.

3 hours ago, upwarduk said:

Not been on Princess since 2017 when we had Traditional Dining.
We are sailing September 1st, so before the new set up is rolled out. 
I want to book a dining room as close as possible to our room in the Aft of the ship.

I have read that Ceilo is on Deck 6 which is one deck down.

How do I book, I’ve  searched and can’t find how to book.

Try the web site.

Log into your account, page welcoming you has a tag suggesting using the web site. So far very useful but everything may change before we cruise.

2 hours ago, upwarduk said:

We are sailing Sky Princess. Is the Aft dining room Botticelli on Sky?

Deck 5 aft is Soleil dining room

On 3/24/2024 at 11:25 AM, Hilly1972 said:

All

One relatable question, has anyone used the parking at Southampton ? If so which could you recommend for the duration of the stay 

info@portsidemeetandgreet.co.uk. worth a try, I found them to be reasonably priced and if you sign up to them you get a discount. Park in short stay carpark and hand over the keys and collect on your return

They give with one hand and take with the other. Premier was down to £50. However quite a number of the excursions have had up to £30 added to the cost.

4 hours ago, 230462 said:

Thanks for our replies

I believe there is a Roll Call for your cruise.  There will probably be something on Facebook as well.

45 minutes ago, ltthib said:

Booked through a Princess Vacation planner. Did the transfer myself on personalizer. I'm sure it was previously Victoria Station and Personalizer will not let me change it now. Very strange!

Hi you may want to check out your roll call, there maybe others who are willing to share a vehicle to lighten the cost load.

LHR= London Heathrow    LGW = London Gatwick .

12 hours ago, sailing canary said:

But this isn't really helpful as I've already said I don't go to the bar nor eat in the buffet nor use room service.  And where would I get USD on a cruise out of Southampton?

There is no requirement for you to tip anyone. If you do decide to tip and sailing out of Southampton GDP is more than adequate and accepted by the receiver. 

Enjoy tour cruise.

On 1/20/2024 at 10:06 AM, McCruze said:

Hi all,

We are booked in for our first ever cruise in September on the sky princess leaving from Southampton, Im finding it a bit more baffling than just booking a normal flight and hotel type holiday.

 

I have downloaded the app and it lets us log in. I know it's months away but rightly or wrongly we thought we might book one of the speciality restaurants since we have read they book up quick. We have the princess premier package which includes 2 speciality meals and also $300 room credit. 

 

We tried booking for a couple of different times but it showed an error saying there was no availability. It finally let us book for 6pm. I added my credit card as it seemed to need one to book it. They took the money from my card instantly. Is this normal even though we have meals included and room credit. 

 

Any other tips about booking meals would be good. We would rather enjoy the speciality restaurants on sea days. Is that a good idea or not.

 

Thanks in advance

Welcome aboard.

There is roll call set up for Sky Princess for the 1st, you may get some useful info from some of the travellers.

I believe that Edinburg is a tender from Ship to port. If you are intending to take a lot of luggage it maybe difficult.

Tuscan Grille is generally on Celebrity ships. Speciality dinning, Lunch and Dinner.

https://www.celebritycruises.com/things-to-do-onboard/eat-and-drink/restaurants-and-cafes/tuscan-grille

2 hours ago, sarahuk said:

Hi, we live in UK and have just booked Sky Princess for March 2024 sailing from Southampton.

I’ve completed all the information needed for myself and my husband on the Medallion app. I tried to complete my medallion order but when it gets to home address for shipment it says only USA and Mexico. It’s says for Southampton I have to collect at port.

Is this because it’s too early to request pre cruise shipment or does Princess never ship medallions to home addresses in the UK ?

Thanks for any help or advice. Sarah

At the moment there is no shipping for the UK. Blue lane to collect at Southampton Port.

It may change in the future with a bit of luck and a following breeze.

Hope you don't put your suit cases in the corridor, on the last night of your cruise.

EU countries

The EU countries are:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

The European Economic Area (EEA)

The EEA includes EU countries and also Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It allows them to be part of the EU’s single market.

Switzerland is not an EU or EEA member but is part of the single market. This means Swiss nationals have the same rights to live and work in the UK as other EEA nationals.

8 hours ago, SoloAlaska said:

Premium seating at the MDR for a fee. That romantic table for two comes at a cost.

Paying for everyone sitting at your table,

Removing all the two seater tables.

On 8/9/2023 at 3:05 AM, firstjourney said:

So excited for my first visit to your UK! Staying in hotel near Victoria Coach Station night before cruise, looking for the best/most authentic fish & chips between there and London Eye where we'll board double decker bus for evening tour. We plan on walking, so something along that route would be great. A pub atmosphere would please my 22 year old grandson, but just a food shop would be fine too. I've found a few online but thought I could get a better recommendation from a local. Thank you! 

https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=fishnchips&find_loc=Victoria+Embankment%2C+London

Have a look at the Roll call for Silhouette 24 June 2023 .  There are numerous posts about going under your own steam

If you want a table with travelling companions, I would suggest linking you bookings.

Recently of Silhouette using the MDR. I chose from the menu Lobster tail (no charge) however if I wanted more the price would have been $16.99 each as shown on the menu. I knew of the charge when I ordered the one tail.

All meals were very good and the service we had was excellent.

7 hours ago, hobgoblin said:

Im about to sail on silhouette this weekend ,I haven't ever been onboard a Celebrity ship without being aqua class and dining in Blu .

Im going concierge this time as am fed up with repetitive menu in Blu and fancy a change .

Im not sure how the open dining works ,can we just go to main dining at any time ?

Do we need to book slot?

Im not entirely sure how it works .

Thanks in advance .

 

We are concierge on the same cruise. Previously on first night there is generally a line, if you get a seat Ok otherwise you will be given a bleeper that sounds when a table is available for you.

We have booked a table for the first night via the APP. Hoping there will be a Concierge Lunch as we have booked for a later sitting.

There are a few perks with concierge. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lYvbGYBf2WB3jSFTVuliFltauVnhdqfheWJTeFujSbs/edit#gid=1222673677

There is post in the spreadsheet re 1075., The person liked the cabin but hated their neighbours who were extremely noisy most nights and had their TV loud to hide their arguing.

On 3/17/2023 at 4:32 PM, Minnie29 said:

Thanks guys for all the replies!!  

If you are sailing on the 24th, online checkin opens 10 May.

6 hours ago, adolfo2 said:

Only ~10% wear sports Jackets / suit jackets or Tuxes!

People use statistics like a drunk man uses a lamp post, for support only..

Do you have an on board card from your last cruise. It should show you status. You can use that.

10 hours ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

do you have to be a certain number of days before the cruise before you can access this?

 

I just tried it on my app but didn't see anywhere to get the tickets or luggage tags.

 

We are still 103 days til our cruise.

It was somewhere near 40 days from our departure date, I only tried the MSC me App to see if it would work , it did and I got the paperwork emailed almost straight away. All set to go now.