Thank you so much!!! I kept looking for another one! 

Just received an email that I have been upgraded to the new sanctuary collection on Sun. Anyone else? Any into? 

4 minutes ago, DHP1 said:

That’s correct.   LOL Canadian funds. Us poor Canadians are charge 40% more than you folks in USA. What a rip off. 😂 

Oh no!!! So sorry!! But stay where you are. US is pretty screwed up these days lol!! We paid half of that for a reserve mini suite   Might be more than half. 

3 minutes ago, DHP1 said:

Check your Travel Summary. 
 

Am I seeing right, a deluxe balcony is $5839??? What!!!!???

That means for you to reserve your dining choice. My app looks like that for my cruise March 2 on Sky and I do not have reserve dining on that one 

My Oct 19 cruise is not on my app. How do you add a second cruise? 

10 minutes ago, chamima said:

 

The cabin I was looking at is NOT a Cabana cabin at all. It's designated as a reserve collection mini suite. Check the deck plans. If you click on the cabin the diagram and description pop up.

 

Actually maybe it's Princess that should check their deck plans.

 

Stateroom Number: 15451
Type: Reserve Collection Mini-Suite

Category: M1
Location: Midship
Deck: 15 (Fifteen)
Bath Type: Shower
Connecting Room: 15449
Average Size: 304 sq. ft.

Special Notes:
Reserve Collection Reserve Mini-suite Sofa By Entrance

Vie

Contrast that with diagram on regular mini suite

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I have 15442 which is a reserve mini suite   The first picture looks like a reserve cabana mini suite. Mistake? 

I was wondering about the possibility that the glass is for wind issues. This is a whole newly design ship, so I think it’s impossible to compare this with the ships that were already familiar with. The other issue that I had, which led me to then move to a reserve, mini suite and forgo the cabana is it doesn’t look as though there will be any kind of shade on the cabana deck. I can’t sit out in the sun without an umbrella so the cabana deck would be no use to me. After having recently returned from Celebrity equinox of the southern Caribbean where it was 95° , it was impossible to sit in the sun at the pool without some kind of a cover. 

45 minutes ago, fpsphil said:

We are booked all the way forward on the reserve deck. Our rooms don’t have anyone walking in front so you aren’t necessarily locked into having that occur by booking one

We were originally booked on the sun deck and then our planner moved us to all the way forward so we wouldn't be on the sun deck and our balcony on the ocean. However, we were the last cabin, might as well  be on  the bridge, LOL and seeing the size of the ship, we were very unhappy with the distance from all activities and restaurants. As a result of all the uncertainties involving cabana minisuites, etc we just moved to a reserve mini suite on deck 15 mid ship.  Location was more important than that cabin. Sounds like you are right where we had been 

Nice!  We wanted the reserve mini suite to get the amenities such as restaurant.  

Exactly!  Would be more useful on EU cruises where it might be cooler. Very curious. I returned to my “safe place “ reserve mini suite since this is so unknown. Not a risk taker with my vacation 

That was a good observation by Ben and David. Something to look for on princess 

It may be old news to you but it wasn’t to me. Like I said, I missed the post you referred to and I bet others did also.  We are all trying to make the best choices for ourselves. It is like buying a house from a floor plan. I have changed my booking four times as I have learned more. There are others here trying as I am. 

Ben and David are good reviewers and quite entertaining. 

Obviously I did not see that. Sorry! Just tried to help SMH

I thought there would be a bigger balcony but it looks no bigger than a standard cabin. 

No, he said if the doors are left open just like if you leave the balcony doors open. So much for openness like a cabana. I think cabana  is a misnomer. This is not a cabana but maybe a lounge like they called in the video 

The wake view terrace is for all passengers. I believe that was discussed earlier here and verified by Princess 

They also mentioned that if you leave the door open to the cabana, the AC shuts off in the cabin which I suspected

Yes they are. We finally moved to reserve mini suite because once seeing the cabana, we felt it wasn;t what we thought it would be. We expected it to be more open and airy like an actual cabana.  For us, it is a room that we would not make a lot of use  If not in cabin, we would prefer being on the balcony, not another inside room/.  Also the locations are still not good. Far forward or close to piazza.

Neither would I. I had a reserve cabana mini suite on the sun deck and moved it. 

For anyone curious about the reserve cabana mini suite this video from Iona shows a very similar set up 

we moved to a reserve mini suite on deck 15 for all the reasons they dislike the cabin. 

I just looked and it still says there is no reservation at this time. Check back later 

Where on the app do you see reserve collection dining? We are in a reserve collection mini suite yet I see nothing on the app except that “ there are no reservations , check back closer to sailing “ 

1 hour ago, ivanp91 said:

 

Sadly I have to agree. I'm booked in a Reserve Cabana for 04/08 and it just doesn't look as inviting as the mockups, which made the cabana portion of the room seem rather bright and airy. It's ended up as just another room tacked onto the end.

I totally had the same expectation for the cabana so that is why we switched to reserved mini suite in a better location 

We were booked in a reserve cabana mini suite on deck 9 but not on the sun deck. We were way far forward and concerned about how far we were from activities. After seeing that picture , we decided that location was more important than the cabana. To us, it just looked like another room behind the balcony. Could not see spending much time there if any since there is a sitting area in the mini suite.  We would sit on the balcony, close to the ocean most often  So we moved to a reserve mini suite on deck 15   It can be very confusing