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1 hour ago, uktog said:

I think it all depends on your “shape” but we found them so uncomfortable when we sailed on Onward. We were assured by Tony the Hotel Director they were temporary with the correct chairs being in a container in Shanghai 

Surely if they were unable to find said container replacements should have been sourced by now. 

I heard also heard Tony say that but that was the Xmas cruise back in 2022/23.

5 hours ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

Or if towel charges are a frequent issue, go on Celebrity where they don’t track towels for all passengers. 

Or most other cruise lines.  Towel check-in/out is inconvenient and tacky IMO.

6 hours ago, Kiss The Cook said:

I'm a newbie to cruising, so can you tell me - if the ship is unable to dock and you have an excursion purchased through the cruise line, will you be refunded? I am going there on the NCL Jade on 3/19/24.  Any advice is appreciated! 🙂

Yes.

57 minutes ago, barkingator said:

What has happened with escargot on Enchanted Princess? Our Christmas cruise, it was not on the menu any night.

Nor was it on our Xmas/New Year's cruise

on Emerald.

3 hours ago, skynight said:

Question. Does USPS tracking actually work once the package is delivered from a U.S. post office to a Canadian Post Office? 

It looks like they go to a Fulfillment center in Mississauga, ON then sent out by C.P.

No tracking app.

Mine arrived within about 10 days.

Anyway, it's not a big deal if they don't arrive or if you neglect to pack them. Just pick them up at the port.

On 12/13/2023 at 8:36 PM, Rick&Jeannie said:

Given that they have just started doing the Canadian shipping...they may just still be working the bugs out of the process...

The Canadian ones come from a fulfillment centre in Mississauga via Canada Post.

5 hours ago, DHP1 said:

I booked with EZ-Air for August and have been ticketed. My final Payment is due in May. 

You may have booked a restricted fare rather than a flexible one.  

6 minutes ago, Roberto256 said:

My observation: often when things go wrong, and they get a lot of negative publicity, companies like to change the name.

If I were cynical, I would say they do this to drop the negative reputation, with out having to change anything.

 

After the carnival triumph floated around the gulf of mexico for a few days with out power...

...Carnival changed the ship name.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carnival-triumph-disaster-a-drama-of-discomfort/2013/02/15/021265f8-76e2-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html

 

The ship is now the Carnival Sunrise.

 

 

They didn't change the name because of that incident.  Carnival changed the name of the Destiny to the Sunshine in 2013 following a major refit. Triumph underwent a similar refit in 2019.  Both came out as almost totally different ships thus the name change.

When going from on ship to another of the same or different cruise line, we have just taken a taxi.

The driver may not be too happy about the short distance so tip well.😉

I understand that many AZ agents are former X agents and it has taken some time for them to "get up to speed" with the new system etc.

I find this to be a very interesting and hopefully a positive move.

This will reunite Dondra and Dan who were with Celebrity when it was truly one of the best

premium cruise lines.  I think that they were there when Celebrity started the Azamara division.

We have never had them mailed to us and have never had an issue getting them at the port.

Yes it will add a few minutes to the boarding process.

My wife now uses a cane and when we boarded in Southampton earlier this year, they offered us seats and then brought the medallions to us.

On 9/6/2023 at 4:35 PM, Thrak said:

The only thing that bothers us about the closet light is the lack of a switch for manual control. I hate it when I'm doing something in that area and the dang light suddenly turns off. Disabling it and not having any light available in that area is a non-starter for us.

 

The bedside lights, however, are truly annoying. They go off if the ship moves and the blanket moves. I usually just put one of the small bolster type pillows on the floor in front of the night stand and that solves the issue. I do have a supply of painter's tape wrapped around an old Popsicle stick if I decide to actually disable the things.

On Sky, I covered the closet light sensor with tape and found out that wall switch by the entrance door would turn the light on when we needed it. It was on a timer however.

Celebrity's site actually directs you to Manulife Insurance.

12 hours ago, david63 said:

I disembarked Sky at the end of May under the impression that I would be emailed a copy of my onboard account within 24 hours of disembarkation. As I had not received this I phoned some call centre somewhere in the world to ask for my final account and was told that it would take three weeks and sure enough within three weeks I received some incomprehensible printout of my account which I could not make any sense of and that is with having been an accountant in a previous life.

 

The main reason that I wanted a final account was because there was a large amount of credit owing to me which I naturally wanted back and the printout that I had from onboard was incorrect even though I was assured that there would be no problems.

 

Eventually I managed to contact somebody in guest relations who processed my refund.

 

Lo and behold I had an email this morning with my final account attached - three months after I disembarked!!!

 

Is this normal?

We disembarked Sky May 27 and just rec'd ours as well.😏

Maybe they should go back to the old way when they actually delivered your statement to your cabin the last night.

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5 hours ago, Crown Vic said:

On the Regal around the U.K. Told no bars of soap available…

None available on Sky at the end of May

either.

Now we need a discussion on why European hotels don't provide face cloths.😠

2 hours ago, MissP22 said:

That spout has to be pretty nasty after a few weeks of not being washed out. 

We find that the spouts are too short and the soap etc gets all over the bottle. 

22 hours ago, shandryl said:

Walking off with your own luggage, self assist love that feature! I always use it! Quicker faster it’s just easy ❤️👍

Just don't try getting on one of the middle elevators. ☹️

If you don't select an arrival time, don't be concerned because nobody checks anyway. Just show up when you want.

On 4/12/2023 at 12:01 PM, PescadoAmarillo said:

Here’s the thing that NCL still has that Princess doesn’t…their ship, the Norwegian Spirit, is much like what the Pacific Princess was.  A unique ship built for another cruise line that is very different (and smaller) than the rest of the fleet and that sails to unique itineraries. We loved that ship. It was supposed to be sold a few years ago and wasn’t, and offers some wonderful itineraries (including the South Pacific next winter). 

Pacific Princess is now the Azamara Onward.

1 hour ago, SCX22 said:

I was on the Sky Princess 04/01/23 sailing.  We arrived into Southampton on 04/15/23.  This was a full sailing (to the brims at 3950 passengers) and there were so many groups.  The transfers to LHR all left at 09:50.  

 

Below is the disembarkation group schedule from that sailing.  Hopefully it's legible.

Very helpful, thanks.

Interesting that you are asked to meet at 7:45 but the bus didn't leave until 9:50. It seems

like the usual "hurry up & wait".

Thank you. I am aware of the excursions offered and in fact we did the Stonehenge one last Sept.

I'm trying to decide on using Princess' service or the much less expensive National Express at 9:45.

For those that used Princess' Southampton to LHR transfer,  what was the approximate pick-time?

Does Princess offer different times?

We have a late afternoon flight and don't want to spend any more time at the airport than necessary and the 

Princess agents can't provide the answer.