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Thank you for all the helpful info

no problem on it being secondary. But what if you are not on a princess excursion?  maybe just got off the ship to walk around the port?  

Interesting. So what if during the cruise, i am in a port and have a medical emergency of some sort. Will my Princess insurance cover that? (Up to the maximum $$ limitations)?

thank you for everyone’s ideas and recommendations, I appreciate it. We thought about waiting until the next morning to fly but we have a limited amount of time for the cairns-daintree area so wanted to get up there as soon as possible. Do you guys think an 11 am or noon flight is pushing it when getting off the cruise ship that morning?

Also, some other people had warned me off of flying any airlines other than qantas or Virgin Australia 

also, are we crazy to consider Daintree Rainforest in February. I know its the wet season. We don’t mind hot and humid, just wondering about downpours that prevent being able to do anything. Would love to spend 1-2 nights right in the rainforest 

Hi, thanks.  Our timing will be dependent on how early we can be to the airport after getting off the cruise in Melbourne that morning. We want to take the earliest flight out without being stressed about missing our flight. We are going from MEL to CNS.

It appears the only DIRECT flights from MEL-CNS are in the morning, too early for us to make.

There are options that leave at 11 a, 11:30 am and noon, all with a connection before arriving in Cairns late afternoon (or later). I wonder how much connection time you need to allow (Sydney or Brisbane).

our cruise next Feb will return to Melbourne and supposedly dock at 6 am (on a Wednesday).

What is the earliest I should safely plan a domestic flight out of MEL? (just going to Cairns)

Not sure how long customs and transportation to airport will take.

thanks!

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yikes.  that sounds scary.  Well, I called Princess and got it marked as NO UPGRADE so let's hope this works

thank you

one more question - I booked thru Princess directly not through a TA -- is there a way to mark it DO NOT UPGRADE online or do I need to call Princess to get it done?

Thanks guys, I will mark it as NO UPGRADE.  I have always done that in the past, but just thought I would double check!

hi, if I don't have DO NOT UPGRADE marked on my booking (I have a specific cabin booked), can/will Princess ever upgrade/change my cabin without asking first? I am not against an upgrade if right location but would want to be able to choose whether to accept it or not.  (not that I am expecting an upgrade, but I just don't want any surprises).  Do they always ASK you first?

Than you I will look into that

thank you

Hi.  We are doing a cruise around New Zealand (first time to New Zealand) and considering several different cruise options.  Regarding ports, all of them do Fiordland, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, and Dunedin.  But for any additional ports, here are where the choices come in:

1) Bay of Islands

2) Bay of Islands and Akoroa

3) Akoroa and Auckland

any opinions on the better choice?  My husband and I are mid 60s but active, not really into museums and city tours but like outdoorsy wildlife and hiking and more along those lines. thank you for any recommendations

hi, i started this thread, i had read about you had to have the twin configuration with a drop down bed, but when we got there, the lower beds were already made up as a queen! It never seemed to be a problem.  I think we designated queen config in the Personalizer and the steward just made it up that way and kept it that way.

Island princess had a craps table on our Christmas cruise December  2018

I asked my son who had the cabin. He said it was a minor inconvenience. They left the ladder hooked to the end of the upper bunk so their son could get down at night. But they were able to manuever around the ladder themselves to get to the bathroom. Everything was put away by the steward in the morning 

I should have measured it, but didn't.  It seemed to be the size of a twin mattress.

Have fun!  Take a water camera if you can!

2 hours ago, Beachiekeen said:

 

Can you tell me what time your excursion was and did they pick you up/drop you off at the cruise terminal?  They get great reviews, I just wish their website had a bit more info. and that you could actually book it there.

I think they do both morning and afternoon sailings depending on your ship's dock time. We docked at 7:15, we were to meet them at the pier at 9 am, which gave us plenty of time to tender over.  I just started the booking process via email with some questions, they were very responsive and very clear in all answers, prices, and directions. Once you are ready to book you just tell them you want to confirm, they send very clear email back with instructions. its very easy

$3 for one wash and $3 for one dryer

I just posted some from the island princess, but its not a newer ship

Lucky you!!

Have fun! I love having a cruise to look forward to. I need to get another one booked!