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We also sail at 3:00 out of Galveston on the Regal. Originally, it was 4:00, but got moved up to 3:00. That is a really quick turnaround.
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We have the westbound crossing booked for 2025 and am curious if this still is a feature, or are there any other cooking classes going on during TA crossings?
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8 minutes ago, Bill B said:
Club Orange Terms & Conditions: Club Orange pricing starts from US$25 per person, per day on cruises 13 days or less or US$15 per person, per day on cruises longer than 13 days.
You or your TA has to contact HAL to add it to a booking.
Thank you! We are on a 14 day TA crossing, so it seems to be worth the money. I will reach out to HAL.
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How much does Club Orange cost and how do you add, if already booked?
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On 1/9/2024 at 9:45 AM, mnkauf said:
Accessibility - 6 out of 10 - We had a rolling walker and you could not get bye the carts in the hall. You either moved them or waited for staff to move them or collapse the walker (this was not great). We had a handicap-accessible room which meant the walker would fit through the door. I heard from many who did not have this benefit and it was a major pain for them.
This is worrisome for us. My wife and I have mobility scooters. Fortunately, we are in an accessible mini-suite right be the elevators and the scooters are only 21" wide. However, our friends are in a suite that is aft on the Riviera deck, so it may be challenging to get to their room for a visit.
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Enjoyed following your LIVE FROM posts. Glad to see they got embarkation and disembarkation procedures smoothed out. Or as someone else posted recently calling it the dismemberment procedure. 🤪
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Worked for you but not for me. Mines November 2024. Only minimum deposit. Tried chat, tried calling, and tried cruise consultant. All got the same answer. New bookings only. The cruise consultant was the best. Issue was we booked an accessible mini. It was fared as a standard mini because none were available in standard mini. When they tried to refare the price actually went up. I was able to rebook at reduced fare, then canceled the previous booking. Didn't make sense and still doesn't. But easier than figuring out the new And old Princess apps! 🤣
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This whole thing about the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea brings back memories of the Somali pirate attacks back in the mid 2000's. I remember the 2005 attack on the Seabourn Pride. We had been on the sister ship, the Legend. On our Azamara Quest cruise our CD, Tony Markey recalled that day as CD on that ship. What the captain and his crew did to keep them from boarding the ship was truly remarkable. Using water cannons and ear piercing technology to drive them away.
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On 1/3/2024 at 9:09 PM, retird said:
Holland America does have “Luggage Forward”. Where the company picks up your luggage at your home and ships and delivers it directly to your ship for day of sailing. It is not cheap , but might be worth it
This looks like a great option for us as well. We are doing a TA from Rome to FLL and plan on spending a week driving through Umbria and Tuscany before boarding the ship in Civitavecchia. We both are disabled and require the use of mobility scooters. We can fit both scooters in an SUV with the seats folded down and still have room for a small suitcase. We can have our larger suitcases sent Luggage Forward without the hassle of trying to handle them. Thanks!
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I stand corrected, It appears that the Grand Class and the Gem Class ships DO NOT have the second fold down rail.
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I believe that is an ADA requirement We are in an accessible mini-suite and found a youtube video that showed it. I found a accessible balcony stateroom on the Majestic that shows it
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5 minutes ago, Wishing on a star said:
Ohhh my! I didn't know that 'Hold' was gone !
Yep, I found that out for myself this week. However, you can have two cabins booked for the same cruise. I had noticed that the fare for our cruise had gone down in price last week and there was a cabin still in our category available. I could not get Princess to re-fare. I had to book the new one online, then later canceled the original booking.
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On 1/6/2024 at 12:59 PM, kiwimum said:
@san diego sueTry this, appears it might work. Go to the night and restaurant you want to reserve. Go thru the steps to reserve. There is a pencil showing on the page for new reservation,
click on it and it will show your booking. In the upper right hand corner is a head with plus sign. Click and it will ask for additional guest booking number.
i have not progressed past this step as we are traveling alone.
good luck.
Thanks! We got them added. What is strange is we can't add them to our reservations in the crown grill. They show as companions and I check the box to add them. Then I get to the payment box and when i select and book, i get an error message each time.
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18 hours ago, mthomp5 said:
Thank you! Now I see where I can access the web version! Never knew I could access Ocean Ready that way. I logged in and got info entered for my DH so he has all green checks now. But dining options not yet available. I’ll check as we get closer. But it’s nice to know there is another way to enter the info outside of the app!
Are you Platinum or Elite? Do you have the Premier package? Maybe we were able to because we are Platinum or because we have the Premier package. Our cruise is this November.
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1 hour ago, mthomp5 said:
Didn’t know there was a web version for the app???
Go Princess.com and log in using your user id and password. User is either your email or booking number.
Then click on manage booking. Here, you need to enter your name, date of birth, and booking number.
Then choose the option at the top, check-in (even if you have completed that on the app)
It will ask you to download the app either from google or apple. Right below that is a box to take you to the web version. Click there.
It will take you to the check in screen. If you scroll down you will find a Mine My Way option. Click there and you will be able to choose your dining times for each day either in the MDR or Specialty Restaurants. Hope this helps.
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33 minutes ago, san diego sue said:
I don't like this new appl.How do we add friends as traveling companions for our dinner reservations now. Don't see it on the new appl.
We are having the same problems.
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The price of our Regal cruise went down in price. I tried to get it refared, but was told the price actually went up and not down. The only choice I had was to rebook online and then cancel the original booking. The CVP was very helpful, but I found it odd to have to do it that way. We were booked in an accessible cabin C432 and end d up in an accessible cabin C433.
Anyone else ever run into this?
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27 minutes ago, TRLD said:
That is pretty much the norm on Princess, especially for production shows. More room at later shows. Celebrity does have higher capacity theaters as a percentage of ship size.
We did find the theater was very crowded on one of our CP cruise. We were asked after the cruise how we found the shows. I replied that we found most outstanding. What we really meant was that we were out standing. 😀
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57 minutes ago, Paula_MacFan said:
The other unfortunate thing about the port swap is they aren't really comparable. Mahogany Bay has a nice dock area with a free, easy access beach, for a relaxing and relatively inexpensive day. Belize is a tender port with no easy beach access. For those who wanted a nice beach stop the swap is probably not going to be well received.
We've been to both so I have experienced these ports before.
We have the Regal booked for this November and agree that changing this port to Belize (a tender port) is problematic for us. We both require the use of mobility scooters to get around. Mahogany Bay at least gives us some access.
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I agree with Ken. We find both Princess and Holland America to be competitors with Celebrity. They are all competing for the same dollars. But, they all have their differences, not only between the lines, but also between individual ships within the line.
When we decide on which line and which ship to sail on, we look at a number of things in making our decision. Overall value, adding in for various perks, itinerary (less so in the Caribbean since we have been to most of the ports), the length of the cruise (preferring a minimum of 10 days to a maximum of 21), ease of traveling to and from the embarkation and disembarkation points, and time of year the cruise takes place. We also have a major factor that applies to some. We have to sail in an accessible suite.
Example: We were looking for a TA cruise for fall of 2025. All of our favorite 6 star inclusive lines, were all out of our budget and had limited or no accessible suites. That left Celebrity, Princess, and HAL. We ended up with HAL. Celebrity wasn't even close for similar itinerary, number of days, and inclusive packages. The 20% surcharge for a refundable fare really killed it. Princess was closer, but the balcony and mini-suites were all sold out.
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1 hour ago, schooner_Drinker said:
Do they want my shoe size and what. Shampoo I use too
No. Just make sure when you take your photo to include your Head and Shoulders.🤪
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The Nieuw Statendam just came out of drydock in November with significant changes to meet future ADA compliances, such as automatic doors that open to venues as well as to accessible staterooms and bathrooms. I believe this meets the upcoming 2027 compliance standards. Therefore, I am fairly certain that the Nieuw Amsterdam went through the same update.
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7 hours ago, mtnesterz said:
Posting here instead of West Coast Departures as my question is specific to HAL. HAL has the earliest departures, usually at 3PM, out of San Diego. The earliest scheduled arrival is 1PM for Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner (on trains originating north of Los Angeles.) Has anyone taken the train to San Diego and walked to the pier? Was the train late? If you arrived around 1 and sailed at 3, did you have enough time to board or were you cutting things too close for comfort? TIA!
To close timewise. I wouldn't risk it. This is what we did for our Volendam cruise. We spent the night at the Omni by Petco Stadium for one night. It was pretty easy, but the cruise was a 4 night cruise and we only had carry on suitcases. We took the train to Santa Fe Station in San Diego. We walked across the street to the trolley and took it to the Gas Light Station. Right by our hotel. Then the following morning, we took the trolley back, and then walked the short distance to the cruise terminal.
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On 11/8/2023 at 1:11 PM, nynewfies said:
We do have an accessible stateroom. I just bought a collapsible transport chair/rollator combination that I think will solve most of our problems! I might not even need the scooter if we have this. It's a matter of how independently he wants to go around the ship. With this, he'd need me to push because he just can't go any tremendous distance walking. With the scooter he can get around on his own. We'll have to decide. But this collapses to a manageable size and only weighs around 22 pounds, so I think it will work really well. Thanks so much for your reply!
We have a mobility scooter that is really lightweight and durable. The frame only weighs 22 lbs and overall weight is 33, and the width is 21.5 in. You might want to check it out. https://travelscootusa.com/the-escape/
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Cruise ship excursions have to start leaving late comers behind.
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Happened to us on a couple of private tours I had arranged. Same group of people on our Pisa/Florence tour and again on our Rome tour the next day. It is called no respect for others. We missed our walking tour in Florence because they got back to our bus so late. I warned them the first time in Pisa. However, they did it again in Rome. We left them outside of St. Peters and they had to find their own way back to the ship.