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78 and sunny in Yokohama. Beautiful day!

Friends off Celebrity shared that they faded the same issues

So Carnival Corp purchased HAL in 1989, so now they finally decide to cut back services? You realize most of these cruise lines would be gone if they weren’t purchased.

Thank you!

Hank, thanks for this thread. Do you know the bar hours for the Crows Nest? Open pre dinner?

Reminds me of my one and only Oceania cruise when the ship had zero entertainment and we asked if there was a disco and the CD handed us an iPad and said to plug it in. We did and the lounge was packed. I’m sailing the transpacific and look to have some fun after 10:45!

I’m joining Westerdam as well on the 24th, see you all on board!

I am sailing Yokohama to Seattle, same self administered test required. I am just bringing a few boxes of tests from my local CVS and will take a photo of the test to board. I have already cleared Japan entry requirements via their website by uploading my vaccine documentation. Should be easy.

Looking forward to your reports, joining Westerdam on April 24th

Here she is in PV

Fridge magnet, mine works and has the sailing date on it

Had this on the premier package but it was not offered yet on board. The classes and premium desert were useless on last weeks sailing

Just off the Discovery Princess sailing with over 4000 passengers. Ships was nice but looking forward to a better over all experience on my next cruise on the Westerdam. The Princess ship was so over crowded, the main pool area was extremely loud with a DJ most times, food was better in the main dining room than many of the alternative restaurants, cabin was fine for a solo but small bathroom and verandah. Crew was overwhelmed but tried and were nice. Ship also ran out of many items and had no ship specific product in the shops. Tendering in Cabo took hours, just over two hours waiting for a tender. Overall a throw away cruise to Mexico, I would be hesitant to sail this class of ship for a special or expensive cruise.

Casual means pool or workout wear? Then I am certainly on the wrong ship

I have the full cruise pass. It’s small, but very nice. It’s packed though. It’s difficult to get a lounge, people are just putting their belongings on the floor and using the space

Because I make an effort to look nice to sail in a nice ship, i really don’t want to be around people in tank tops and baseball hats in a nice restaurant. If you can’t put on jeans and a shirt for a dinner and your kids can’t survive 90 min without everyone hearing their cartoons on an iPad, maybe just eat at the buffet.

Because I make an effort to look nice to sail in a nice ship, i really don’t want to be around people in tank tops and baseball hats in a nice restaurant. Stay at the Olive Garden for that.

Walked out of the crown grill, getting a pizza. Beautiful ship, but overall a disappointment. How has Princess fallen so far…. I feel bad for the crew, they are great but passengers…..ugh

Crown grill, such a disappointment. My lobster was fishy, salad was blah and everyone around me is in tee shirts and crocs.

Formal night in Crown Grill, shorts, tee shirts and flip flops. It’s been a while since I sailed Princess, but what has happened to this cruise line??

Formal night in Crown Grill, shorts, tee shirts and flip flops. It’s been a while since I sailed Princess, but what has happened to this cruise line??

Discovery is sailing with ~3900 passengers as told by the crew in the photo dept

Ship is full. And it shows. I’ve never been on this class of ship before, but wow, it’s crowded

She’s a lovely ship, beautiful decor and great crew. She’s just too crowded. Lines for everything, gym, lunch, etc. I’d love to sail this ship, but with far less passengers.

Same here, booked on the medallion app with two included dinners and both were charged. No option to use credit. Will address onboard. I have a similar package on HAL and they deducted the included dinners when the reservations were made.