LACruiser88

May 9, 2023 10:00 AM EDT Princess Cruises to Homeport Caribbean Princess in Port Canaveral Starting Late November 2024 Iconic "Love Boat" Cruise Line Now Serving Central Florida with Voyages to the Eastern and Western Caribbean PORT CANAVERAL, Fla., May 9,2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, Princess Cruises will homeport in Central Florida. The iconic "Love Boat" brand will re-position its Caribbean Princess ship in late November 2024 to sail eastern and western Caribbean itineraries out of Port Canaveral for its winter season. Starting November 27, 2024, the 3,140-passenger ship will sail four to 14-day cruises out of Port Canaveral. Itinerary highlights include: One departure of a 4-day Turks & Caicos Getaway over Thanksgiving holiday Five departures of our 8-day Eastern Caribbean with St. Thomas sailing to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, San Juan and Grand Turk Five departures of our 8-day Western Caribbean with Mexico sailing to Cozumel, Costa Maya, Belize City and Roatan (Mahogany Bay) Nine departures of our 6-day Eastern Caribbean with Turks & Caicos including Nassau, Grand Turk and either Amber Cove or San Juan Combine any of the 8-day and 6-day itineraries for a 14-day vacation Princess takes pride in being considered the #1 Large Ship Cruise Line by USA Today due to world-class dining and Broadway-inspired entertainment, all delivered with amazing service and at an exceptional value. Caribbean Princess cruises from Port Canaveral go on sale May 24. "The combination of a vibrant Central Florida community, exceptional flight options into Orlando International Airport and great pre-cruise and post-cruise experience options makes Port Canaveral an easy choice," said John Padgett, president of Princess Cruises. "Princess is unique in its ability to deliver incredible cruise ship amenities typical of the largest ships in the world, while delivering personalized service found on the industry's smallest ships." The exclusive Princess Medallion powers a personalized, customized and simplified experience for each and every guest. The connected guest experience maximizes guests' vacation time by delivering a host of onboard conveniences including contactless payment for anything on board as well as in select shops and restaurants in ports; expedited embarkation; keyless stateroom entry; muster anywhere; friends and family locator; and ordering food, drinks, retail items or requesting service from their smart phone or stateroom TV and having their order delivered directly to them…even if they are moving. Establishing Port Canaveral as a homeport is part of the expansion of Princess Cruises' North America presence to offer exciting new voyage options that guests can conveniently access from major drive markets like Central Florida. "Our collaboration with Princess Cruises marks an exciting milestone for us," stated Capt. John Murray, Port CEO. "The fleet of ships homeported at Port Canaveral continues to grow with next year's arrival of Caribbean Princess. We're looking forward to providing a high-quality experience for our new cruise partners and their cruise guests." Caribbean Princess features 1,571 staterooms and a total capacity of 3,140 guests and 1,200 crew. It has 19 decks, including 15 passenger decks, and encompasses 112,894 gross tons. It launched in 2004.

The story does NOT say he was in the water for 2 hrs. It states that he died 2 hrs AFTER he was recued.

As far as the shower curtain, you will have a bathtub enclosure and the shower curtain does not have the same issues as in a standard shower enclosure.

Below is a link to a current long thread on the bidding process.

Same for us, the Plus Package saves us a ton of $$$!

I see a big move to subcontract all of the ships functions. They have already subcontracted the art program, the shops, and the Spa/Salon. And now the Future Cruise Program. What is next? Maybe subcontract the housekeeping to the Holiday Inn? The restaurants to Denny's? Maybe they can find a company to navigate the ships too! IMHO not a good direction to take!

For us, it is soooooo worth the extra cost!

As a general rule when we have a connecting international flight, we like to allow at least 3 hrs between flights.

We also only book mini-suites. You will never get me back into one of the standard shower enclosures! 😀

IMHO it is time to put this thread to bed, it has been beaten to a pulp! 🥺

Here is a link to the original thread...

Enjoy your trip! I'll be following along...

We think the pricing is just right. 🙂

Only for Full Suites...

Here is another very extensive thread on the bidding process. Have fun reading 55 pages!

Below is a link to a recent thread on your topic.

We were on the Regal this past Nov/Dec for 37 days and we were able to change the input via the bottom button on the TV.

Our longtime TA has never been able to do that. 🤔

Totally agree! We know many Elite cruisers that spend lots on every cruise, us included.

Not if you are only doing a refare. If you have to cancel existing booking, then yes you lose your your EZair booking.

Not in our experience, it has stayed the same...

We have been on 11 TA's, all going west. We have had great weather and usually spend the 5 or 6 sea days in the Sanctuary. This past year, we did the crossing the 1st week of December on the Regal and the weather was great. We were in the Sanctuary for the entire crossing. Btw, we always book a mini-suite, the bathroom alone is worth the extra cost.

We use the below detergent sheets, they work great and very easy to pack!

We were on the recent 32 day voyage, Buenos Aires to LA, it's a great ship and crew! Enjoy your cruise!

For now, the Blue or Green lanes have not made a difference for us. We go thru the Elite line and it has taken an extra 2 minutes for the check-in agent to retrieve our Medallions. This has been the case in US and foreign ports.