cruising deacon

Well we know that 2021 is OUT for Alaska and New England cruises.  I wouldn't be at all surprised that other ports of call won't let ships in until 2022.

The hard part for me is getting to and from Vancouver.  My airline of choice does not fly there.  And Princess is not offering a TRANSFER from the Seattle airport.

who cares

went once several years back, and have not gone back since.  It was pretty bad.  Sent the first meal back, and decided to try something else on the menu, it was just as bad.

Loreni,

I think I fell into about 12 of those 17 categories.  After 50+ cruises on Princess, I plan to never cruise again.  For us cruising was FUN,  but it doesn't sound like fun in the future, actually frightful.  We have already planned 3 other types of vacations for later in 2020 and early 2021, Princess isn't going to get us back.

I read in some other post last week that Princess was going to have a 48 hour sale on Alaska cruises in the 2021 season starting on August 11.  Either it didn't happen, or their SALE PRICES are higher than the last time I checked on an Alaska cruise.

I am glad to see a lot of meaningful thought went into all of your plans about cruising in the future.  It gives me hope that not all cruisers are willing to RISK IT ALL just to be cruising again.  

Even Americans can't get back home after 5 months stuck at sea.

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/12000-cruise-ship-workers-stuck-on-boats

Princess should think long and hard about resuming Alaska cruises in 2021.

This past week another SMALL cruise tried it in Alaska, and didn't make it.

The 63 passengers and crew aboard the UnCruise Adventures' ship were just three days into their Alaskan vacation when they

were informed Wednesday the guest had tested positive and they would have to return to port.

How could they expect a cruise of thousands to be able to control Covid-19 when a cruise of only 63 couldn't.

Alaska is my number one place to cruise, of my more than 50 cruises over 1/3 were to Alaska. 

But I won't be cruising there in 2021 and maybe never again.  My life is worth more than that.

They are still waiting to get OFF of the ships that have Covid-19

The cruise lines are just trying to find out how many people are so addicted to cruising that they are willing to put up with ANYTHING just to cruising again.  The NEW WAVE of cruising is NOT a vacation that I would spend my money on, NOR risk with my health.

Absolutely NOT - it is not SAFE being around anybody, anywhere right now - why would you want to get on ship with wall-to-wall people that you don't know anything about and NOT be able to get away from them.

The relative value of unlimited internet on a cruise for me is ZERO.

Have been elite for a number of years, and I have never used up the free 150 minutes they give me.

I don't go on a cruise to get onto the internet, I go to escape it.

I use it strictly to check my emails every day in case someone is seriously trying to get in touch with me.

Princess couldn't offer enough OBC to ever get me to hand over more of my money to them.

I noticed that the German cruise ship MEIN SHIFF was the first to sail since the PAUSE started in March.  I have always thought that the Germans were smart, but now it appears that I was right.  The ship can hold 2900 passengers, but they advertised the cruise limiting it to 60% of capacity (1740 passengers), BUT only 1200 took the bait and went on the cruise.  I guess the Germans weren't as 'addicted to cruising' as American are.

Do you really think think there will be Alaska cruises in 2021?  Alaska is my favorite destination for cruises, but right now I don't think it is worth my time to plan an Alaska cruise in 2021 (much less the disappointment later after you are all hyped up).

16 hours ago, Mike45LC said:

Extremely misleading title.  For Princess to pause operations again, it would have had to start operations up.  This is simply an extension of the only "pause."  

These will simply keep coming.  Princess doesn't have a clue what to do, and since it has been 5 months, I don't think they will have a clue in 2021.  Their game is: KEEP THE BOOKINGS COMING AND WE WILL KEEP YOUR MONEY AS A FCC

Just cancelled 3 bookings in early 2021, only one left (99% chance of cancelling it)

I am not worried though, my eyes have finally been opened to what really can happen on a Princess cruise (after 44 cruises).  So I have started planning other types of vacations for 2021, thank goodness I am not addicted to cruising.  I can't foresee another cruise in my future.

Princess may some day (like when I get my FCC) post again on their website.

The problem is   ---   THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE

Simple answer as to any 2020 sailings ------- not a chance

I just cancelled 3 more Princess bookings for 2021

I am still waiting for FCC and now I have more FCD in the bank with Princess (because of cancelled bookings)

my gut feeling - NO sailings from USA at least until mid 2021, Princess has no idea how poorly they are treating their loyal Elite 

           passengers from the past (are maybe they do know, but don't care)

they aren't getting any more of my money to hold onto until I am SURE they will be sailing the cruises that I am still booked on.

and right now, I wouldn't trust Princess regarding anything

Our cruising days are over - sad but fortunately we enjoy other forms of vacations also and still plan to take them.

Trouble is we are IN to Princess for a lot of money:

     FCC $ that will never be used

     FCD $ that will never be used either, that MAYBE we will get money refunded

     CCL stock that right now is in the drain, but could easily become worthless

My vacation planning for the future will look a lot different:

     No more cruises

     Try to avoid large $ amounts for deposits on reservations for future travel

     Take more last-minute trips that appear to be sure to occur without upfront $ for deposits

Future of travel is going to be different   -   but I am sure with some planning will be just as enjoyable as the past.

We have only two cruises currently scheduled in 2021, cancelled 2 in 2020.  The first one in 2021 is in January, I would say there is a 2% chance we will go on it.  Either it won't even sail or we will cancel before final payment is due, the Princess 'cruise with confidence' policy doesn't instill any confidence for me to trust them with any more of my $.  I will double the chances for the May cruise, but as you can see it is a 25 to 1 shot of also being cancelled (by Princess or us).  I think we are done with cruising for at least the next couple of years, but probably forever. It sounds like I can enjoy myself far more and spend less to take other forms of vacations that we like, than to TAKE A BIG CHANCE on cruising again.

after 40+ cruises, looks like cruising is over for us.   Thank goodness we also enjoy other forms of vacations.

I agree with most of these posts.  Cruising will NEVER be the same: it will not feel safe, nor like a vacation.  Cruising as we have known it is gone forever, therefore my cruising days have ended after 42 cruises.