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We had E311 on the CB in October last year which is the same cabin on the starboard side of the ship and confirm that the view was looking over the top of a life boat. We also have E314 booked on a cruise later this year.

Just wanted to know if you actually got into Tracy Arm to see the glaciers or if there was too much ice? I'm leaving June 7th to go, and would like a "heads up". Thanks!

I will also be on the June 7th cruise :) From what I recall the cruise that ended/start today had/have Glacier Bay in their itinerary. May 28th is the first out of San Francisco with Tracy Arm Fjord.

I've been checking marine traffic on a daily basis and no cruise ships have gone into Tracy Arm, the couple of ships that I have seen who had Tracy Arm on their itinerary have gone up Endicott Arm :(

Not sure if this has been mentioned before or not but you can no longer show your cruise card to get on the Queen Mary for free when Long Beach is a port of call. You now have to pay $10pp for a cruise ship day pass.

October 7th this year on the Caribbean Princess

How did you find the view considering it is "Fully Obstructed" ?

I think the view is great compared to having cables. Here are a couple of pictures taken from the cabin.

We were in E311 on the CB from Quebec down to Ft Lauderdale in October last year and did not hear any noise in fact we are on the CB again this year and have booked the cabin in the same location but on the port side of the ship.

Disembarked the CB on Saturday, the bed was against the wall in E311.

They were on the Grand Princess for our July 10 Alaska cruise. We thoroughly enjoyed listening to them.

Both the active BVE credit and FCC can be applied to a new booking. We nearly always do a BVE in SF before booking a cruise and use a FCC as the deposit.

When doing a BVE we always park at pier 19.5 (920 Embarcadero) and pre-pay via spothero.

The price on the 14 day cruise from Quebec to Fort Lauderdale has come down quite a bit since I booked at the end of last year. Booked a category OW in December with the twice as nice sale so also got a nice amount of obc. I've had two price adjustments done since booking, saving a considerable amount without losing any of the obc.

We did the helicopter/dog sledding in May 2013 and absolutely loved it. We also used Coastal Helicopters.

If they have never sailed Princess before you might want to do a referral before you do the BVE. That way, if they do decide to book and sail within two years, they will each get $25 OBC and you will get $25 OBC for each of them which can be used on a future cruise. I think they can also buy a Future Cruise Credit while on board during the BVE.

Wish I had thought of this before signing my adult kids up for the BVE on my upcoming cruise.

I called Princess this morning trying to book the BVE for Saturday on the Grand. Unfortunately, it has to be booked 6days in advance. Bummer! It would be a great way to see the festivities away from the throngs that will line the Embarcadero. Not to mention an extra two hours on board due to the later 6:00pm departure. I'm just a few days too late! :(

I booked the BVE back in May on the Grand when I discovered it would be in port for Fleet Week. Unfortunately the boarding passes have a 1pm boarding time and we will need to be off by 5:30pm. We plan on getting to the port for the normal BVE boarding time of 11:00am in the hope we can get on earlier, if not we will at least have a great view for the majority of the air show.

We also got off the Grand yesterday. Sounds like it was a good thing that we had changed our given meeting time from 10:30am to 7:20am. When we joined the line to get off we were standing near the Wheelhouse Bar. The line moved quite quick once it started moving. After passing through the Vista Lounge we were then directed to the dining room on deck 6 which was a holding room as the ship had not yet been given clearance for passengers to disembark. After only a few minutes wait, clearance was given and off went. We walked to BART and were home in the East Bay by about 9:15am.

Glad to hear you found the Portofino dining room open. We were doing a BVE that day as a lead up to our cruise on 4/19 and also enjoyed our lunch there.

You do not need to be with anyone who will be sailing on the ship. We along with a couple of friends are also doing the BVE on 3/14 as a warm up to our cruise on 4/19.

I called Princess today regarding BVE on the Star in San Francisco and was told there were 25 spots available on 2/7, 40 on 3/14 and 3/21. Looking forward to doing this as a warm up to cruising on 4/19.