Discovery Princess...When will it sail

[stevenr597]

A lot of talk about Enchanted Princess, but very little about Discovery Princess which is still scheduled to make a Trans-Atlantic during November, 2021.  

Will it sail on schedule which is looking increasingly doubtful.

If not, what is the best guessestimate in respect to when the ship will be ready. 

Will travelers  who have booked be given first preference on the new sailing of the ship.  

It would be helpful if Princess could give us some updates and their Contingency  plans.  

[voljeep]

thanks for bringing this back up ... we're on the little 4 day after the scheduled TA ... hope it goes, but like you stated, hoping Princess gives plenty of advance notice if not

[phabric]

With the dockyard having a 4 month delay, maybe start sailing early 2022.

 

i am on Discovery Dec 13 and also booked Enchanted Dec10 encase the Discovery is not ready.

Edited September 23, 2020 by phabric

[Tak8]

I doubt they can make up the 4 month delay and follow safety measures.  Probably 22 before it is ready.  I'm scheduled for New Year on Discovery, but I'm not hopeful.

[BettyCruiser]

We're booked on the December 9th and 13th sailing, but I've already booked a back up cruise since it seems likely Discovery won't sail as planned, hoping Princess doesn't wait too long to announce schedule changes. 

[LACruiser88]

We are booked for the January 6, 2022, 50 day Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles, South America cruise. We sure hope the ship is ready by then or if not, they substitute the Enchanted.  We would hate to have yet another cancelled cruise!

[maggie777]

43 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

We are booked for the January 6, 2022, 50 day Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles, South America cruise. We sure hope the ship is ready by then or if not, they substitute the Enchanted.  We would hate to have yet another cancelled cruise!

We are also booked on the 1/6/22 50 day cruise. It is probably a good idea to have a back-up plan. 

[skynight]

46 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

We are booked for the January 6, 2022, 50 day Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles, South America cruise. We sure hope the ship is ready by then or if not, they substitute the Enchanted.  We would hate to have yet another cancelled cruise!

I doubt the Enchanted will be substituted. The Enchanted is scheduled to sail alternating 10 day cruises for the winter season of 2021/2022. These are very popular itineraries, with many booking b2b2b's. It would be a lot more difficult to cancel these profitable cruises for an entire season than it would be to cancel a 50 day trip around South America. Investigate a plan "B".

Edited September 23, 2020 by skynight

[LACruiser88]

1 hour ago, maggie777 said:

We are also booked on the 1/6/22 50 day cruise. It is probably a good idea to have a back-up plan. 

 

Our back-up plan is the 2nd half of the 2022 World cruise...

[weedpindle]

We have the 11-3 & 11-17 booked. Just booked the Island for 11-22 cause no way is the Discovery gonna sail on schedule.

[caribill]

At a webinar the other day Princess said that Discovery would be in Fort Lauderdale by 12/21/21.

 

They did not say what (or when) it would be doing before that date.

[HALrunner]

4 hours ago, caribill said:

At a webinar the other day Princess said that Discovery would be in Fort Lauderdale by 12/21/21.

 

They did not say what (or when) it would be doing before that date.

Yay for a little bit of hopeful news! 

[phabric]

Good thing I also have the Enchanted booked for Dec 13, 2021 as the Discovery would not be ready for my Dec 10 cruise.

[stevenr597]

5 hours ago, caribill said:

At a webinar the other day Princess said that Discovery would be in Fort Lauderdale by 12/21/21.

 

They did not say what (or when) it would be doing before that date.

I wonder if the ship is delayed if Princess will give us the options of keeping our cabin and sailing on the later date. 

[voljeep]

we'll continue to hold out for 12/9/21 ... until Princess officially notifies us - maybe a year from now ?

[Anubi]

We are booked on the November 2021 Transatlantic but at this point we doubt Discovery will be ready in time.  My hope is that they will put the Enchanted in for Discovery.  It was the only ship that didn't have a Westbound transatlantic before all the shifting started.  It was in Europe in October and early November and then in the Caribbean in December, so there is a gap.  

 

We booked a back up on the Crown Princess out of Southampton in October 2021 and that got replaced by the Regal Princess.

 

 

[l2luv2cruise]

Discovery Princess has been floated out at Fincantieri 🙂

Picture from Cruise Industry News.

[Tak8]

Looks great.  Too bad Princess already switched her first cruises to the Regal.  Nothing against Regal, but I was looking forward to the shiny new ship.

[milolii]

Following this thread.  We are scheduled for April 2022.  

[jennybenny]

Curious when the first cruise on Discovery will actually take place. We have a booking and really hope to be on a new ship! 

[milolii]

There is another thread.  I only noticed the West  Coast arrival of around March, 2022. But things could be different.  I am sure someone here will respond.  

[jennybenny]

6 hours ago, milolii said:

There is another thread.  I only noticed the West  Coast arrival of around March, 2022. But things could be different.  I am sure someone here will respond.  

Thanks, I suspect it will be March 2022 or later, if there are delays 

[milolii]

I read on another  thread March 1, 2022.  That  seems odd. It’s a west coast cruise. 

[Astro Flyer]

In recent Princess webinars the status of the Discovery was discussed & they’re still hoping the ship will arrive for the inaugural cruise from LA on 3/1/22.

 

They have not disclosed any plans about the route the ship would sail to get to LA. Guesses have been via the Pacific, around South America or via the Panama Canal which some have posted wouldn’t be possible due to insufficient clearance to sail under the Bridge of the Americas.

Edited March 31, 2021 by Astro Flyer

[milolii]

Thanks!