suzyed Posted October 25, 2020 #1 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Has anyone heard any new updates on the Discovery Princess? Hoping it will be launched on time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SausPud Posted October 26, 2020 #2 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Being Launched November 2021. Just announced with a video on YouTube on the Princess Channel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tak8 Posted October 26, 2020 #3 Share Posted October 26, 2020 That November launch may not be accurate. With the pandemic, the build is or at least was behind schedule. Most hopeful early Discovery passengers, myself included, are looking for updates on the build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire5000 Posted October 27, 2020 #4 Share Posted October 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Tak8 said: That November launch may not be accurate. With the pandemic, the build is or at least was behind schedule. Most hopeful early Discovery passengers, myself included, are looking for updates on the build. Same here. With COVID outbreaks rising in Europe, I doubt that the ship will be ready as original scheduled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabric Posted October 27, 2020 #5 Share Posted October 27, 2020 The ship dockyard stopped working for 4 months. Will they be able to catch up? I have 9 cabins booked on the Discovery Dec 2021. I am not sure the ship will be ready. I also booked another cruise on the Enchanted Dec 2021 and will decide closer to final to decide which cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted October 27, 2020 #6 Share Posted October 27, 2020 My guess - Discovery launches in Europe in Spring 2022 and spends a full season there. Late fall 2022 she maybe goes around South America to California. The positioning of Majestic to California for Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 on the same itineraries Discovery was slated for pretty much indicate Princess is anticipating that Discovery will be 4-5 months late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare stevenr597 Posted October 27, 2020 #7 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I heard the construction is indeed going on in respect to Princess, and that they are still aiming to have the ship ready on schedule. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffa30 Posted October 27, 2020 #8 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, AtlantaCruiser72 said: My guess - Discovery launches in Europe in Spring 2022 and spends a full season there. Late fall 2022 she maybe goes around South America to California. The positioning of Majestic to California for Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 on the same itineraries Discovery was slated for pretty much indicate Princess is anticipating that Discovery will be 4-5 months late. Interesting thought about Majestic. Hoping Princess will be open about the potential delay as currently have three cruises booked on Discovery - November 21 TA and two in March 22. I cannot see any of them going ahead but am unable to change the booking without incurring further costs so will have to wait. Edited October 27, 2020 by Geoffa30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare stevenr597 Posted October 31, 2020 #9 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I have heard rumors, and I stress that these are rumors, that Princess hopes to have the Discovery ready on time. In any case we are keeping our booking for the Trans-Atlantic on Discovery, and in fact if they delay, will just rebook when they do make the crossing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted November 2, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 10/31/2020 at 9:51 AM, stevenr597 said: I have heard rumors, and I stress that these are rumors, that Princess hopes to have the Discovery ready on time. In any case we are keeping our booking for the Trans-Atlantic on Discovery, and in fact if they delay, will just rebook when they do make the crossing. Fingers crossed!! We are due to board in Rome on the 24th for the TA. Doing a 6 day land tour before hand...hope it goes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tak8 Posted November 2, 2020 #11 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Now two concerns: will the ship be ready in time and will the 7 day cruise limit be lifted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare stevenr597 Posted November 2, 2020 #12 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Tak8 said: Now two concerns: will the ship be ready in time and will the 7 day cruise limit be lifted? As soon as we have a vaccine, I do feel that the 7 day limit will be llifted. Hope to start to see a vaccine next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted November 3, 2020 #13 Share Posted November 3, 2020 15 hours ago, stevenr597 said: As soon as we have a vaccine, I do feel that the 7 day limit will be lifted. Hope to start to see a vaccine next month. Unless you are a front line worker (such as a doctor or nurse), do not expect to have a vaccine available to you for a number of months. Cruises will likely resume before vaccines are widely available to the general public, so the cruise lines will have to prove they can safely sail before the CDC would even consider modifying the 7 day limit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire5000 Posted November 3, 2020 #14 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 8:52 PM, suzyed said: Fingers crossed!! We are due to board in Rome on the 24th for the TA. Doing a 6 day land tour before hand...hope it goes!! We're doing the land tour in late October before sailing for 14 days. Doubt that the land tour will occur. We were scheduled to do it this year and we saw how that turned out. Without the land tour, we'll probably cancel the trip. Additionally, I notice that some of the ports we were scheduled to visit apparently have been dropped from Enchanted Princess sailings in 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare stevenr597 Posted November 3, 2020 #15 Share Posted November 3, 2020 6 hours ago, caribill said: Unless you are a front line worker (such as a doctor or nurse), do not expect to have a vaccine available to you for a number of months. Cruises will likely resume before vaccines are widely available to the general public, so the cruise lines will have to prove they can safely sail before the CDC would even consider modifying the 7 day limit. I believe, and this is my opinion, that "First Responders" will begin to receive vaccination in December. Cruises will resume before vaccines are widely available, but they will be restricted in duration, ports visited, and even activities on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgovernsandra Posted November 3, 2020 #16 Share Posted November 3, 2020 just booked the inaugural Nov 3 sailing with the casino promotion. fingers crossed all is a go! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted November 5, 2020 Author #17 Share Posted November 5, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 9:45 AM, Squire5000 said: We're doing the land tour in late October before sailing for 14 days. Doubt that the land tour will occur. We were scheduled to do it this year and we saw how that turned out. Without the land tour, we'll probably cancel the trip. Additionally, I notice that some of the ports we were scheduled to visit apparently have been dropped from Enchanted Princess sailings in 2021. We're doing land tour too before our sailing. Do you think they would just cancel the land portion and then adjust the price for just the cruise? Why do you think the land tour might not occur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginabab Posted November 5, 2020 #18 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Hi, is princess offering land tours or are these tours on your own? Gina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted November 6, 2020 #19 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 11/2/2020 at 1:13 PM, stevenr597 said: As soon as we have a vaccine, I do feel that the 7 day limit will be llifted. Hope to start to see a vaccine next month. Very optimistic. Vaccine more likely to be available to the general population sometime during the 2nd qtr. 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted November 6, 2020 Author #20 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 11/5/2020 at 11:33 AM, ginabab said: Hi, is princess offering land tours or are these tours on your own? Gina Princess tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire5000 Posted November 7, 2020 #21 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 11/4/2020 at 9:50 PM, suzyed said: We're doing land tour too before our sailing. Do you think they would just cancel the land portion and then adjust the price for just the cruise? Why do you think the land tour might not occur? Canceling the land portion by Princess is always an option which would result in a cruise only cost. As to why I think they might cancel the land portion: o. Italy has always been a hot spot of COVID. Right now, Italy has imposed new restrictions on restaurants, bars, etc. We want to go out and explore. If Princess tours were to eliminate this option not only would they have a tough time enforcing this restriction, who wants to spend their free time in a hotel room o. Italy has been one of the hot spots of COVID since it began. You always would run this risk. This alone would make a land tour unlikely. o. Other stops on the cruise portion might be severely restricted. This cruise is the last "must cruise" we want to take as we crossed all other destinations off our list over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted November 8, 2020 #22 Share Posted November 8, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 8:45 AM, Squire5000 said: We're doing the land tour in late October before sailing for 14 days. Doubt that the land tour will occur. We were scheduled to do it this year and we saw how that turned out. Without the land tour, we'll probably cancel the trip. Next October is too far in the future from now to have any idea at this time what conditions and restrictions will be then. There may still be a big coronavirus problem then or there may not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu K Posted November 14, 2020 #23 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Booked for December next year no decent places for construction photos. There was an awesome thread on here for Royal Construction. stu k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Flyer Posted November 15, 2020 #24 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Princess recently sent emails with 2 promotional videos for Enchanted which is only slightly different than the Sky which we sailed in November 2019. Based on deck plans the Discovery will be similar to the Sky & Enchanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted November 15, 2020 #25 Share Posted November 15, 2020 "Princess recently sent emails with 2 promotional videos for Enchanted which is only slightly different than the Sky which we sailed in November 2019. Based on deck plans the Discovery will be similar to the Sky & Enchanted." Enchanted and Discovery are basically identical. These ships have a few different features from the Sky. A big one is Princess' passenger favorite, Crooner's, which was not included on the Sky. The other is Vines. No Vines on the Enchanted and Discovery. I believe another venue will offer the finer wines in place of Vines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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