Doing Back to Back in Different Cabins

[PE Cruisers]

Has anyone done B2B in a different cabins? What do we do with our luggage ? What else to we have to do as far as Customs Etc..

[skynight]

Read instructions completely and follow them exactly. Your cabin steward will handle the movement of your goods. Hang as much as possible in your closet. It will be hung on a rack and hung in your new closet. Other items place in the suitcase. The suitcases will be moved to your new cabin. Empty your safe and keep with you. Visit your.new cabin steward. He/she probably will.allow you to place valuables into the new safe.

Immigration. What port?

 

[Sarnia 432]

If you get off the ship in the turnaround port, you have an “in transit” pass.  Show this when you get back and you can bypass the queue for check in and head straight to the security clearance.

[Geoffa30]

Connected to this, we have just booked two cruises separately to make a B2B. We’re in separate cabins but on the same deck and similar location. Do you think Princess will automatically recognise this or should we call to link the two bookings?

[skynight]

1 hour ago, Geoffa30 said:

Connected to this, we have just booked two cruises separately to make a B2B. We’re in separate cabins but on the same deck and similar location. Do you think Princess will automatically recognise this or should we call to link the two bookings?

Princess knows. Your bookings are automatically linked. You may receive a single medallion for the entire time you are on board, or a new medallion may be delivered to your cabin on the final day of the first cruise. Your onboard accounts will roll over and there is one final invoice on the day you disembark.

With this said, once on board you can visit passenger services to confirm they have your bookings linked.

Edited January 19 by skynight

[Cruise Raider]

We just did this recently and were moved to a different deck.  My DH was always so anxious about having to move rooms but after the seamless move, with no very little work on our part, he now doesn’t mind it at all.  
You will pack up all of your belongings that are not on hangers and leave your suitcases in the closet. Take your valuables from the safe with you. The room staff will clean your new cabin first and move all your belongs as a priority.  
If you need to go through immigration at your turn around port, you will be given a in transit card and meet at a specific spot and be escorted off the ship as a group.  You will then go back through security, but not through a second check in and be on the first group to be allowed to reboard once the ship has been cleared.  Your new cabin will most likely be ready by the time you are back onboard.  
It is super simple and they give you clear instructions on exactly how it is handled.  


 

[Steelers36]

Just to add that most ports outside US do not involve the extra immigration step and just another day.  Whatever the immigration situation is, it is the same for all B2B'ers - whether changing cabins or not. 

 

I would seek out and speak with the new cabin steward and give them heads up you are moving.  Your new cabin will be prioritized.  We have moved safe contents right away - no issue.  We have moved our own stuff as well - no issue.  We don't usually have a lot of stuff and are mostly packed up ready to go the night before as if we were departing the ship.  Done a cabin move 2X IIRC, plus a mid-cruise move.  It's pretty easy whichever way you go.

[dolls123]

On 1/18/2024 at 5:14 PM, skynight said:

Read instructions completely and follow them exactly. Your cabin steward will handle the movement of your goods. Hang as much as possible in your closet. It will be hung on a rack and hung in your new closet. Other items place in the suitcase. The suitcases will be moved to your new cabin. Empty your safe and keep with you. Visit your.new cabin steward. He/she probably will.allow you to place valuables into the new safe.

Immigration. What port?

 

 

On 1/19/2024 at 6:24 AM, Cruise Raider said:

We just did this recently and were moved to a different deck.  My DH was always so anxious about having to move rooms but after the seamless move, with no very little work on our part, he now doesn’t mind it at all.  
You will pack up all of your belongings that are not on hangers and leave your suitcases in the closet. Take your valuables from the safe with you. The room staff will clean your new cabin first and move all your belongs as a priority.  
If you need to go through immigration at your turn around port, you will be given a in transit card and meet at a specific spot and be escorted off the ship as a group.  You will then go back through security, but not through a second check in and be on the first group to be allowed to reboard once the ship has been cleared.  Your new cabin will most likely be ready by the time you are back onboard.  
It is super simple and they give you clear instructions on exactly how it is handled.  


 

 

On 1/19/2024 at 6:35 AM, Steelers36 said:

Just to add that most ports outside US do not involve the extra immigration step and just another day.  Whatever the immigration situation is, it is the same for all B2B'ers - whether changing cabins or not. 

 

I would seek out and speak with the new cabin steward and give them heads up you are moving.  Your new cabin will be prioritized.  We have moved safe contents right away - no issue.  We have moved our own stuff as well - no issue.  We don't usually have a lot of stuff and are mostly packed up ready to go the night before as if we were departing the ship.  Done a cabin move 2X IIRC, plus a mid-cruise move.  It's pretty easy whichever way you go.

Thanks for the info since I just booked a B2B yesterday in 2 different cabins

[cruisinsince75]

We are doing a back to back for our 55th Anniversary, but we don't have to switch cabins.  The 1st one we booked is a 12 night Baltic cruise Copenhagen-Copenhagen.  A few days later we decided that for what the cost was for business class air RT, we could do the following 15 day TA cruise Copenhagen to Boston for less by using a few airmiles for the flight to CPH and cruising back home.  We were fortunate to get the same accessible balcony staterooms for both legs.  

 

I wonder what the procedure will be in Copenhagen or whether we should have Princess merge the two bookings?  They sell it split up as well as the longer 27 day sailing. 

Edited June 4 by cruisinsince75
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[skynight]

54 minutes ago, cruisinsince75 said:

 

I wonder what the procedure will be in Copenhagen or whether we should have Princess merge the two bookings?  They sell it split up as well as the longer 27 day sailing. 

Don't do anything. Leave the two bookings as they are.

We did the Baltic followed by a T.A. pre-covid. There is no turn around procedure in Copenhagen. It's treated like any other port day.

Your two cruises will be automatically linked. There is no need to change anything. When you board you will find that your disembarkation date will be your final date of arrival in Boston. Everything in your folios will roll over on turn around day in Copenhagen with a final invoice on the ultimate disembarkation day. If you have the plus fare then you will receive the 2 casual meals per booking number. You will encounter many, many passengers staying on board for the T.A.. It's very popular.

[cruisinsince75]

38 minutes ago, skynight said:

Don't do anything. Leave the two bookings as they are.

We did the Baltic followed by a T.A. pre-covid. There is no turn around procedure in Copenhagen. It's treated like any other port day.

Your two cruises will be automatically linked. There is no need to change anything. When you board you will find that your disembarkation date will be your final date of arrival in Boston. Everything in your folios will roll over on turn around day in Copenhagen with a final invoice on the ultimate disembarkation day. If you have the plus fare then you will receive the 2 casual meals per booking number. You will encounter many, many passengers staying on board for the T.A.. It's very popular.

Thank you so much!  Exactly what I needed to know.