pamssanity Posted March 27 #1 Share Posted March 27 Has anyone done two cruises back to back on different ships? How did that work. Were taking two Princess cruises out of Ft Lauderdale and didn’t realize they’re on two different ships. Any experiences would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted March 27 #2 Share Posted March 27 Have not done anything like this...but just an FYI, this would be called a "side to side". (S2S) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Raider Posted March 27 #3 Share Posted March 27 We have done this recently, but up in Vancouver. You will have what looks like one cruise on your app but you will get two different medallions. It is awkward to make reservations in the medallion app but otherwise, everything will just go as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted March 27 #4 Share Posted March 27 45 minutes ago, pamssanity said: Has anyone done two cruises back to back on different ships? How did that work. Were taking two Princess cruises out of Ft Lauderdale and didn’t realize they’re on two different ships. Any experiences would be appreciated Just did this in December. Seven day cruise on Sky Princess (16- 23 Dec), followed by 14 daus on Emerald Princess (23 Dec - 6 Jan). When they hand out the disembarkation tags for your first cruise, go to guest services a d see whether they are arranging a shuttle tontake yonto the next cruise. In our case, Princess did that for the 40 or so passengers doing the S2S. Makes life a little easier. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted March 27 #5 Share Posted March 27 27 minutes ago, Cruise Raider said: We have done this recently, but up in Vancouver. You will have what looks like one cruise on your app but you will get two different medallions. It is awkward to make reservations in the medallion app but otherwise, everything will just go as expected. I'm a bit surprised. Why would this not show up as 2 "normal" cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted March 27 #6 Share Posted March 27 5 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said: I'm a bit surprised. Why would this not show up as 2 "normal" cruises? My Sky and Emerald cruises did not show as two separate cruises on the app. As it turned out, it made nonreal difference... just kind of unexpected and weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Raider Posted March 27 #7 Share Posted March 27 11 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said: I'm a bit surprised. Why would this not show up as 2 "normal" cruises? It was impossible to book any dining as we were on the Royal and transferred over to the Majestic for a B2B, It showed as one cruise in the app for all three sailings. I don’t think the app has been able to handle B2Bs, much less Side2Sidea very well since its inception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic6318 Posted March 27 #8 Share Posted March 27 Hi I have done this in the POM. It was easy there. The ships only had one berth between them. It was an easy walk, and not raining. I would think the ease of getting between ships will make all the difference on how convenient it is. I have had two cruises departing from different ports, that was more the same as two separate cruises, since we had to take an Uber between ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted March 28 #9 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Cruise Raider said: I don’t think the app has been able to handle B2Bs, much less Side2Sidea very well since its inception. Oh well....we all know about *that* type of issue, don't we! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleagedM Posted March 28 #10 Share Posted March 28 We are doing a S2S in July out of Southampton. Agree that the APP does not handle very well. It shows the entire 33 days on both ships but as others have mentioned we cannot book dining on the 2nd leg. Have contacted Ocean ready and they cannot seem to book dining for it either. The APP thinks that the dining reservation continue in the same MDR at the same time however, the ships have totally different MDR's so that makes it rather impossible. Hopefully they can fix this glitch in the APP but I suspect there are not that many S2S voyages to warrant a programming upgrade. Keeping my fingers crossed that all goes smoothly boarding the ships. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torfamm Posted March 28 #11 Share Posted March 28 You may be able to walk from one ship to the next ship or you may need to get a taxi or Uber. You can search to see which terminals the two ships will be using here https://pevvesseltraffic.broward.org/webx/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsp Posted March 28 #12 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Torfamm said: You may be able to walk from one ship to the next ship or you may need to get a taxi or Uber. You can search to see which terminals the two ships will be using here https://pevvesseltraffic.broward.org/webx/ Emerald is to far a walk from the Sky, a taxi will probably be no more than $10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeii Posted March 28 #13 Share Posted March 28 We're doing the same s2s in July out of Southampton as Mike above. However, we had no problem booking dining reservations on the app for each leg. On turnaround day, our dining reservations change from 6pm in the Provence dining room for the first 21 days to 5:40 in the Concerto for the remainder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis Posted March 28 #14 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, antsp said: Emerald is to far a walk from the Sky, a taxi will probably be no more than $10 The minimum fare is now $13....and yes, it would be much too far to walk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted March 28 #15 Share Posted March 28 In Ft. Lauderdale one ship would most likely be at pier 2, the other would be docked at mid ship pier, maybe pier 21. You disembark the 1st ship and then have to shuttle or take a taxi over to the other ship. You really can't walk between the mid ship piers and pier 2. You then wait and embark with the other passengers just like you will do when you initially embarked your first cruise. It would be helpful if you mentioned the ships and dates. With that information you are able to search for the pier assignments at the Port Everglades web site. If the assignments are too far out from experience you can make a fairly educated prediction regarding the piers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
555 Posted March 28 #16 Share Posted March 28 16 hours ago, d9704011 said: Just did this in December. Seven day cruise on Sky Princess (16- 23 Dec), followed by 14 daus on Emerald Princess (23 Dec - 6 Jan). When they hand out the disembarkation tags for your first cruise, go to guest services a d see whether they are arranging a shuttle tontake yonto the next cruise. In our case, Princess did that for the 40 or so passengers doing the S2S. Makes life a little easier. I've read that a few time now about Princess providing a free shuttle to the next ship. One time I read that the shuttle was even to a different cruise line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted March 28 #17 Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, 555 said: I've read that a few time now about Princess providing a free shuttle to the next ship. One time I read that the shuttle was even to a different cruise line. This past February 28th when we were boarding at pier 2 there was a person outside the terminal with a sign indicating a shuttle. These shuttles are no charge. There is also an intra port garage shuttle that is no charge. It's possible that the Princess intra port shuttle and the garage shuttle are one in the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
555 Posted March 28 #18 Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, skynight said: This past February 28th when we were boarding at pier 2 there was a person outside the terminal with a sign indicating a shuttle. These shuttles are no charge. There is also an intra port garage shuttle that is no charge. It's possible that the Princess intra port shuttle and the garage shuttle are one in the same. Thanks. I usually don't pay much attention to those signs since we drive to the Florida port & are just looking for our free shuttle to get to our car. It is a great perk that Princess offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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