Mark_K

Funny how cruise lines, airlines, hotels, etc. use the term “nominal fee”, which is supposed to mean that it’s so small it’s a fee in name only, to gouge their customers.

I expect they followed the rules doing it every week, but you suggested you had never seen one at all. I was just noting that there were regular visits, so Edge cruising it was not an unusual event.

I did it online, when I got to the place of finalizing the reservation there was a check box to use one of your ‘free” reservations.

NCL has recently discontinued it, but Pride of America has been cruising the Na Pali coast every week for years. It was one of the highlights of the cruise.

Yes, you are. Which doesn’t mean you shouldn’t, either on shore or at a specialty restaurant, but it is something to take into consideration.

I could eat five meals a day, but it might interfere with making sure I get all fifteen alcoholic drinks in. You have to have priorities. 😉 Regardless, I’m just saying that you might also think about the opportunity cost of not eating in the MDR when deciding whether to pay for a meal at a specialty restaurant.

It’s more like dropping $50 to go to Outback when you’ve already paid for a meal at Applebee's.

Just for a little context on the distances. The video posted earlier from a tv station showed the ship’s track, this is from a screenshot of it. This is from the Geospace app. It shows that the outcropping at the bottom is about 550 feet wide at the widest.

We were able to get distilled water at all of the Princess Lodges we stayed at. If I remember right it came in glasses with Saran Wrap over the top.

I’m not quite clear, if your cabin wasn’t yet assigned why did you want to move? And if GTY was the only class available what non-GTY cabin were you expecting to move to?

For some perspective in the other direction, there’s a Celebrity vs Princess thread on the Celebrity board. Celebrity vs Princess

It seems unlikely that the ten minutes would make a difference in your ability to make your flight. I was able to book it without having entered any flight information, hopefully that won’t cause problems later. I just figured that if i wasn’t using Princess Air, flight time wouldn’t matter to them. The wording in the tour description is a little funny, though, I’m not sure what they’re trying to say. Passengers with Princess Air should book a customized air flight ticket to be sure they can participate on a tour the day of disembarkation. Passengers without a customized air flight may not be booked on a flight which will permit them to participate on a tour on the day of disembarkation.

If a lot of Retreat cabins were sold as GTY, and the actual rooms were not yet assigned, it would look like a lot of availability for MoveUp’s because the rooms appeared unsold, when in fact there was not much availability.

If the price is the same, I’d go for the Aqua guarantee and hope for the best on location. Having breakfasts and dinners in Blu makes it a whole different experience than a Veranda cabin.

I imagine there are similar cruises with a $10,000 per cabin difference, but I’ve never seen one, and I think it’s more the exception than the rule. Of course, unlike with you, we’re pretty flexible and I compare the best pricing I can find with the best pricing I can find.