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We are sailing out of Boston in June doing a B2B Canadian cruise (14 days). The Boston Cruise Terminal directs you to Lot D3 for cruise parking - they provide a free shuttle to/from the cruise terminal. The only problem is... you are given a list of "Events" which are basically the cruises departing from Boston. When I select the cruise we are taking, it only gives me 7 days parking with no way to add days. The rate appears to be $30 per day. I called the customer service number and explained my problem, they said that they couldn't help me because they can't change the number of days on the reservation. They told me to wait because more "Events" would be loaded and they expected that there would be a 14-day option. I've waited over a month and there is still no 14-day option. I can book that parking lot via parking.com but the price is $38 per day instead of the cruise rate of $30 per day. Has anyone found a way to book the necessary number of days with the cruise rate?

Two contributing factors... # 1 Old Age! # 2 Inexperienced Uber User. As soon as we exited the port, schlepping 3 pieces of luggage each, we called for an Uber (not realizing that we needed to be on the other side of the street). As soon as I booked the Uber, the driver called. So, I'm on my cell phone talking to the Driver realizing that he was across the street. My wife is mobility challenging having had two knee replacements over the past few years. She is schlepping her 3 pieces of luggage. While on the phone with the driver, we are trying to cross the street - heavy pedestrian traffic & heavy vehicle traffic dragging luggage on wheels over an uneven paved surface (picture luggage falling over in the middle of the street). The whole time the driver is on the phone complaining he is double-parked and can't stay there long - HURRY UP! We finally figure out where the Uber driver is and get across the street. Everything then calms down. If I just would have waited to call the Uber until we were across the street, everything would have been fine but someone told me to call my Uber as soon as I got out of the terminal - big mistake! Dennis

Can someone post the name of this parking garage and the street address for it? Also, can you reserve a parking space in advance or do you just show up and go to the office? Appreciate any help... Boston Cruise Parking seems so confusing! Dennis

It would be great if you would expand your article to include information about returning from your cruise in New York City. We recently did a cruise out of Manhattan and I was totally confused upon our return. Walking out of the cruise terminal, I did not expect what I was about to experience. If I knew how it was going to be, it wouldn't have been such a nightmare! Uber can't pick you up at the terminal, the porters only take your luggage to the curb outside the terminal, there are a million taxi's, Uber's, Lyft's, Limo's, and private vehicle across the street from the terminal (which is where you have to go!). Whew... can't believe we survived it! Dennis

JimmyVWine, from a physical viewpoint, the Sapphire Princess doesn't have a Crown Grill but they take a back section of the Horizon Court at night and convert that into a "Crown Grill" where they offer the standard Crown Grill menu, along with the "elevated" service level of a Crown Grill. I should note that all of my bad experiences were with Ribeye steaks.

My recent dining experiences at the Crown Grill have not been good. Had two experiences on the Sapphire Princess last October and an experience on the Caribbean Princess two months ago - all of them bad experiences due to poor quality steaks. On the Caribbean Princess, I spoke with a few other passengers who had exactly the same experience with poor quality steaks. We originally planned to dine at the Crown Grill several times during our 20 day cruise but, after the first bad experience, we cancelled plans for any more. Now, I'm not sure if I should make reservations for the Crown Grill on our upcoming cruise this fall. I've noticed a few remarks on this forum about poor food quality at the Crown Grill on a variety of ships. Is this something that is happening on all of the ships? Has Princess dropped food quality in the Crown Grill fleet wide?

When is Princess going to post Caribbean cruises for the Fall of 2021? Other major cruise lines have already posted theirs - including Carnival! I'm looking to book something for October - November 2023 out of Ft Lauderdale and am getting anxious. I'm beginning to consider booking on Celebrity. Dennis