Nelsj099

Where are you going? If Alaska I would take the Crown... because it goes through the inside narrows to Vancouver that the Royal can't go through. I spent 21 days on the Crown last summer and I was on the Royal in April. I like the smaller ship vibe a lot better, but I also had a great time on the Royal. I will be on the Royal to Alaska in a few days, but it had to do more with the dates that I have to be places this summer and being able to stay in 1 room for back to back sailings. If you are talking about doing any tender ports.... Crown is also much better, the lines for the tender in Port Aurthur and Kangaroo Islands were hours long (Australia). I plan to be back on the Crown next Chinese New Year...

I would also do Lake Bennett I have done a few of the train rides as well but I loved the Lake Bennett route last year!

Yes it does count as 2 cruises with 2 bookings.

I book as 2 separate and have done it a few times. I buy Premier so that restarts on each reservation, 3 prints and 2 speciality dinners reset after the first 7 days. So you double those benefits. I book with casino comps so I have to pay 2 deposits. I don't know about shareholder perks.

It is fun, I was looking at booking it again. But, the price is higher this summer than last summer. I am not ready to spend 200$ for 60 seconds either. I got the T-shirt.

There were a few people on my cruise last January who went over the packaged 15 and they just had to pay for their following drinks. No one seemed to care, they were drinking beer in the casino they kept getting drinks.

I have used mine for the past 3 cruises in the casino.

Last summer I did the Crown to Alaska, causing the narrows was beautiful. I am on a Casino fare, and the difference was more than 6000$ to take Royal. So I booked a balcony on Royal, I am concerned about the size of the ship, but I know it will be Amazing either way. 6000$ will buy a lot of excursions.

This is part of why I booked the Voyage of the Glaciers 14 nights as 2 bookings of 7 days each. I figured this scheme last year when they were shocked that I got more free prints in the photo studio. I was like it is a different booking so I get a new round of benefits. I also get 4 cruises on my status (sailing solo) instead of 2. It was more deposit money... as a casino comp that went up by 200$ but I get that back as OBC when I board. All in all a good deal. But, it should be fixed by Princess.

I would say Grand for the windows in the casino. I loved sitting there and being able to see outside. I felt like the Crown was in a dungeon, and the Island well it was small.

It wasn’t only me. I was with 2 other peashooter had slept and they felt the same. The person on the other side of me spent the whole time yawning. And probably 15/20 people stood up and left in the middle. If you have done 10 minutes of research on Alaska none of the information was new.

I did not.

Today was a good day. I spent the rest of the morning sitting in the aft deck by the terrace pool in the sun. We saw some porpoises. I went to the lecture on wildlife and almost fell asleep. We also saw a whale. I then went to the casino… and donated some money to princess… I have 1400ish points now. I played a few hours on the tables and a few on the slots. We also did a group pull. I went to dinner at the crown grill! It was delectable. I did miss the whales bubble feeding. I hope I can see them another time. I am still on the lookout for an orca and a breaching whale it may take for the rest of my life. But I will keep looking. 😂 When I was changing into my dressy jeans for dinner, we got an announcement that our port stop in Sitka will be delayed due to yesterday’s multiple delays. I was able to contact my tour provider while at dinner and he can reschedule me for next time on Father’s Day. Sorry dad I’m going kayaking.

I got it from room service.

I can’t flip them on my phone. When they uploaded like that, I went in edited them on my phone made them upside down on my phone and reuploaded them. And they were still upside down. And I gave up. I don’t have a computer this summer so it is what it is. 😝