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Apparently Canada and New England won't be on sale until next Tuesday, for some reason.

They go on sale at 8:00 am PDT.

It is likely that if you purchase the insurance now and had to cancel after final payment, that would be considered a pre-existing condition as the diagnosis pre-dates the effective date of the insurance (the effective date is the day you pay for it). So you wouldn't get a refund of any cancellation penalties, but you would get 100% FCC (less the cost of the insurance).

Hope that helps, and hope everything works out!

The credit for the BVE isn't applied to your Captain's Circle account until after you have completed the BVE.

It's a US Law regulating foreign carriers (it's frequently mistakenly referred to as the Jones Act, but the Jones Act refers to shipping goods, not carrying passengers).

It's not just Princess, all foreign-flagged ships are subject to the law.

Because you have to visit a "distant foreign port" to travel between two separate domestic ports without violating the PVSA, and Canada doesn't qualify.

Because in the first instance, you finish at a different domestic port than where you started. (SEA - YVR - LAX)

In the second instance, you start and end at the same port.

PVSA applies to one-way trips between domestic ports.

As long as your B2B voyages are linked together in the system, EZair should do it properly automatically.

You should be able to do it yourself through the cruise personalizer, or any Princess rep SHOULD be able to book it.

The Regal??? Must be a "back to the future" experience.......:cool:

Well, the whole review is coming at us from the future! :)

My wife and I are just back from the May 26, 2014 California Coastal Cruise aboard the Crown Princess. Here are a few pros and cons of the experience.

(Obviously OP meant April 26, but it still made me pause for a second!)

I am pretty sure this information is incorrect (except the information about the Gelato on Royal/Regal, which we already knew).

They wouldn't have bothered contacting everyone if they weren't really changing it.

I believe the issue is that Princess can't dock in Valparaiso on the 20th due to construction at the port (since Celebrity will be there), that's why they're having to change the two cruises.

Definitely see if you can join Golden at the second port.

The second Princess agent to whom I spoke last week told me that they don't offer BVEs on long sailings (the Sapphire's cruise to Asia which begins Thursday is 25 days). In my opinion, that may or may not be the case (and your speculation that all slots are booked is just as likely).

BVEs aren't offered on cruises that end in an international port (US to Canada sailings are an exception). It's the itinerary, not the length.

The alcohol drink package(all beverages that cost $10 or less) is not yet available for pre-cruise purchase.

 

However, if you want to pay for it in advance, you can gift your self OBC in an amount that would cover the cost of this package.

It's not available for prepurchase online, but can be pre ordered by calling Princess.

Ergo, to put the "blame" solely on passengers for not washing their hands is to dismiss other possible modes of transmission, such as eating food or drinking liquids that are contaminated with norovirus.

If the contamination were coming from a central source, I'd imagine a heck of a lot more than 3% of the ship would be infected.

I believe you're able to pre-order it over the phone with Princess now (still not available on the website).

I am having the same problem. For those who may know the details, which cruise date has begun the new itinerary and will they continue through the new year?

Are you on a Mexican Riviera itinerary or a Coastal? I think they've only switched out Ensenada on the Mexican itineraries.

I spoke to a rep at Princess and they said there wasn't any roll out scheduled for those ships at this time.

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Do you know if they offer this on Pacific Princess yet? I have looked all over (I think) the website and cannot find this info. Thanks.:D

Right now they aren't planning on offering it on Ocean, Pacific, Sea, Sun, Dawn or Diamond Princess.

Now how did I miss that? Thanks for the info. I did hear that Ron Goodman was to be the CD.

They announced the senior officers in July: http://www.princess.com/news/press_releases/2013/07/Senior-Officers-Announced-for-Regal-Princess.html

There's no daily limit, though I'd imagine they cut you off if hey observe a certain level of intoxication.

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Book the cruise first. Now you have a booking number and go ahead and book the flight.

You can't add Princess air until there's a deposit on the booking.

But they should still be able to add your FCC now.

It's now available on cruises regardless of length.

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Thanks, antsp. I guess the difference is in the chemicals they use!

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On the same equipment? Really?

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