TinaLee

I’m not sure how shoes even became an issue. I live in FL and my Vionic “flip flops” travel with me everywhere. While I’d never wear them on an excursion, they go everywhere on the ship, including to the dining room with a dress or Capri pants.

Isn't THAT the truth!!!

Hi all - can someone tell me if it is possible to book services at the hair salon prior to boarding? Spa services opened up for us today (as did restaurants), and I can see the spa treatments such as massage and facial, but it says nail and hair services are in the hair salon and I see no way to prebook this. Am I overlooking something?

Yes, they actually do. After our last river I contacted them and they emailed and then called me to discuss. They kind of have a lot going on with the folks on the rivers unable to sail due to high water, so I’d give them a bit more time.

Thanks so much for the review. I know it’s been a while since you did this, but since you mentioned attending the shows could you please give me an idea what dining time you think will allow us to make it to shows?

Why do the overweight always get these comments? Seriously, why is that acceptable? Was that the single bad outfit you saw on your entire holiday? And why did you feel the need to share it? Do you feel better now? SMH

oh, why did you have to go there?

You also have to take into account on the Princess/Viking comparison that Wi-Fi (although it isn’t great - lol) and specialty dining (which is amazing) are included. There is absolutely no comparison on the buffet areas, as Viking blows Princess out of the water, and personally I appreciate that I can get specialty coffee 24/7 included on Viking. Included excursions, free use of their laundry rooms on each deck (even detergent is included), free use of the spa, a really nice gym are all positives for us. If you love big production shows and a casino, Viking may not be for you, but I will say the vocalists in the tiny Viking show lounge were outstanding. 🙂

Do you mean between Princess and Viking/Crystal or between Viking and Crystal?

Here's my odd question. Since our PVS comes with daily refreshment of liquor in our mini bar, and we aren't really hard liquor drinkers, do you think they would put Koppabarger hard cider in our mini bar? That Wildberry is my husband's favorite. Thanks! And thanks to the OP for posting these. Still won't do SSP since it's fairly costly for a 14 day cruise and we aren't likely to have a drink outside meal times, but since they've gone up to $9.50 a drink and two a day would get you fairly close to the $25 per day for the SSP we may have to look at it again. 🙂

Thanks for doing this. Like you, we have sailed Princess multiple times, in multiple locations, and found ourselves giving Viking a try. We love their ocean cruises. Rivers may just not be my thing, but we will try again. One of the three was completely amazing, so we're willing to try again. Interested in getting your take on Viking Ocean and the comparison with Crystal.

The difference is 0.80 and they have to pay an exchange fee - not sure that math works in their favor.

We've used Welcome Pickups in many ports, but in Italy we use Stefano's Romecabs. Highly recommend, great people to work with.

Could you tell us which ship you're on? And maybe which itinerary? Thanks!

It would be from FLL to Orlando and I can drive it faster than flying it! We did our own air.

we are doing a TA in December and were told we could not book one way air. We only need the flight to Barcelona pre-cruise, as we're basically sailing home to Florida. Weird that they let some do it and not all.

Have you looked into ride share? Try the Rome2Rio website as they will list many options. I assume if you're considering staying the night you would have some sort of luggage or a larger bag with you? Keep that in mind as well. You may have to check a larger backpack at St. Mark's (I know you do at the Doge's Palace).

Sadly, no. If you fly in or out on any day other than the day you embark or disembark they will charge you a deviation fee. and, as stated above, you'll need to arrange your own transportation. We don't use Viking Air, as by the time we pay for deviations and selection of our own flights we can usually book better tickets on our own. We also do self-exploration and arrange our own transfers.

Yes, it is. We’re doing the little 6 day before Rotterdam repositions and we got the HIA.

Ahhh… Princess fries - it’s a real thing! We love them. We often went into the buffet to make a cheese plate or get some shrimp before watching a movie and all around us people would ask where we got the food - ummm… the buffet is right there! Happy memory for us! Enjoying your review!

We’re sailing the “baby” cruise of 6 days in April before she crosses, and we haven’t sailed HAL since about 2005(?), so very interested in your review. We are breaking our own “no short sailings” rule on this one! 🙂

This is exactly what we did - we didn’t grant them access to our brokerage account, but did send a pdf of the cover page with account number, other stocks, etc blanked out. Worked like a charm - now if only I could use it before we board - lol!

Actually, once stockperks verifies that you do qualify for the OBC it falls on you to hit the "redeem" button to have this applied to your cruise. If you failed to follow this step, that is why Princess did not apply the credit to your account.

Wow, this thread jumped the shark…