chrysalis

No first dibs for booking except for those that are there first:D or on back to back cruises

Retreat pool is open to everyone as has been told by many who have sailed her.

You will get an email from Princess shortly before your cruise telling you the names of some of the MUTS movies as well as other entertainment details.

Princess Cays is a tender port, so just to get to land and lie on the beach requires using a tender.

Yup...been there about 20+ times.:D

The OP said they were expecting priority tender tickets for Princess Cays to be in their excursion envelop. I wanted to know which excursion.

You'll also have quite a few others from the UK doing it with you! B2B cruises in the Caribbean are popular with UK folks.

 

It's easy! You'll not have a problem. :)

 

LuLu

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Not always "quite a few others....". A couple of years ago, on a b2b on the Emerald in March, we were the only in transit passengers. There were the two of us, plus 3 entertainers (Barty, from Crooners, a comedian, and a lady doing hula hoop demos in the Artium).....talk about an easy turn around for us:D

per person.....

Lots of info here....

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/search.php?searchid=45954870

And there are lots of threads on the value of hand sanitizers.

We needed tender tickets two weeks ago on our Canada/New England cruise. They were in a envelope in our stateroom, and they were collected upon boarding the tender in two of the ports of call. So, they have not been eliminated completely.

What excursion did you take in Princess Cays that you thought required tender tickets?

You have to be out of your cabin by 8am....and you will be assigned a departure time based on flights and airports

YOu can book an excursion for the day, and princess will take you and your bags to the airport

We have done it on the Emerald in FLL many times. You will get instructions sent to you a day or so in advance, and given a new cruise card.

You will be asked to meet at an appointed time, escorted off the ship after all others have left, and you will proceed thru US authorities and do a U-turn back on to the ship.

You just leave all of your luggage in your cabin. It is very easy, and you will have the ship to yourselves for a while. Also, you are not required to do the Muster Drill again.

It has been posted....by you, and there were solutions suggested...

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1939930&highlight=roadrunner

our Travel Companions are first time Princess crusiers, can they board with us in preferred ? My Wife and I are Platinum with Princess.

Yes, usually.

Put a hold on it with Princess and if you make the booking you can transfer it to your TA. I am not sure that they will hold it for 48 hours, tho.

Book and transfer is the way to go.

At least you have the cabin set aside.

Hi There

 

Have a great cruise, enjoyed our time on her this year.

 

Look out for customer services director Johannes, great guy to know,

 

yours Shogun

Yes, he is. We are sorry that he has left the Emerald.

You pay the going rate.

We did it from FLL to LAX and there were no exclusions for laundry

It's my understanding that the Hawaiian cruises have items on the menu that are not on the regular ship wide menus.

The Princess website list some of these added items under their Aloha Spirit Program section.

Yes, and 15 day menus are not the same as 10 day or 7 day or 5 days cruises. To say that they are all the same is not quite accurate.

If you want it, go ahead and book it. If the price goes down you can get the new lower price right up to final payment.

Princess has excursions for the day, and will take you and your bags to the airport

It is possible to change tables if you are unhappy with your table mates. :D

Or table mates can change tables.....on the old Royal, we had a couple dine at our table for 8 for the first few nights, but they decided to find another table.

As it turns out, they have been in the news a lot lately. He is the recently famous (infamous) Martin MacNeil and travelling with him was the "nanny" Gypsy (we knew her as Gillian).

Even then, things seemed a little odd:D

We have been on two Princess cruises where crew members have jumped...once on the Coral while entering Cartagena and once on the Emerald in the Caribbean on a sea day.

The entire ship knew in Cartagena because of the searching going on, but on the Emerald, it was less noticeable because the guy apparently jumped in the middle of the night and was not known to be missing until the next morning.

Three threads on this....

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1943622

Already a thread....

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1943622

The port parking is right beside the ship....easy, very easy

I also bought a Citizen Eco Drive on the ship. I did a google search and the ship's price was quite a bit less. The watch is also impressive - love not changing batteries!

I did too.....great price and agree about changing batteries.