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They have been used and more frequently we use them when we know that the audience does have a smattering of knowledge of what they stand for. Sometimes they are used incorrectly and that causes confusion. But, ***** or Whose The Fool ?

I agree with LACruiser88 that cruisemapper.com is a great site along with cruisedeckplans.com. We use these two sites all the time to help decide what cabin to book.

Roatan is part of Honduras. In a way it just gives another reason to stay on the ship.

Unpack the carry-on and set up the safe while listening to the safety video. Visit the Concierge Lounge for a glass or two of champagne Go to the Muster Station to check in. Either go the buffet or the dining room depending on the crowd. Walk the ship to get reacquainted. Back to the cabin to see if the luggage has arrived and unpack. Grab a drink and go to the sail away.

Amen.

And.....most if not all our nearly 70 Princess voyages have been great because we decided to make it so.

This doesn't make sense overall. Until you get onboard and ask the Loyalty Manager what the cutoff days are for that voyage there is no way to know this. Yes, we do cruise a-lot, however, there are always many on board that have many more days than we do and we certainly don't take certain voyages with the expectation to be on the MTP list, that would be silly seeing that the luncheon has gone away and now it's a brief cocktail party with some of the officers. Our reward is the resulting loyalty for being part of the Princess Cruises family for over 30 years.

As another alternative, we are taking the Star Princess from Port Everglades through the Panama Canal with stops in Aruba, Fuerte Amador, Mazantlan, Cabo San Lucas, Los Angeles ending in Seattle after 20 days. We stay aboard for the inside passage to Alaska to do stops in Ketchikan, cruising in Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier then going to Juneau, Skagway and Victoria ending this 7-day portion in Seattle. Being on the Star Princess limits ports and areas that maybe she can't go, however, we were fortunate to have had a voyage aboard the Tahitian Princess and this smaller ship was able to do ports of Kodiak, Sitka, Valdez, along with the traditional ports and time in Glacier Bay. We are excited to have three Star Princess booking including the above and look forward to add these to our previous Sun Princess voyage.

I guess we are exceptions to the rule. We are invited to the MTP event on our last 10 voyages and we have never booked an inside cabin and do spend money on board.

It has always been about giving a reason to stay and not a reason to leave.

I'm glad you responded with this. It saved me time to do my response. I would never ask anyone else how I should react to a new experience. Going into this voyage with a set of expectations often leads to disappointment which is usually not the fault of the ship. This new Sphere Class ship has many differences from the Grand Class and Royal Class that are unique to Princess. The experience should be done with an open mind and no preconceived perceptions. We sailed on the Sun last year and enjoyed a lot of the new features and yes, we did miss some of the traditional venues from previous class ships but that didn't deter from have a great experience. Our next voyage is on the Star Princess this November and just booked two more on her next April and May when we leave our home port of Port Everglades and take her through the Panama Canal to Seattle and then do the Inside Passage in Alaska back to Seattle. I'm certain we will enjoy our time aboard as we finish our 70th Princess voyage.

Welcome to Princess! Your cruise documents are available on the Princess website. Create a username and password to sign in to your voyage. You will need your booking number to be able to go through the check in process. If you haven't done so, download the Ocean Medallion app to order your medallion. This can also be done on the website. While on the website you can view and download the booking information and the passenger contract.

Thanks for your interest and I'll consider it. It would have to be a private email to you alone and I would have to strip out the personal imbedded information.

I am having a problem entering in the dates of the voyage with this app. I wrote to them and they wanted a screen shot of the page and asked what browser we were using. I replied that we have tried Chrome, Firefox and Safari and none of them worked on the MacBook Pro. I am trying to use the iPhone next.

Looks like we do much the same as those posting here. We start with an Excel workbook for each voyage that has sheets that I created where I just enter the booking information with ports and dates on one worksheet that then populates other worksheets that show the itinerary with arrival and departure times and other information including hotels, confirmation information and excursions booked. Another sheet has all the individual ports of call with the ships in port and their information of passengers, size and time in port. Then there is a sheet that contains clothes packing spreadsheet that creates the number of each type of clothing that should be packed,etc. Another sheet showing things to do before leaving and the timing based upon the leaving date and the days before it should be done. Other sheets that we don't use anymore but are included in the workbook template are budget sheets based upon ports of call, meals, souvenirs, etc. but we have sailed so often that we don't need to do this anymore. The other tool is that I create a voyage diary book with tabs for each day that we entered what we did and how much was spent that book goes in the folder for the cruise that we can refer to for other voyages to those ports. Daily information tools we use in addition to the Ocean Medallion app are Shipmate and CruiseMapper.

The whole process started when the Royal Princess was being built and Princess held a contest to place 1,000 images aboard the Royal Princess. There were over 67,000 images submitted and we were fortunate to have 2 selected to be part of the 1,000. When the Regal Princess was being built they went back to the images and we have 2 more chosen. Subsequent contests were different in that instead of just images from voyages with Princess they wanted any travel images and with that we were picked for more to be on the Enchanted, Sky, Majestic, Emerald and Caribbean Princess. The total images we have that we have located thus far are 10. The Caribbean and Emerald Princess images are in the suites. So the program was just for the Royal Class ships and some images of ours for the other class ships are just in the suites.

I'm happy you are doing this "live from" post. We were just on the Enchanted the first of May and had a great time. Being a fellow photographer, I'm sure you are impressed with the images lining the cabin passageways. We are fortunate to have at least four our images aboard the Enchanted and more on the other Royal Class ships. Spend some time on the other decks during your travels and see images from different locations. Have a great time.

True Lions fans will pick up on the Honolulu Blue name. Looking forward to a great year with a tough schedule.

The temporary closure of Terminal 2 is not due any work done inside the terminal. The primary reason for closing was due to work done on the dock area itself and the adjacent area of the new hotel and convention center property. Even though it might a good time to do some inside work of the terminal, there is no indication to do a "GoPrincess" type operation. What I would rather like to see is that the loyalty program be expanded to a new upper level for those with days at sea over 500 or 600 days and then do a special entrance to the terminal that was for Suites, VIP and this new level. There could be a new lounge area for them with something along the lines of the GoPrincess.

Even though I wasn't suggesting the liability of transportation as the reason, what I had been told after reviewing my response was that it was the primary reason.

I wasn't suggesting that the transportation was the underlying reason for closing GoPrincess. It was a thought that someone making the decision threw on the table.

According to Anthony that managed the GoPrincess facility, it will not reopen. There were issues with potential liability because Princess was transporting people from the lounge to the ship, cost of operation and the limited capacity. It was a grand experiment seeing that the lower level of the building that the Ocean Medallion was using for software development was not being used and the close proximity to the cruise port made it a nice location for a limited amount of suite and VIP guests could use.

That was my first reaction to the issue. What it would cost to Princess is a lot less than the impact of poor customer relations.

Sorry, but I have to ask. Why?

I always bring a small bottle of Cholula with me on every voyage and depending on how much is left, I leave it for our breakfast team in the suite dining room for them.