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Thank you for the amazing trip posts, now I am going to go and get a duck fart in my cruise next week.  Does anyone know the name of the place where you had the oysters after the bars in Juneau?

Contact the chat support, they are very good at fixing stuff like that.

More information from Saturday

"Don't dismiss the "horror stories" you weren't a part of. You were one of the very few lucky ones. By 8:00 am they had closed the gangway and were announcing a delay of at least 2 hours. Not much for an explanation other than a shortage of Customs staff and the terminal being over-crowded due to the coincident disembarkation of the Eurodam. We waited as instructed; they allowed people back into the staterooms and the lines (unbelievably long) didn't start moving until after 10:00 am. We made a plea to an officer who directed us out a side way and still missed the cut-off for our international flight back to Calgary, which took off at 12:35 pm. Very upsetting. 

 We were booked on Alaska Air and the next available flight they could offer was 6 days hence. We ended up stranded overnight in Seattle and having to pay over $1,000 Canadian for two next-day fares home Air Canada which we caught this morning at 6:00 am. Because Alaska offered to re-book us, my flight insurance (which I booked through them with the purchase) will not reimburse the new tickets or refund the unused ones. All in all, this little snag quadrupled the price of what we happily booked as a quick, cheap getaway and sapped the joy from it."

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2935859-sea-disembarkation-delay-for-royal-princess-and-travel-insurance/?do=findComment&comment=65340411

Looks like the other two just left as well, they were not too far behind.  I heard there were some serious issues yesterday delaying people getting off the ships.

Looks like the Princess is the first out at 4:30pm, what I think is Holland America (dark blue bottom), and the NCL ship are both still docked.

None of the ships have left Seattle yet, are they still having customs issues?

I did glacier bay on crown in skywalkers last year.  I recommend getting a hot chocolate and the red checkered blanket and bringing binoculars.  Get there at 5am just as the ship is entering the bay and there will be a ton of whales.  It is early but also the best quiet spot.

Same site, redownload it to get the one updated on May 3rd.

@555 I have asked for drinks like the dirty banana virgin and I have not had a bartender told me they can't do it.  Normally I'm like 'What fruity/sweet/chocolatey drinks can you make non-alcoholic?'

@555 Strawberries on fire is amazing.

@Kathscof Thank you for the heads up, on Thursdays it looks like Quantum of the Seas is no longer docking at Skagway and Discovery Princess has been moved to RRA.  Only 3 ships in that day now.

I heard that, before the pandemic, they will give you a free t-shirt if you collect all the recipe cards from the drinks.  Are they doing that again?

1 minute ago, Kathscof said:

 

oooo how "end of May"? I'm there on the 29th 🙂 Wondering if you will be giving us news or I will be giving y'all news! haha

I am there on June 1st.

I'm at RRF on Discovery end of May, will be interesting to see what happens, since Quantum of the Seas is also booked for that day RRA, and they are both big ships.

ISP=Icy straight point, it's another port

@latebuyer I have been looking at the Alaska cruise dock schedules for that, which has a chart for each port. https://claalaska.com/?page_id=1250

I love the strawberries on fire non-alcoholic drink.  I think I had more of those then alcoholic drinks.

32 minutes ago, Taykee1 said:

I hope that is the case, I called princes and they told me to upgrade to the new plus package will cost me and extra $10 per person per day. So I really hope you are right and I will still be able to drink what was previously on the old Plus Package with no further cost to myself. fingers crossed.

When is your cruise?  Can you keep us updated on what happens?  I am in the same position you are, my cruise is not until the end of May.

What has me thinking that what we are seeing may not be a glitch, is that the prices going up is not the same thing as a 35% off sale.  I hope someone is able to book a cruise at the lower price.

Just now, Italy52 said:

On the phone.  TA is waiting for Princess rep.  Getting a funny feeling it might be that same glitch returning to haunt all of us.

If Deb63 was able to book it at a lower price, I see hope.

@Tedferggo in with the normal filters at the top, Destination, Date, Port etc. The lower prices aren't coming up for me under any promo links or anything.

I still crash the site before I'm able to book anything, but I really hope they keep these as the sale prices, knocks like $1000 off my cruise.  I emailed my princess cruise vacation planner as well, hopefully she can help with the site being as buggy as it is today.

@Italy52 the lower prices are back!  Quick check princess website.

18 minutes ago, Italy52 said:

My fare was already booked --- I was looking to refare.

I was looking to do the same, and looking to book on the site at 1am.  I kept getting the 'Not able to continue to the next step'.  I was so excited to get the trip $1000 cheaper too.  If the prices currently are the sale, then it's really not a sale.

I must have encountered a glitch on the site right after the released the sale, now it's even more expensive.