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Have a wonderful time!!

Interesting! So that website shows our Caribe mini-suite is a connecting room, but the Princess site doesn’t. Who to believe? Also, now when you go to Princess deck plans for Enchanted it asks if you are sailing before April 2024 or after, so they can give you accurate maps.

Oh, I'm so glad you posted. I went and checked and it appears our Caribe extended balcony is not a connecting room. I thought I had seen on on another map that it was --- but maybe I was looking at another Royal class ship. Thanks for the prompt to check!

I didn’t realize you could go to this bar without a dinner reservation! So you can access the bar every night? Can you get appetizers at the bar? Thanks!

There is a mini-suite tour on YouTube that shows the outlets. It appears he says there are two US outlets at the desk. And it looks like only usb ports at the bedside. Also outlets in the bathroom.

So glad to hear this, because we chose the Mid-Ship, extended balcony on the Enchanted purposefully and were so excited to get it. Now I’m a bit worried, but will cross my fingers. Love the towel btw the doors tip and will remember it just in case.

Thanks, Kolleeen, for sharing that Coolibar. I love it and found some colors available on Amazon for $25. Just ordered. Most colors in my size were $79 but some pretty colors were on sale!

Hlitner, we are considering Cassis for our Marseille port day (have been to Marseille once before.) Would you recommend Cassis as well? I read there’s a winery right outside of town that I thought might be fun. Thanks for any advice!

Maybe split the difference and check one large bag but also bring one carry on for essentials. A little more money for a little more peace of mind?

This is a helpful question to us as well. We have been to Marseille once before, so this time we want to try a surrounding town. So far I’m thinking about taking the train to Cassis and spending time there. I did read there might be winery to visit close to Cassis. If anyone has any input about this plan, I’d appreciate it too. Thanks!

It’s lovely, will look elegant, and still be comfortable. Grab it now!

The other reason to ask questions that might have an answer elsewhere is that when people start answering, they drop other helpful hints that the OP might not have even thought to ask. I just learned quite a bit on this thread, even though I already technically knew the answer to the original question.

Thanks for info and I think scheduling ahead sounds really smart! Thanks for the idea!

Would you mind if I ask the cost for acupuncture on the ship? I’d be open to that as I also get motion sickness very, very easily. Ear patch worked for me but caused side effects for months after. Thanks!

Our Princess cruise will be in Gibraltar for one day this spring. My husband and I (and possibly a few others from our cruise) would like to take a Taxi Tour. I tried a couple times to get a quote online from Gibraltar Taxi Association, but never heard back. I'm trying to figure out if there is another company that someone can recommend to hire or if it's just as good to wait and find a taxi at the port. Are prices the same whether pre-booked or not? How quickly are all the taxis taken at the port? (I tried doing a search for this but didn't find these answers.) Thank you so much for any help as we make our plans!

Hmmm... good idea! I think we may start wearing our Bengals gear onboard! Love our rivalry though!

Thank you for including the pictures. I've been wondering where the sensor is!

Another question about the wording. When I pull up my account on my laptop and see the packages purchased, it names the beverage, Wi-Fi, gratuity package that we bought. It names our TA and the last column says Complimentary Gift. Does it always say that or did the TA gift us that?? Thank you!

We decided on Lucca for our early summer trip. Will take a train there from the port and then back to Rome to fly home. It’s a very walkable walled little town and you can take a bus or train to nearby sites, if you want. We have an Airbnb apartment for 4 days. Never been before but had a friend who lived there and seems lovely.

I think these are really cute and come in so many great options! Thanks for sharing!

We cruised an itinerary with Princess. We thought it was wonderful. We have another booked with them this May. I think Princess has nice itinerary choices. We’ll be leaving out of Barcelona this time, ending in Rome. Good suggestions already about arriving a few days early to see the embarkation city, adjust to time change, and ensure you and your luggage are there in plenty of time. (We only do carry-on, but if you are checking luggage, it gives you time in case anything goes wrong.) Research private tours with your Roll Call here once you book. We had really great tours that we arranged with others that I met here on Cruisecritic in our Roll Call.

I have used all the remedies listed in this post. I used the patch and had disastrous results for two summers in a row. (The 2nd summer cruise I used the patch again because I didn’t realize what happened to me was patch related.) To shorten a long story, removing the patch after the cruise caused me to have such severe vertigo that I had constant vomiting and couldn’t function for two months. My doc and I did not associate the symptoms with removing the patch, but we figured it out when it happened again. Both times I wore the patch for almost two weeks. That’s why I’m sharing this — since you mentioned a long cruise. I’d be careful of wearing a patch for a long cruise. The relief band did give me some relief but I generally needed to combine Bonine with the band. I plan to get a new band for our upcoming summer cruise.

What are the two different types? I only know about Bonine (and patches which ended up a disaster for me, so I won’t wear them again.) Always looking for new solutions, as someone who loves to cruise but gets extreme motion sickness.

We’ve always brought just carry-on luggage and could always get to our room to drop it off — and we are usually very early onboard.

When the email says “Want to keep current rates? Pre-pay before Dec 14,” does that mean to pay the full balance by then, or just the down payment? We have a cruise in May and I want to keep the old Plus.