voljeep

On 6/11/2020 at 10:01 AM, voljeep said:

my cruise personalizer is still showing the old policy, in our case 75 days ( short cruise ) … if I go thru a dummy booking all the way is shows 60 days final deposit date

ok, updated as of today to the 60 day due date

13 hours ago, getting older slowly said:

I know first world problem.. we are hoping for closed loop cruise in Australia..... but no peg in the sand yet       our death rate has also been low about 1.5%.......

 

All one really would like  ... is give us a firm date .. or say simply no cruises until March 2021......

 

( yes we had a couple of cruises booked Oct-20 and Nov-20 but not likely )   

 

Cheers Don

hope you enjoy your P & O Australia cruise … good luck !

10 minutes ago, billco said:

I order my wine in the Total Wine app

same for us at our local ABC Liquor store - order online - email when ready - pull up to express delivery - they bring it out

11 minutes ago, leck57 said:

One day hopefully.🍺🍺🍻🍺🍻 (these are mine, I'll order yours now)

exactly ... some posters on these threads take themselves way too seriously for me

2 minutes ago, leck57 said:

Princess obviously screwed up.....but I'm forgiving enough to have them back.

hopefully Princess is smart enough not to go back … at least until "y'all" lift your draconian restrictions for us "foreigners" 

and we could definitely have beers together ...

1 minute ago, leck57 said:

 

No P&O cruises for me matey. Hopefully Princess and Celebrity will do these cruises in 2021 and I would do one. Not initially a priority cruise for us but we are pretty keen to cruise again. The downside is that only Aussies and Kiwis will be allowed if our Country's lockouts continue and that is disappointing as I like a mix of people on board , especially you guys.

I didn't bite eh?😷

bite, nah, but you did nibble ...

why should Princess commit to do cruises only for y'all when you have your own cruise line P & O for that purpose

and what's your reason, "matey" for not doing  P & O - your home cruise line, right?

REMEMBER THE RUBY !!

2 minutes ago, leck57 said:

 

No matter how long and thoroughly they clean the ship it means little if a few Covid infected people embark.

I'm sorry, but the shambolic way the US has handled the virus makes me think no cruising, at least from US ports, anytime in 2020. I hope I'm wrong as we desperately want to cruise and the quicker the business gets back to near normal the better.

have you booked you P & O Australia cruises around NZ yet , as I believe that is all the cruises that should happen in 2021 based on restrictions imposed 

6 minutes ago, dog said:

Same here

yo, dog 

so besides cruising, what else do you think will not be started up until 2021, albeit with changes and restrictions 

theme parks are opening

fans are starting to be allowed back into sporting events

schools will open with on campus learning

airlines are increasing flights

destinations are starting to allow openings to foreign visitors

so, why single out cruising ? - because they are the only ones that have to keep score and report ?

15 minutes ago, PrincessLuver said:

 

I am not sure how cruising will work when Hawaii opens up tourism so that you do not have to go through a mandatory 14 day quarantine.  Hawaii is proposing visitors will need proof of a negative Covid -19 test 72 hours prior to boarding a plane or you must do 14 day quarantine upon arrival.  So far the mandatory 14 day quarantine is in effect until July 31 and could be extended so I would not be optimistic about a fall cruise if COVID-19 is still not contained or treatable and being allowed in Hawaii without testing or quarantine.

somewhat agreed - plus cruise in way to long to start with - need to be closer to a port and not 5 days at sea each way

currently watching an old episode of Law and Order on Sundance TV - SUV got hijacked, driver shot, killed

in the back of the SUV was a Hazmat Transport Box - contained Corona Virus - unauthorized vial of SARS 

"Patient Zero" - a carjacking involves SARS forces detectives to search for the initial patient infected to prevent an outbreak

(10/08/03) - S14 / E3

3 minutes ago, Renmar said:

You know this for sure or just hoping?

 

Theo

hoping , of course 🥃 ... also believe these may be the only Princess cruises in Oct / Nov

West Coast is a go - leading to the East Coast Caribbean season starting in November 🍷🚢🍻

1 hour ago, Daniel A said:

(Is the glass half full or half empty?)

'you talkin' to me ?  j/k - of course my glass is always at least half-full 🥃

a vaccine is obliviously a good start, but in my not so humble opinion … and I don't know if it's even possible … the 14 day cornteen is still the kicker … something needs to be developed so that if a person does 'get' the covid-19 positive results, they then take a shot / pill so at least they can't 'pass-it-on' 🦄🌈

EDIT to stay on topic … who knows about TFF ? BSE and PPlus work way better for us , but I can certainly somewhat understand people wanting the 'old promotions' to come back in some forn

On 6/14/2020 at 3:13 AM, AtlantaCruiser72 said:

new stand-alone Salty Dog Gastro Pub (first in fleet). 

will the beers be covered by the Beverage Package and the food for sale ??

Losing VINES is a big negative for us ...

and the cruise lines are still getting a bad rap for having that crew on board ...

if available in Vines, yes … as to the apps

ignore list updated - added one, took one off  - much like Carnival shares and the stock market … it's a fluid situation 

12 minutes ago, Cruzinnana47 said:

#3 - Bayou Cafe on Coral Princess

agreed, but our was on Island - pre-changes

and followed that up with the 'On the Bayou' show - prolly the only show on Princess I would spend extra time for to 

see again

hope to do the ultimate balcony dinner on our next scheduled cruise ...

46 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

I got a great deal last October & December for a cruise in March of 2021.  I booked under three for free in October and in December, was able to add on Wifi and Premium Beverage Package for $25/day.  Win-win.  😁  I think this bare bones fare versus plus fare is/was just a trend in the industry.  I've seen it on other websites for other lines.

 

I think they will bring back three for free sometime in the future but I don't know when.  It worked well for Princess in the past so why fix something that isn't broken?

yep, that worked well with the BEST.SALE, EVER. add-on's

Princess Plus works well for us , but the wifi is just a throw-in as we don't use it that much 

1 minute ago, Tak8 said:

Cruise lines should look at how Ticketmaster is handling the cancellation of numerous events.

Completely different situation … Ticketmaster still had monies coming in, albeit not as much

Cruise line bookings and payments went kerplop … with increased expenses draining resourses

23 minutes ago, ceilidh1 said:

. I would be interested to hear what others think about the situation!

unfortunately, this is nothing more that a cash-flow situation and preservation …  are there going to be feelings hurt and pissed off customers - of course … will some people "never cruise again" - of course, until they do …  and then there is the group that states , OK , it happens … when's my next cruise ??

I believe if Princess had just let the faucet flow on refunds, they would already be in some kind of bankruptcy / reorganization ...

and they still may be at some point in time depending on the number of lawsuits filed against them for Covid-19 - but how long will those take to settle … years, of course

now it is well known that I am not in the same situation as a lot of you with thousands of $$$ in limbo with no answers and Princess either not knowing themselves or unwilling to provide you with concrete answers … as this is a major fluid situation

which can change daily

Even before all this, it was kind of a running joke on Princess that if you called their customer service and didn't get the answer you were hoping / looking for, to just keep calling until you did … these Princess reps don't have answers … that's way up the line 

EDIT: and for all those that cancelled their cruise prior to Princess cancelling them … well, check the terms under which you booked … harsh, but in reality ...

5 minutes ago, PrincessLuver said:

 No unified compliance by the general population with CDC guidelines really means no cruising period for a long time.

Disney theme parks opening in about 30 days … that speaks volumes, as well as the political rallys that will be taking place

Cruises, in some manner, will happen sooner, rather than later, in my opinion … and by sooner, I mean no earlier than November 2020 … with shorter (4-7 days) and at a reduced capacity 25-50% max - which will be easy to do at first ...

some line / some bodys … gotsta be firstest … and they damn sure better get it right … maybe the younger demographic  Disney out of Port Canaveral ...

the TA that took the payment, then the TA paid Princess … not a good situation 

25 minutes ago, frugaltravel said:

Carnival Corp and other cruise lines have sent most of their crew home. It will take months to get them back to the ships, retrained etc. It will be a LONG time before cruising starts again in any meaningful way.

 

it may be a LONG time … but the cause won't be the inability to get trained crew back on the ships … they will be lined up...

define LONG ...

11 minutes ago, lx200gps said:

 first cruise  under the new reality is currently 28 November on the Enchanted

11 minutes ago, lx200gps said:

As it stands now, there SHOULD be a fair bit experience from the highly commuted early adopters to let us know what the on board experience is like before we have to commit to making final payment. 

good luck with that … at 60 days, your final payment is around Sept 28 … which there will be NO Princess cruises by then in my opinion … as I think the first Princess cruises "may" be the November Caribbean cruises ...