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Yes the Travel Agent will receive a commission on your booking and will be responsible for servicing it. Of course you can always still call Princess Direct.

Remember all rates have the commission built in no matter whether you use the Travel Agent or not.

Ann

Hello and thank you for taking the time to post your progress. I, too, was on this cruise up until Copenhagen. It was a lovely trip and I am glad I did it, but I learned a few lessons.

#1 is that it seems that doing your own independent tours is the way to go. I am a travel agent and was there to experience everything Princess has to offer. As such, I opted for the Princess Shore Excursions. With the exception of the 4x4 tour in the Azores, I was very disappointed in the tours. I think the descriptions were a little hyped. A lot more was promised than delivered. The walking tour of Rouen would have been great if we could have heard the tour guide who was just speaking at her normal voice. There were probably 40 people on tour and they did not provide any headsets. That was very frustrating. Additionally the tour in Ireland (Rock of Cashel) was sooooo boring. Nothing like how it was described. I saw many upset people at the excursion desk after the buses came back.

I did give Princess my feedback.

#2 - the Lotus Spa is beautiful. The Enclave is very nicely designed and the varieties of sauna's are nice. HOWEVER, the "Heated Stone Lounges" are not heated at all. Or as the Spa Manager Jenn told me, they are heated to body temperature. What is the point? They advertise "Heated Stone Lounges" yet don't deliver and won't back down when approached about it. I spent $300 for the Enclave and my primary interest was the lounges. Many people were upset by this. They said if they heated them, the room would get too hot. Seems like they should have worked that out after the Royal.

Overall I think it is a nice ship and the food was fairly good. The standard balcony cabin is a tight squeeze but I expected that. I will continue to recommend Princess to my clients, but to make sure they understand about a few things.

The itinerary was fantastic, the Captain very delightful and I liked the "Princess live" show with the Cruise Director every morning.

Wished I could have stayed on for the full 28 days. Glad you are having a great trip.

Ann

Right now at 6:55pm. The ship was met by Fire and Ambulance. Medical Evacuation but not sure what happened. I wonder if we are going to honk the horns again?

I thought that was the purpose of CruiseCritic.

Love this comment!

We were on the Splendor Thanksgiving Day and just got off the ship and into a taxi. I think it was $20 each. Kennedy Space Center was, hands down, the best stop on our trip. Don't miss the Atlantis building. And the launch pad tour is well worth the time also. Skip the ships excursion....too much money. Have fun!

Just joined this thread Friday evening and thoroughly enjoyed it! I can't believe he is going on for another year! Good for him. Wish my parents had done something like this.

Thanks to all for sharing this wonderful adventure. What a treat.

Ann

Well at least he is polite when you say you are onto him! I like a polite thief!:D

Ann

I just got off the Eurodam this morning and they did disembark a couple last Saturday for failing to show to muster. They give you plenty of warnings and were paging this couple over and over. They do a manual roll call. it is pretty stupid and arrogant to miss it. I guess it is a lesson learned. No one's fault but their own. I was extremely happy with the crew......no captain drinking in the bar!

Ann