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What happens if you put your tracking number into the web site? That's when I was able to track it from start to finish over the 10 days it took to arrive here in Montreal https://parcelsapp.com/

I thought you received the notification today, doesn't that mean that they will deliver it all the way from China in two days?

FWIW, I used a worldwide tracking consolidator called Parcelsapp.com to track my shipment starting two days after I received the Ocean Notifications Email from Princess on Jan 10. I was able to follow it every step of the way from China to Singapore then through Canadian Customs to a company in Mississauga called Citilogistics, who shipped it here to Montreal via Canada Post. The tracking number on the original notification automatically opened up a USPS website when I clicked it but never showed anything at all, no details found etc. The box arrived in a blue Princess Seawitch bubble envelope with no other external shipping labels at all save a Canada Post label. "Electronic information submitted by shipper" 12 Jan, delivered here on 22 Jan. Longest delays were when it bounced around Toronto for 8 days.

Hi Dennis... The covered garage in question is the one labelled "ABM Marine Park Garage" on this Google Maps screenshot. When I click on the link, it shows the address as 12 Drydock Ave. You can easily see the entrance to the garage on Street View. Can't help with reserving it, we will be driving up and parking.

Are they still available upon request on the ship? I would think that once in your cabin, if you ask Stewart nicely, he/she should be able to supply one?

Ours were shipped Jan 10 and arrived here in Montreal on Jan 22. We sail 3 Feb, so you should receive yours in plenty of time.

Interesting. We're sailing next week. I ordered ours a long time ago and received the shipping Email from Princess on Jan 10. I tracked them on a daily basis starting on the 11th all the way from China through Singapore to Mississauga and on to here. They arrived two days ago. If you are sailing the 18th, that's pretty much two weeks after us. Doing the arithmetic, that should mean that your shipping Email should be coming very soon, in the next day or two, given ours arrived on Jan 10.

I fully agree with this. I know both YOW and YYZ very well and would never use Pearson if I could fly from Ottawa. From Syracuse it appears Ottawa is an hour closer than Pearson, and the US/Canada border crossing will probably be easier than the one heading to Toronto. YOW is much easier to navigate, being MUCH smaller than YYZ, and parking is much easier and much less expensive. There should be enough non-stop YOW-YVR flights available

Alfredo's for us 8 days a week over pool pizza. I wouldn't be surprised if all the pool pizza ingredients came from the same ship's storeroom that supplies Alfredo's, but the heat lamps at the pool deck pizza place are the killer for us.

Quite correct, however the OP did say they were leaving on a Princess trip. Princess AFAIK only use T2 and T21. If two Princess ships are in port at the same time, the bigger and/or newer ship usually gates T2 and the smaller/older ship gets shunted to T21.

Thanks for bringing this up, we'll be staying at the Riverside for the time next fall and will need a local pharmacy. According to Google Maps, that CVS is a half mile 15 minute walk north from the Riverside. Question for the locals, is the Federal Highway walkable? Google Maps has me taking side streets to scoot around it, but Street View seems to show good sidewalks. As to a grocery store, there's a Publix Greenwise about the same distance away from the Riverside, near the corner of Las Olas and SE 3rd. Don't know if they would have suntan lotion etc ;o)

I can speak for Brooklyn, Port Everglades and San Pedro and you are quite correct, the added "inconvenience" is negligible. I could have held my breath for the length of time it took us to walk over to the Medallion counter and stand there while they retrieved our pucks. No issues at all.

The actual schedule for your particular sailing will eventually show up in the App, a bit at a time. I don't remember the exact timing when it starts to get loaded, probably a month or two out. Keep looking, it will definitely be there.

I'm still questioning why they would let someone book a date that according to Hyatt and the hotel itself, is currently blacked out, give me a formal confirmation number, and to this date have still not told me they made a mistake. I'm wondering if they ever will correct their error.

Lifelong Montrealer here. Boy are you out of date ;o) Construction is absolutely all year round in many areas. One of the major bridges into Montreal, part of the Trans-Canada, is reduced to ONE lane out of three while panic repairs taking months are being effected right now, 24/7. You can imagine the traffic jams we have to endure. Yes, driving around here can be hell.

I suspect it's another one of those "ship to ship" things, where the decision is up to the individual Sanctuary manager, and some may be more flexible than others. I can't speak to getting a complete refund for the rest of a cruise, but they have always been very good about refunding the particular day's remaining cost when the weather turns bad. I've had them refund a full day when we showed up at 8AM in a driving rain, and I've also had them refund a half day when the wind turned into a tornado around noon. And yes, being turned away from booking when it was completely sold out BEFORE the cruise even started, has been an issue for us as well. As Elite, we make it a point to being among the very first to board and still haven't had much luck in recent years due to all the B2Bers getting priority. On sea days when we couldn't book the Sanctuary, we've found Take 5 on the so-equipped ships to be a decent alternative. Just wish they full time bar service ;o)

A number of times we have been "weathered" out of the Sanctuary by high winds or rain. They have always refunded us the half or full day we had paid when that happens. And it was up to us to decide whether we wanted a refund or not. They tend to be pretty flexible about the weather.

That has also been our experience as well. We generally eat in the SD restaurants for the peace and quiet, and have been surprised that the wine lists in the SD restaurants we've been to (Sabatini's, CG, and La Mer) have been absolutely tiny compared to the huge wine lists in the MDRs. I wonder what would happen if, in an SD restaurant, we asked for a wine that was not on their list, but came from the much more comprehensive MDR wine list? Even if they would fetch it for us, it would probably take ages for it to arrive. We're back on the Discovery in a few weeks, maybe I'll give that a try ;o) And yes, on our last trip, on the Discovery last October, having a dedicated "sommelier" walking around filling up our glasses was a wonderful improvement is service.

I was very careful when I selected the dates, and the date of 18-19 October, as I said previously, WAS outside the blackout window and bookable. Whether you believe it or not, I checked a number of times before I made the booking. You don't seem to believe that they can, and did, modify the list of blackout dates after I made our booking and added that date range. Their own fine print says they can make such changes at will.

No problem. IIRC the Port Everglades website query function is a bit obtuse, but once you figure it out it should show you exactly which ships are at which berth and it should go out about three months. Not sure if your April sailing would be there yet, but it will eventually show up. Also, there are huge screens at the entrances to the port, at the security gates, showing which ship is docked at which berth. If you are in fact leaving from Terminal 2, that one is actually before the security checkpoint off Eisenhower Blvd, but you would be able to see your ship anyway, it'll be hard to miss ;o) Have a great cruise

In our case, the waitlist didn't work, we never received any word about it. We just went to the Shore Excursions desk and they had availability for our "Sold Out" trip. YMMV of course.

I obviously can't claim to know about your specific sailing and the excursions in question, but we had a similar situation last October on our California Coastal. The one excursion we wanted was sold out long before we sailed. Immediately upon embarkation we walked over to the Shore-Ex desk and had no problems booking that very excursion. They had slots available for walk-ups. A lot of folks here on CC are having issues pre-booking things like dining, excursions etc on-line, finding them sold out well ahead of the cruise. In our experience there is ample evidence that Princess doesn't truly "sell out", they do keep a certain percentage of slots so as to be available on board the ship. Still, the advice above to search your Roll Call for alternatives would be prudent.

I assume that was the covered garage right next to the terminal? That has been under constant construction for a few years now, and part of it has actually been completely dismantled as part of the on-going airport expansion. Yes, it's an absolutely nightmare to use, but we continue to park there as we usually find a spot literally within a few feet of the door to the Transborder terminal. We are anxiously awaiting the opening of the massive new P4 covered garage just down from the Marriott which should open in the next month or two. They will run constant shuttle buses, or it's about a 6 minute walk to the terminal

Good call. Re my earlier warning about traffic congestion accessing the airport, remember to keep an eye on Google traffic in the weeks preceding your flight to see what the situation is. Late afternoon is the worst. This was a CTV report from last November: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-airport-moves-to-reduce-car-congestion-after-traffic-backups-1.6656511

More than likely you will be using Terminal 2, the usual Princess terminal at PE. If there are two Princess ships in port that day, then bigger/newer gets T2 and the other one will use Terminal 21. Port Everglades do have a website that will tell you pretty far out which terminal your ship will be using on that date. https://pevvesseltraffic.broward.org/webx/