Looking for Reserve Class Any M1 Cabins with 4th berth

[Yellowlily]

Trying to book a British Isles Cruise (12 Night out of Southhampton in Summer 2025 on Regal Princess - but have looked at others as well)......looking in particular for an M1 Mini Suite Reserve Class - can only find M1 with party for 3, we are party of 4.  Not having any luck and didn't know if those sell out quickly - I take it yes, and wonder if there's another way to find one, or are there just not any available (or extremely limited).  Thanks in advance!

Edited January 7 by Yellowlily
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[Yellowlily]

Let me add to this.....is this worth it...otherwise will look at MA or MB Mini Suite....are there other ways to pay for Priority Embarkation/Debarkation or other ways to pay for any upgrades,etc. once booked?  Just wondering - not a make or break deal, just wondered what kind of perks can you get/pay for without actually booking a standard suite....hope all that makes sense.....Also, forgot to add we are looking at Princess Plus Package

Edited January 7 by Yellowlily
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[Essiesmom]

Scanning the Regal deck plans on cruisedeckplans.com, the only minisuites I see that accommodate four are MB.  All the others no more than 3.  EM

[t&atravel]

@Yellowlily The regal Princess only has two M1 cabins for four people.  B432 and B433.  Go to the deck plans for the regal on the princess web site and check the box for 4 guests and this will show all cabins for 4.  They could already be booked for the cruise you want,

[Essiesmom]

2 minutes ago, t&atravel said:

@Yellowlily The regal Princess only has two M1 cabins for four people.  B432 and B433.  Go to the deck plans for the regal on the princess web site and check the box for 4 guests and this will show all cabins for 4.  They could already be booked for the cruise you want,

They are HC cabins.  EM

[t&atravel]

5 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

They are HC cabins.  EM

Ah…well they came up when selecting 4 without selecting accessibility.  Didn’t think to check that.  Thanks.

[Yellowlily]

okay, thank you all very much for the information, this is great, thank you.....

 

 

[skynight]

One thought that is at least worth a try. Work with a T.A. See if they are able to book a reserve class mini for 3 and arrange for a roll away for the forth person. Have no idea if this would work or even be considered, but it might be worth a try.

The most important benefit of reserve class is the dining, especially the evening meal. It's walk in and prompt seating. Is it important for the 3rd & 4th occupant to have this?

Plus package is a nice value. The 1st two passengers in the cabin are required to have this fare. It's optional for passengers 3 & 4. If passengers 3 & 4 are minors you would have to do the math to see if it is worth it for unlimited non alcoholic beverages and the few other benefits.

You can purchase packages, but you can not purchase benefits. You may receive an offer to bid on an upgrade.

Priority embarkation isn't a really big deal. With the medallion information all in place boarding is fairly easy. There really isn't priority disembarkation. You request a time necessary to meet your flight and you get it. Or you can take early walk off. Basically you get to disembark when you need to. 

 

[Yellowlily]

42 minutes ago, skynight said:

One thought that is at least worth a try. Work with a T.A. See if they are able to book a reserve class mini for 3 and arrange for a roll away for the forth person. Have no idea if this would work or even be considered, but it might be worth a try.

The most important benefit of reserve class is the dining, especially the evening meal. It's walk in and prompt seating. Is it important for the 3rd & 4th occupant to have this?

Plus package is a nice value. The 1st two passengers in the cabin are required to have this fare. It's optional for passengers 3 & 4. If passengers 3 & 4 are minors you would have to do the math to see if it is worth it for unlimited non alcoholic beverages and the few other benefits.

You can purchase packages, but you can not purchase benefits. You may receive an offer to bid on an upgrade.

Priority embarkation isn't a really big deal. With the medallion information all in place boarding is fairly easy. There really isn't priority disembarkation. You request a time necessary to meet your flight and you get it. Or you can take early walk off. Basically you get to disembark when you need to. 

 

ah....i see...this makes sense, thank you very much for the information.  We got booked in Mini Suite on the Regal, category MB on Caribe Deck.  Also we got the Princess Plus.  Super Excited!  Now to do all the other good stuff, excursions and all the other fun stuff!  Thank you again very much for explaining this,  We are new to Princess and very excited.  

[Rick&Jeannie]

3 hours ago, Yellowlily said:

ah....i see...this makes sense, thank you very much for the information.  We got booked in Mini Suite on the Regal, category MB on Caribe Deck.  Also we got the Princess Plus.  Super Excited!  Now to do all the other good stuff, excursions and all the other fun stuff!  Thank you again very much for explaining this,  We are new to Princess and very excited.  

Hope you have a great cruise!  Welcome to Princess!

[JF - retired RRT]

4 hours ago, Yellowlily said:

Let me add to this.....is this worth it...otherwise will look at MA or MB Mini Suite....are there other ways to pay for Priority Embarkation/Debarkation or other ways to pay for any upgrades, etc. once booked?  Just wondering - not a make or break deal, just wondered what kind of perks can you get/pay for without actually booking a standard suite....hope all that makes sense.....Also, forgot to add we are looking at Princess Plus Package

It's worth noting that Mini Suites don't get any of the special perks that the Suites get. Your wording above makes it sound like you're expecting some.

Also, Princess really doesn't have any way to pay for special perks. Want early boarding? Book a cabin category that has that as a benefit (altho' as @skynight pointed out) it's kind of moot with the medallion.

[Yellowlily]

1 hour ago, JF - retired RRT said:

It's worth noting that Mini Suites don't get any of the special perks that the Suites get. Your wording above makes it sound like you're expecting some.

Also, Princess really doesn't have any way to pay for special perks. Want early boarding? Book a cabin category that has that as a benefit (altho' as @skynight pointed out) it's kind of moot with the medallion.

No, I was mostly concerned about the sleeping arrangements along with a little extra room,  We originally looked at deluxe balcony and decided on a mini suite. Seeing that Reserve Collection was so limited as far as what we were looking for, we went with a Category MB..and added Princess Plus.  Also new to Princess and didn't know what to expect with embarkation/debarkation and now thanks to other posters, feel a little more confident.  Still have a way to go before the voyage, we got the category and cabin we wanted on the itinerary and ship we wanted, so very happy with all of that.  

[Yellowlily]

1 hour ago, Rick&Jeannie said:

Hope you have a great cruise!  Welcome to Princess!

Thanks so much!!  And so excited to experience Princess!!