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That price difference is between January and April! There is nothing ‘normal’ about a $2700 increase in less than 100 days.

For us the answer is, assuming we don’t cancel before final payment due to crowded conditions, this will be one and done with Princess suites. We’ve had 2 great cruises in MSC’s Yacht club for the same price as this booking with more perks. We will continue to sail Princess in our usual mini suites when sailing with my siblings and on special itineraries.

Those of us who already have reservations in the Signature Suites are already paying for the Sanctuary (actually the formerly named Sun Deck that is now part of the Sanctuary Club). Here's the difference for my S9 cabin between my booking made in January for two with the Plus package web price: Signature category S9 (deck 15): $2629 plus $153 taxes and fees per person (total = $5564) (My TA charged $5164) booking for two today with the Premier package web price: Signature category S9 (deck 15): $3979 plus $153 taxes and fees per person (total = $8264) A difference of $2700 with the only additional benefit being $20 per day/per person ($280) for the Premier package is highway robbery. Especially when it seems the Sanctuary and Restaurants may be much more crowded than originally planned.

We had a great time on that excursion in 2016. We have a similar picture. For that Christmas our son gave us t-shirts with the picture and "Born to Be Wild." They are still in business: https://trikes-aruba.com/

That's what I used successfully last summer.

The best place to start research on excursions is in the appropriate Ports of Call board. For these ports go to https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/456-caribbean/ for the islands and https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/54-panama-canal/ for the Canal ports. On the latter board you will need to use the search function by port (upper right corner). Good luck with your research,

A good question (which I don't have the answer to) since that configuration looks like it is either a shared kitchen area or two distinct kitchens without the details in the diagram. Another example of a large white space is between the Reserve and Signature Restaurants that has been identified as a shared kitchen. If that is true in this case, neither Crown Grill nor O'Malley's serve breakfast so I would suspect little, if any, early morning noises. I'm not sure what time dinner service ends in both restaurants and what you would consider too late.

We have always received PQPs on EZ Air United flights. We've also been on the free upgrade list each time. The best upgrade was made at the gate at Heathrow to business class om 2019.

Don't forget to share the cruising experience info with her. The Alaska Cruises page on the website is a good start: https://www.princess.com/en-us/cruise-destinations/alaska-cruises Make sure she scrolls down to the bottom of the page for the links to the Alaska Onboard Experiences and, especially, the North to Alaska Program link (https://www.princess.com/en-us/cruise-destinations/alaska-cruises/north-to-alaska-cruise-activities).

Which is exactly why I said a percentage, not all. Given that I am not a cruise line venue designer I wouldn't know. I just worry that the Princess designers don't know either.

I've seen some comments here on CC that the Lounge access is still restricted to the original 80 cabins in the Signature Collection but I haven't seen a direct quote on that. Having looked at the pictures of that lounge, I have my doubts that it was even big enough to old a sizeable percentage of the Signature Collection passengers.

Look at the old numbers of cabins that made up the Signature Collection: The Signature Collection Suites breakdown (total = 80) SO - Signature Sky Suite - 4 S2 - Signature Owner's Suite - 10 S4 - Signature Penthouse Suite - 36 S9 - Signature Suite - 30 (which have a mini-suite layout) and the new numbers making up the new and improved Sanctuary Collection (total = 219) : "The new Sanctuary Collection aboard Sun Princess includes three levels of stateroom types – Signature Collection Suites (80), Mini Suites (123), and Premium Deluxe Balconies (16)" Some reserve minis were "promoted".

For comparison purposes the MSC Meraviglia has about 100 cabins and the newer MSC Seascape has 131. Their pool sections also have a full bar, an expansive grill serving breakfast and lunch, and multiple hot tubs. Neither were busy the weeks we were on our 2 Caribbean cruises but I’ve heard they can be crowded, like all ships, during holiday periods.

From the Sun Princess thread, this is a quote from yesterday’s press release: The new Sanctuary Collection aboard Sun Princess includes three levels of stateroom types – Signature Collection Suites (80), Mini Suites (123), and Premium Deluxe Balconies (16) I think there are fewer than 20 S9 cabins so this seems more than a doubling of the number of cabins in the Sanctuary Collection.

Not yet.