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On the Beyond now in an AQ cabin with no noise. Spoke to someone in a Magic Carpet suite who's having noise but wasn't aware of an issue on this ship.

We're on the Beyond now in AQ and eating in Blu. We've now had six dinners in Blu and have never had to wait more than 5 minutes to go to our table.

We sailed on the Silhouette over NYE five years ago in the Carribbean. Party was on the pool deck and deck above (jogging track). It was all very exciting! Lots of loud music, officers getting thrown in the pool, etc. We’re not really partiers but we had a great time.

I called X to see if it paid to do this. They wanted $660 for the two of us for our 11-night cruise. Our premium WiFi was just $250 in total so it doesn’t pay for us. We rarely use room service and the embarcation day lunch was no big deal.

I’ve read several posts from AQ Blu guests complaining about long waits for dinner in Blu due to Suite guests dining there. We’ll be in Blu 3/11 and will not be happy if Suite guests are allowed in Blu and delaying our meals. Maybe they should allow AQ guests to dine in Luminae since so many Suite guests don’t “love” Luminae!

We're in AQ on the Solstice tomorrow and we were also in AQ in September on Solstice and many other cruises pre-covid. We never have had a noise problem in AQ on any S or M class ship. To us, the premium we pay if for eating in BLU.

We're also on the March 4 cruise and also from San Diego (brrrrr). I've been doing mock bookings over the past several weeks and it has really filled up (assuming X is being honest on their website). Last week, I counted 140 empty Concierge and Veranda cabins and now there are very few left . We're in AQ and it's almost full. A few weeks ago, there was plenty of AQ availability but I assume people "moved up". It could be that lots of Southern Californians are sick of the cold/rainy weather we've had and decided to get away. We were on the Solstice repositioning in September and it was around 67% full.

I tested positive for Covid on the third day of 10-day Princess New Year's cruise. I'm 74 and have a serious heart condition. The medical staff was terrific. They did several heart tests, had me stop my statin and a few other meds and gave me Paxlovid. I was surprised and delighted that they had it on board. I had a relatively mild case and tested negative on day 6. I was quarantined in my mini-suite and had room service. My wife was allowed to stay with me as she had had covid within three months. I missed all four ports but I'm glad I got through this relatively unscathed. I did rebound a week later for five days at home. I'm loyal to X (Elite Plus) and I don't love Princess, but our friends were going and it was from San Diego so we didn't have to fly.

We also paid for the AQ upgrade to the free Blue Chip offer and I'm pretty sure the extras (gratuities/drinks/wifi) are not included. The only benefit is the slightly upgraded AQ cabin and Blu. We did it for Blu.

It sounds like he was self-isolating and did not report his Covid to the medical staff. I was recently on the Diamond Princess and had Covid (discovered by the medical staff as I thought I had food poisoning), I was quarantined and they brought all my meals to me free (from their room service menu) and provided free laundry service.

We've been on the Solstice many times. Our first "post covid" cruise was in September for the repositioning from Vancouver to LA. We were supposed to be on this cruise, but postponed until March 4. I recently had Covid on a Princess Cruise. I was quarantined and then rebounded once I was home. So, we decided to postpone. Anyway, thanks for posting. Can you tell me how many people were on board? Some friends were on the Solstice last week and it was only 1/3 full (880 passengers).

Sorry if you misunderstood my comment. It wasn’t about you. It was about another poster who complained about “immigrants coming over the border with fentanyl and covid”. She had “teacher” in her username. Enjoy your cruise.

If she's a teacher, I wouldn't want her anywhere near my grandkids with her racist and unsupstantiated comments.

Thank you, everybody. The car rental from Enterprise in San Pedro is $138 and hopefully they will pick me up from the ship. I’ll call tomorrow to confirm that. We’re flying from LAX and renting a car to get there. I looked at leaving my car at LAX but the cost of parking for 12 days and then ubering back to LAX from the port is much more. I don’t really want the hassle of getting to a train station and taking the train to San Diego. The less time I have to carry our luggage the better!

We will be disembarking in Long Beach and want to find out the easiest way to get home in San Diego. For now, I have rented a car near the port to drop off at the San Diego airport, but it is expensive and a hassle. The cruise originates in Vancouver so I can’t just leave my car at the port.