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I can not begin to imagine the wait for for the cable car to get down with 12,000 people. You would likely have to spend half the time there waiting in the line. I see this kind of thing happening with more and more Mega Monstrosities being built. Sad for those who prefer lovely ports over the ship. I have no plan to ever board one of those Mega Monstrosities, IMO / YMMV

Yummmmm, I love sole I am leaning toward getting that.

@LACruiser88 You must like The Catch. Any recommendations? I am on Majestic from Seatle soon and have reserved. BTW, thanks for this live thread!

I am on this cruise also. I did not get an Email from Princess, but a forwarded Princess "itinerary change" PDF from my TA. I figured it out easily as I expected a change, but was hoping for Kahului. I checked and NCL Pride Of America is in port our day and they take priority. So that is why we were sent to Kona. I think ships that were scheduled for Lahaina are docking at Kahului when NCL Pride Of America is not in port.

Good Spirits At Sea Bar on Dec 5 in the Piazza. I also think available at Casino Bar.

LOL, Yes definitely

Island did away with La Patisserie some time ago. In it's place is Good Spirits Bar that is where you can get your specialty coffees and teas. They supposedly they put a tray of pastries out from time to time. I was on her for the 2023 World Cruise and never saw that at the times I went for coffee in the morning. I truely missed the IC.

Just received the expected Email about Lahaina, finally!!!!. Lahaina has been replaced with Kona. I am very sad to see we will not be going to Maui at all. I was hoping they might have us dock at Kahului. NCL Pride of America seems to have priority. Kona is not a favorite port for me

I am seeing this adding 18% to specialty dining as just another sneaky way Princess is trying to get more of our money If the 18% was previously covered in the charge, then what they have done now is essentially raised the price without saying they are raising the price IMO / YMMV

Interesting comment. I once asked a CD what happened to the crew show. He replied that the problem was that there were too many crew wanting to participate and they all had similar talent making it difficult to be fair in choosing.

OMG, yes I have seen it. LOL I too love the crew shows. Occasionaly there is one, but they are very rare now.

I should have added that I was referring to Princess cruises. It may be possible that a small more specialty cruise line does begin or end in Hawaii/Honolulu.

It may be difficult if not impossible to find a flight to begin or end in Hawaii. But, there are usually twice yearly round trip from LA cruises that do the South Pacific like you mention in April and October/November. If it is really Sydney that you interested in on a one way/repositioning cruise look for departures out of LA, I know that exists.... Perhaps San Francisco, Seattle or Vancouver, but I have done no research on those.

Run, Run fast! It's a marketing thing by O.N.E. It is not Princess. And I think it is wrong that they call them selves a CVP, the real CVP's work for Princess (Or at least they used to, that may have changed to outsource like everything else) Yes, do read the other threads.

On my wish list is 1/ A FAIR PRICED PRINCESS PLUS/PREMIER package for light and non-drinkers. I'm a very light drinker, but like an occasional specialty coffee. IMO the packages are NOT A VALUE for a light and non-drinker. YMMV. I really struggle with being taken advantage of with the packages. Maybe something like a tiered package, 5, 10, 15 drinks at graduating prices. One size does not fit all. I'd even be happy if they just brought back the coffee package or at least let elites trade the minibar for specialty coffees like we used to do. 2/ Do away with the surcharge to choose your own cabin. That is actually preventing me from booking a cruise I am looking at because I do not want Princess to choose for me. I have more, but this is enough for now.