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update: after calling Princess multiple times and asking my CVP twice, I kept running into brick walls. Everybody told me that it was not possible to separate my flights from the original reservation or apply the current promotion to the original reservation. So, I decided to call EZ Air directly and see if they could do anything with the flights. It worked! It took several hours and they had to re-book and manually re-price, but my flights are now on the new reservation with the 3rd person free. All in all, this saved me almost $600. Sometimes persistance pays off!

that is what I thought - the flights are their own reservation, so they should be moveable

yes - I have tried to re-price the flights and they are SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive now. thanks for the tip for calling - I have just been going through the main number and getting people who are very nice, but obviously following a script

ha ha - exactly! I am trying to get the best deal that I can! Doesn't hurt to try.....

I have a reservation on a Princess cruise in Europe in June and I found a great deal for flights through EZ Air. Then this week, I see that they are offering promotions for the 3rd passenger free. When I priced it out using the current promotion, I could get a better cabin for less than what I have reserved (because the 3rd person is free). When I called Princess to ask if they would apply the promotion (removing the cost for the 3rd passenger), they told me that they couldn't and that I would have to book a new reservation to get the current promotion. The problem is that, if I do that and cancel my existing reservation, I lose my flights (which I got a great deal on). Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Great idea - we will put some animal pictures on her ipad Unfortunately she has ADHD, so getting her off of her ipad can be a challenge sometimes. I think she will definitely like the animal searching, but it won't last 7 hours. Sometimes it is just easier to let her watch movies if that is what she wants to do - it is her vacation too!

I was too late - the Neptune suites are all gone

very true - it was an offer to upgrade....if I pay for it 🙂

I should have mentioned that we have a 7-year old, so we are thinking that the cabana will be a nice place for us while she is at the pool.

We have a 7-year old that we fear is not going to do well on the train - we hear it is 10 hours. She has a kindle and an ipad that I will load up with movies and shows. But do any of you know if there are chargers on the train? Thanks!

We are leaving on Sunday for our northbound cruise to Alaska on the Nieuw Amsterdam. A few weeks ago we got an offer to upgrade our verandah to a signature suite, which we did, costing around $600 for both of us. Today we got an offer to upgrade again to a Neptune suite for $400 for both of us. We have also reserved one of the Lido cabanas, so I am a little leery of spending more money when we may not spend much time in the suite. I know my wife is going to want to do it, but I am not sure. I need some advice/opinion on whether we should do it. Help me decide!

Thank you for all of your posting. I have been following it as we are doing the Triple Denali (going north) next week with our 7-year old daughter.

When were you notified that your tour is cancelled; i.e. how many weeks before 10 July? We are on the Triple Denali on 17 July and have not yet received a cancelation, but are bracing ourselves....

We are leaving on our cruise a week from tomorrow, so we are starting to think about what we want to pack. Is there a dress code for the MDR and/or the specialty restaurants? As we are going to Alaska, I don't plan on packing shorts, but is jeans and a t-shirt ok? Does it have to be slacks and a collared shirt?

I don't know - I will find out next week 😉