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Thanks for the advice to contact my PVP. I wrote to her today and she is checking for me as I haven’t gotten an invite yet.

They had to. All the other lines are doing it. One of the reasons why we look at Celebrity before Princess. Still concerned if Princess can bring the level of service that should come with it. Will the Signature dinning room be a level above the main dinning room.

Just watched you leave! We love the webcam. Watched the Sky Princess leave yesterday. Next time she goes out the channel we will be on!! 🤪

Celebrity is not complicated at all. What is your cabin designation on the Sun. We can help explain. And this concept is new for Princess other than “club class” and suites which wasn’t much of a difference anyway.

I was just thinking the same thing about the Suite area of the Sanctuary. It’s the same thing about the Retreat on the non Edge class ships on Celebrity. Still doesn’t deter me from booking a suite on either line. Looking forward to the separate dinning room! Let’s see if Princess gets it right.

I’m still waiting to see what is aft on deck 17 as that will be right outside my cabin.

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When I read the OP's question my initial reaction was "NO WAY!!". I'm really glad that Princess is able to accommodate this. Enjoy!

Booked the TA on the Ascent for Oct 31st 2025 on Thursday when they were available and got one of the last Sunset Sky Suites.

As an employee of a billion dollar company, if a single customer wanted to talk to the president of that company, I would do everything in my power to not make that happen. I think that my president has WAY more important things to do than talk to you! There are other channels than writing to the president.

We tend to sail Aqua class on non revolutionized ships and not retreat. But we are getting more spoiled and still like Retreat without the retreat deck. We avoid the main pool and still go up to that area to get away from the noise even though it’s not reserved for us alone. We still get Luminae and the lounge. But the price jump for Retreat does make us think.

So jealous! What ship? We will be doing the same thing in 2 weeks on the Sky!

There are two cabins on decks 10-14 that are aft facing but they are set way in. I don't even see them enjoying the wake. The balcony on the two last Penthouse suites on Deck 17, extend to the back so they have a aft view but probably only wide enough for one person to stand on the railing. At least that's what it looks like in the deck plans. I'll let you know after April 8th! 🙂 They really screwed up with no aft facing cabins on this ship. The best place to be!

Wait, I can get a second bar set up for being Elite and in a suite? I didn't know that! I've never thought to ask before. Guess what I'm doing on day 2 of my cruise in two weeks!

Where does the band play? We are on in 2 weeks and love listening to music in Take 5. Do they play there or in the other lounges? What else is playing in Take 5 right now? And do a lot of bands leave after a TA and the ship starts with new people?

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Blows my mind that they are using aft facing space as exterior stairwell on both sides! We have a deck 17 penthouse suite and it’s the only floor where the side balcony extends a little bit for a wake view. I don’t understand Princess’ thought process here.

There is an awesome video on YouTube for that exact cabin. The balcony is HUGE!!! We have it booked again in December as well. And again in Feb 2025. I think it’s the best cabin in the entire Princess fleet!

We have such a great CVP that we went on a cruise together!! 🤪

Awesome! Thanks. How do you do that? Now let me see what I “need” to buy in the 9th! 😛

Is the only thing you can use points for is OBC? If that’s so, it’s very disappointing. With the Princess card you can apply it against cost for a cruise. I already have the packages with my cabin so I don’t have any other charges. Why buy something just to use OBC I “paid” for.

I'll answer the middle question: Yes, you can have drinks near the hot tubs and pools but they will be in plastic and not glass. I've had waiters deliver drinks to me while I was IN the hot tub. 🙂

There was a free form box because I ordered a full size cake for my husbands birthday (instead of the piece you get at dinner). As soon as we got there he pulled me aside and asked what day we wanted it. So it does work sometimes. But again don’t worry about it if you don’t get the email.

Some times we get the email and some times we don't. It's not really a big deal. It asks 4 or 5 questions such as 1) What temp do you want your room set at before you arrive or 2) do you want your complimentary bottle to be red wine, white wine or champagne. All things that can be taken care of as soon as you get there.

I would say that most people don't drive to the cruise terminal (my own opinion) and we would never take a Princess transfer from the airport. We fly a day early and uber to port so this is perfect for us. The population is small to begin with. And if you do one of those methods to get to the terminal, you might as well just go right there. It's not a terrible experience anymore anyway. I will definitely take advantage of this in December and will be on the lookout for the phone call! 🙂