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28 minutes ago, larrybritt said:

LOL that funny. I’m just trying to get an answer to a question. And figured I would ask the entire Princess group. I get Alaska is specific but the Princess group as a whole is awesome. You didn’t even take the time to offer anything to the question. Anyway, anyone who can offer any insight is appreciated. Thank you.

You might find King Crab to be very expensive this year. They closed closed the season in the Bering Sea to harvest King Crab.

22 hours ago, Clovis8 said:

Hello 

 

a friend is looking to take an Alaska cruise in September leaving from Vancouver but her mom isn’t vaccinated.  It’s confusing online if you need to be. It looks like the princess line doesn’t require proof but maybe US customs will for non-US citizens? They are Canadian. 
 

anyone know for sure?

 

thanks 

Canada no longer requies vaccination to fly into Canada .

4 minutes ago, Raja2005 said:

I too have a 11:30 am flight on the day of disembarkation; plan to do self-disembark, SkyTrain to airport. Flight is domestic to Edmonton. According to Port of Vancouver website, you are clearing Canadian Customs when you disembark. 

We fly domestic from cruises regularly. Still find flights before 1PM to be rushed. Not all cruises have to clear Canadian Customs in Vancouver. If the cruise stops in Victoria , Prince Rupert or Naniamo , no customs in Vancouver.

On 4/24/2023 at 12:08 AM, Nelsj099 said:

I am risking an 11:15 am flight out of Vancouver.  It looks like by train the airport is about 25 ish minutes similar for a car.  I am a live on the edge of the seat type of person when it comes to travel.  I have done similar timed flights from more difficult ports before think Civitavecchia to the Rome airport for example, the only time I ever pre-arranged transport.  I think Vancouver looks easy enough to get out of. 

That might be tight for Vancouver. You'll have clear customs when you disembark in Vancouver . Then you'll need to check in and clear US Customs. If the ship arrives at 7AM the first passengers will start disembarking around 730AM. You need to count on 3 hours to check in and clear customs.

7 minutes ago, BlueFish2000 said:

 

They say 5 days before to get your money back.

Onboard I got my money as OBC.

Just now, BlueFish2000 said:

 

You should be able to cancel onboard up to 24 hours.

15 minutes ago, MikeS1971 said:

I'm going on my first cruise with my wife in April from San Francisco to Mexico. For those of you that have taken this cruise or similar, I'm curious if I'll have a working cell signal while on board. I'm with Verizon. I'm not sure how far off the coast the ship is while at sea. All I really care about is being able to send/receive texts and possibly calls. Not worried about data. While I was in Hawaii I took a deep sea fishing trip off the Big Island and had cell coverage way out to sea. I'm hoping the same goes for our cruise.

 

Thank you. 

Put your phone in airplane mode while on the ship. If you don't , youll get a bill in the $100's of dollars.

Got our new renewed passports today Feb 3 2023. we applied at our local Canada Services office

on Jan 11 ,2023. Data entry is now done in local offices instead of being sent to the processing center in Ottawa.

On 1/8/2023 at 1:45 PM, xcell said:

Good to know -- thanks for the warning.

 

Insurance always wants to find a loop hole.  

 

One time, I was going to cancel a flight, and TD said if I cancelled (due to illness), westjet would charge me a rebooking fee and put the rest of the cost of the flight in credit.  In that case, TD insurance would not reimburse....I would have to wait for an entire year for the credit to expire and then claim for it.

 

 

Its not a loop hole. It is written in the contract you signed when you get the credit card. Most people don't read it and just accept it.

On 1/14/2023 at 8:28 AM, cruiselvr04 said:

We are doing a cruise tour in July starting in Fairbanks and we end in Vancouver.  I need some advice from experienced Canadians.  
The DH has been to Vancouver several times on business so has experience with hotels and restaurants but didn’t do much sightseeing.  I’ve been to Victoria once 25 years ago for a few hours ( from Seattle on the clipper) and have always wanted to go back for a longer visit.  
 

We only have Friday from the time we get off the ship until a flight sometime Sunday as the DH has to get back to work.

Do we go to Victoria or stay in Vancouver downtown.  Is going to Victoria too ambitious for about 24 hours?  
 

We would take the ferry from Tsawwassen to Victoria, stay one night in Victoria then take the Clipper Saturday night to Seattle.  We’d probably actually save some money as 2 nights in Vancouver is looking like about 1k for a hotel. Even the cab to ferry, ferry to Victoria, hotel in Victoria, Clipper to Seattle and Seattle Airport hotel is not quite that much.  We’d have 2 checked bags plus 2 roller carryons because of the length of the Cruisetour.  Flights from SeaTac are cheaper too.  It’s not all about money but it’s a consideration.  
 

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Forget Victoria . You'll do a lot travel and not see a lot. You have to count on almost a full day to get there from Vancouver by car and ferry. The same coming back.

On 1/16/2023 at 8:06 PM, IMSAILING said:

We are cruising the southern Caribbean in May and my husbands passport expires in October - should he be getting it renewed before hand or is that enough time between cruise and expiration ? 

Ours expires in Dec 2023. We renewed in Jan 2023 and were told we should have them by mid Feb 2023.

On 1/11/2023 at 8:50 PM, mrgabriel said:

Hmmm - I’m a dual citizen. Husband is American but Canadian resident. 
 

I guess that muddies the waters? 

That would. GE isn't available for Canadian citizens unless you are working in the US with a Green card.

On 1/9/2023 at 7:02 PM, Russ Lomas said:

I tried logging in online to check the status, but it wants to sent a text code and then says it cannot send to Canadian phone numbers.  It also says I can enter the 16 digit code they previously provided, but when I do that, it says that code has already been used and I require a new code each time I check.  I have no idea where I would get this new code they ask for.

I've never had problems getting texts to my Canadian number from US Government site. That includes the DHS site.

7 hours ago, famski740 said:

Just want to bring up one point.  Cruise Terminal employees are not employed by the cruise line but by the terminal operator.  These individuals may not know all of the exact requirements of a cruise line for which they are servicing.  Remember they service more then on cruise line.

This decision was made by Princess head office not Captain . Princess didn’t want to be liable if the baby got sick. The medical staff onboard aren’t trained to handle kids under 1 year of age.

On 12/9/2022 at 4:39 AM, ontheweb said:

And has not posted again!

 

Here is the url (not many posts) in case anyone is interested.

 

 

Don’t have much sympathy for them. They knew the rule and agreed to it when booking. They were disembarked in the Canary Island which isn’t actually close to Africa. Closer to Europe than Africa.

They are going on sale to Elites on Dec 6th General booking starts on Dec 7th.

2 minutes ago, kml246 said:

@chubbypiggy, I've done some research and this is what I found without knowing the model number. Is there a single button on the bottom where the toggle used to be? It's possible it's not in the middle. It looks like a power button, and it is, but it also serves as a "toggle". Here's an explanation:

 

The TV that Princess uses does have that button. The TV S they normally use are either European or Japanese models.

You have to remember . You can't record from an HDMI port. HDMI is an input only . All ports on the TV are inputs except for the Ethernet port. When I was on the Royal , all signals came into the TV thru an internet connection.

Your Ipad can only input thru an HDMI port . The other thing is the remote supplied doesn't have the option to select inputs.

On 11/3/2022 at 10:43 AM, hobbyfarmer2 said:

We want to treat our first time fellow travelers to a Crown Grill meal in mid Nov.  I note that we can purchase OBC using the website for multiples of $125 $CAD but our shipboard account is in $USD.  Does this $125 $CAD equate to $100 $USD or will a conversion be made using the current exchange rate at time of purchase?

Princess has set the rate of $125 CDN for $100 USD . This is for any purchase bought online. When you pay $125 CDN for $100 USD , there wont be any other conversions done.

On 10/12/2022 at 6:17 PM, tpwolfe said:

Can you upgrade your have it all package internet package?  It’s offering “Surf” internet but we are wanting more like premium.  The past internet we had with HAL has not been good (to be kind)  so we are looking for the best we can get.  I saw there is a $5.00 a day price difference between surf and premium.  Can you upgrade for $5.00 a day when you get the internet with the have it all package?

Yes you can upgrade to the surf package and seperately to three devices on one account.

If you don't watch the YV . They will hunt you down before they can depart the pier.

We were on the Zuiderdam in July. The MDR wasn't open on embarkation day.

18 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

 

You can have only one entry at a time. Check with Holland America to see if they're checking for the second entry when you board the ship (Cunard did this in June) or if it will be checked before your return to Canada from Alaska at Prince Rupert. 

HAL checks for the correct ArriveCan code before you board.