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Have any of you been to Boccadasse? For our stop in Genoa, we were looking for a place to go to just stroll, grab lunch, and relax. We also would like somewhere close to Genoa and easy to get to. (We’ve been to Genoa before.) 

3 minutes ago, bjkTX said:

I have used them to pay for the cruise -  they will save me $700 on the next cruise - but they can be added to your account giving yourself OBC as well (at least our TA has done that in the past).

Wow that's great! So glad to learn this!  Thank you!

2 hours ago, bjkTX said:

And if you go to the AARP site and buy Princess gift cards you can save an additional 10% - I just bought more yesterday to use on a Feb 2024 cruise that was already nicely discounted by our TA.

Can these AARP gift cards be used to pay for the cruise itself or just onboard items/excursions? Thank you! Didn't know about these!

Thanks for posting this! Looks great and the wines look fine. You didn’t happen to order any wine here, did you? Just wondering about availability since that’s been a hot topic recently.

Thank you for this trip report! We’re taking a Med cruise on the Enchanted in the spring and this is such a pleasure to read!!

Prayers for you and your whole family. Thankful you are a part of this community and hope you feel the support from afar. 

The routes does make a difference (for both ships and cars.) My daughter and I both get severe motion sickness. We plan car routes that avoid windy roads when we have the option. We did the cruise out of Vancouver. We both wore patches, prescribed by our doc, behind our ear. I ended up having issues with the patch (it’s powerful), so for other cruises I’ve relied on Bonine. It really does help. When seas are rough, I may feel bad for awhile, but haven’t gotten really sick with Bonine. To me it’s been worth feeling queasy for a short portion of some trips to keep on cruising. Have a great time! (And good advice about cabin placement— low deck and central or toward the aft. )

Sandancer, 

Just out of curiosity, did your travel agent check the box for Do Not Upgrade? I’m just wondering because we are booked on the Enchanted and we don’t want an upgrade — we want the cabin we selected. I’ve heard a few tales of people getting upgraded when they didn’t want to. 
Thanks and I hope you enjoy your cruise!

Static (sold online) is the only polish that doesn’t chip for me and lasts at least a week. It’s expensive online (IMO) but I’ve found nice sample packs at TJMaxx at a very low price and buy them all up when I see them. 

Thanks for the reassurance about room service! 👍

Ahhh, thank you all for the reassurance about room service! We don't use it all that much, but do enjoy it occasionally!

2 hours ago, Super27 said:

1) No more free room service;

We’ve been very loyal to Princess, but haven’t cruised in quite a few years. We booked a cruise for next spring. Is room service really not complementary anymore? 

23 hours ago, awhfy said:

My essential, hmm. Small roll of duct tape (only one cruise in over 30 didn’t use it or give it away).  Extra week of prescription meds. I do bring my own (2 oz travel size) shampoo & conditioner & dry freeze hair spray. I line my suitcase with a cinch type kitchen can trash bag, keeps everything dry (in case of rain) on way to cruise & doubles as a dirty laundry bag going home. I normally do a color palate of black, white & either cobalt blue or hot pink. Everything goes with everything. I too bring a pair of black silk pants. I have to bring a couple pair of shoes as I have foot issues 

I will second the trash bags. We hang one in the closet for dirty clothes, which makes it easy to carry clothes to the ship’s laundry. And they always seem to come in handy for unforeseen reasons! (same with a few ziplock baggies in various sizes) 

18 minutes ago, skynight said:

Go to the Princess web site. Select onboard our ships. Then select Enchanted Princess and then deck plans. All the categories are show there by deck. I see Green is a cat. BF balcony cabin and kind of grey is a cat BC balcony cabin. Same cabin design, different locations with BC perceived by Princess as a better location than BF. There are many different colors. To search for what cabins are connecting if you wish to find or eliminate them check the connecting cabin box. 

Thank you! I was unaware of the color codes.

Just now, PacnGoNow said:

I think I know what your seeing.  If you go to select a cabin…the one in black is the one they have selected, (in the selection box) the other ones in green are what is also available in the same category.

 

Select one of the green cabins and you’ll 

see what I mean.

 

Gotcha!!!! That’s it!

16 minutes ago, wowzz said:

OK - we may be at cross purposes here.

If you look at a deck plan, you will see all the various colour coded cabins, with a key alongside them.

When you actually come to book an exact cabin for the cruise you have selected,  you choose the type of cabin you want (eg inside, balcony, minisuite) and then whereabouts on the ship you want to be. That then shows the availability. 

Does that help ? 

Yes thank you! I am in the process of actually selecting a cabin and most of the “choices” are green, showing they are an option. But occasionally one will be black and is still an option. But I think from your info maybe that refers back to colors in the deck plans. 

12 minutes ago, wowzz said:

Cabins are shown in numerous colours, the different colours representing different cabin grades.

So, you should have upwards of 20 different colours/cabins to choose from.

What ship are you looking at, and for which cruise ?

Ahhh….. maybe this cruise is about sold out so I only see 2 colors? I’m looking at Enchanted 7-day France/Italy in May or June. Is there a key code somewhere to know what they mean? Thank you!!

I am trying to select a cabin on the Princess website. Most available cabins are color-coded green, but some are black and still seem available. Can anyone help me decipher the difference? Thank you so much!

I thought their policy was to allow each passenger to bring aboard one bottle of wine. We have done that several times with no question asked.

Seattle - Crowne Plaza - 3* - June 12-15 - $70/night - Total with fees/taxes for 3 nights: $250