BDevilCruiser

Update Monday morning (EST in the US) I tried to do an online chat, the AI or actual person (not sure which) told me I needed to call the Princess phone number. After making it through quite a few menu options, I was quickly connected to an actual person. After taking my info, and putting me on hold to check with somebody else, she told me that it was a glitch, and I needed to log out and refresh the web page, and if that didn't work, check back in 24 hours to give the technical team time to work on the glitch. So, no actual resolution of the issue, and I'm not sure she understood the actual problem. I'll check in again tomorrow. (Summarizing what we've found previously, the problem is on my PC and iPad using desktop browsers (my main one is Chrome, and Safari on the iPad, but I've tried Edge and DuckDuckGo as well.) Using the mobile version of Safari on my iPhone, I do see the "option" pull-down. On the PC, the options were always at the bottom of the initial search page, or towards the top of the results page (see previous messages for screen captures.) This appears to be a US-Only issue, as our friends from Canada and Australia have been able to see the "number of guests" option pull-down.)

Well, started by programming an HP 2000 mainframe in high school in 1977. Although, much different experience than programming web pages in the 21st Century. Or, more specifically, using them i can’t tell but does the web page for those in Canada (and the New Zealand person who responded earlier) show prices in your native currency? If so (and I’m assuming that’s the case) then there must be a country code built in the code. (It’s certainly the way I’d program it.). Doesn’t explain why this option wouldn’t be shown in the US, though. one thing I haven’t done yet is contact Princess to ask why this is happening. I’ll do that later when their customer service is open.

That’s it! I’m moving to Canada! 😁

Was that today? That’s the pull-down option that’s missing from my search. (I just checked on my iPad, it’s still missing on my screen.) may I ask which Victoria you are from? It could be that there’s a glitch or something when doing the search from the US, but not other countries.

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Thank you for understanding at what point in the search I was. I do not see an "options" choice after the initial search (one which lists the results.) I am using Chrome on a PC or on my iPad using Safari in desktop mode. (I've also tested other browsers on my PC.) (I did see that number of guests is an filter on my iPhone using safari. But I'm not comfortable using my phone for such searches on the small screen along with my fat fingers, when my PC is right here with it's large screen.) Here's what I see, as I mentioned earlier, the "Number of Guests" option used to be to the left of the "stateroom" pull-down filter. Could you tell me where you are seeing "options"? (I cut the screen capture after the first cruise in the search results (only filter is destination=Alaska), however there's nothing other than the other 22 cruises shown.)

Go back a couple of pages (using the <) back to "search results", that's the page I'm talking about. You are on what I would call a booking page, where you are starting a booking. Not the "search cruises" page. Let's see If I can do a screen capture correctly...(looks correct on my preview post screen) The Red arrow points to the space where "Number of Guests" pull-down filter was until the past day or so. To do a solo cost search without that filter, one would have to go into each cruise individually to select number of guests. Not very efficient, not enticing to a solo cruiser to have to do that.

I am saying exactly that. In the white space below the top line of the search page, below where "Destination" "Date & Length" etc, are (in black on my web screen - again on my computer, not phone), there were four pull-down filters, listing "number of guests" "Stateroom" "Sort" and "Regions". Now there are only the last three. It defaulted to "two guests", so you may have never changed it. But it was there.

First, thanks for your quick responses, and checking on your phone (frankly, I wouldn't have thought about that!) Other cruise lines, specifically Royal and Celebrity (same owner) removed the "solo search" option a year or so ago. Meaning that to compare cruise costs, a user would have to go into each individual cruise to select one cruiser. That's tedious. And, about the same time, the costs for solos started being more that 200% on a fairly regular basis. On the glitch side, there was a period about a month or so ago when the "number of guests" option didn't change from two, even if you clicked on the pull-down menu. So, hoping this is a glitch.

I typically search using my computer rather than phone (I can view things easier!) Using Google Chrome, the option is not there on the web site. Likewise Edge and DuckDuckGo. However, using Safari on my phone, the "number of guests" option is still there. (As you showed.) So, website glitch, or "feature" that they'll remove overall once they change the code for a mobile device?

Thought I'd check on some possible future cruises. I'm a solo cruiser. Went to look, and the pull-down option for "number of guests" has been removed. The format of the pull-down menu (remaining are "stateroom" "sort" and "region") has changed to space the three options out, where there were four before. Is Princess telling us solo cruisers that they don't want us, and (like Royal and Celebrity) pushing us to NCL as the only mainsteam line that seems to welcome solo cruisers?

Maryland already has approval to start design on a new Bay Bridge crossing. One article from 2022 indicated that they would raise the clearance 50 feet. So I would expect design of the new Key Bridge to consider what height is optimal. I doubt that they’ll be able to use all of the approach spans so a steeper approach is possible (they are ~50 years old and a reasonable decision would be to replace them as well; one to accommodate a new design and two to accommodate 50 years of design/safety improvements.). This bridge is going to cost ~$3-5 billion (or more) it would be foolish to build it “as it was” and not make improvements. ’ the new Key Bridge no doubt will be completed first, so a higher bridge won’t be of help immediately, but will be eventually.

I believe Maryland DOT has a bridge removal company dismantling the old Nice Bridge, which carried US 301 over the Potomac at the MD/VA border. While it’s mostly a standard span bridge, it does/did have a steel truss section (nowhere near as large/long) so they may have equipment there that could be repurposed for this emergency relatively quickly. (Seems you have resources that can check on this possibility.)

I haven't been able to change any of the "pull-down" options, such as number of guests and stateroom type for a couple of days. I haven't tried to actually book a cruise, but am able to get to the passenger info page correctly (for me, 1 guest and balcony.) Glad (sort of!) that I'm not alone here about this.

I’m sailing from Vancouver to Whittier on Princess in May. I had the choice of a transfer to either the airport or downtown Anchorage. Cost is $59.