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Technically yes, but I was able to have my PVP change ours to another cabin in the same category in our preferred location. YMMV.

Emerald Princess also has Plank(ribs, etc) and Steamers (seafood) open about every 3rd night rotating at the back of the buffet. They are $14.99 pp and if you have “plus” one of your casual dining credits can be used for them.

Yes, you’re assigned a cabin immediately.

We are easily able to replicate the traditional dining experience by making reservations ahead of time for the same dining room and time every night. We are given the same table and waitstaff every night this way. I do think Reserve might be nice to avoid the waits at breakfast and lunch though!

I recently held a cruise and the hold was for 5 days. Another one I held was only for 1 day. I’m not sure why. Both were past final payment. (Making sure we could get flights on points before finalizing).

No worries. My comment wasn’t directed at you personally, but at the directions this topic always goes. Keeps me amused.

I watched Dallas as a teenager and I remember they made an announcement as to “Who shot JR” during our high school pep rally! No worries about spoilers as almost no one had VCRs yet, and we knew we were missing the episode. It’s hard to imagine now with so much streaming content, etc out there, what a cultural moment it was.

These coastal repositionings do go cheap, but we usually find the sweet spot on these to be about 4-6 weeks before sailing. The best deals are also on the ones requiring a flight home from LA. A few factors make me think yours won’t go down: 1. You are 3 which limits your opportunities for the bast deals, as not all cabins can accommodate 3 limiting the availability. 2. You are so close to the sailing date, that I don’t think they’ll bother changing pricing before they close it out for sailing. 3. The short YVR-SEA, or short loop cruises from either are popular with people who just want an easy trip home, whether by train, bus or rental car without worrying about flights. As always, if this is the cruise you want to do, and the price is agreeable to you, book it.

The $250 in the email should be the minimum.

Even just to move from a balcony to a minisuite, I would do it. We don’t see a lot of value in Reserve Class, but at that I would jump at it and bid the minimum.

Here we go….. The thread is officially “hot”

We are actually booked on this cruise. It was on the hot deals sheet on our cruise back in June. I didn’t know about any of the Dallas people. What I find funny is that when I look up the cruise on the Princess website it is now called “5-Day Pacific Coastal Hollywood Insider with 80s Primetime Stars”, but has no other details. There is no description on the booking page of who these “stars” are. Pretty weak selling on the part of Princess. We just wanted a quiet cruise to enjoy sea days and reading, and that’s what we will still do.

The only discounted cruises we saw recently on the Emerald were on the sale sheet. They are all slow sellers with dates going into April 2024 only.

We are just off the Emerald Princess and Planks and Steamers were each open about every 3rd night. We didn’t eat there, but they seemed very popular with waits to get in at times. I was surprised. I do think by looking at their menus people perceive more bang for their buck there. I always thought that a $5 cover would be appropriate for Alfredo’s, but unless we have a LOT of OBC to burn I don’t think we’ll be eating there now, at $14.99 per.

Yes, you may be right. I loved the beet salad on one cruise. 3 days later all salads were gone and they only had sandwiches.

Haha, yes our parents were all British so we are familiar. He definitely brings “slacks” or “trousers”.

Technically there are no formal nights on a 4 night cruise, but they can throw one in. We took a 4 night coastal on the Discovery in April and it was listed as all smart casual, but once on board, they had added a formal night. I usually like to dress a little nicer for dinner (call me old fashioned!), and DH just wore a button down shirt and pants, so we were fine.

I’ll do my best to answer your questions: All balcony cabins will have 2 chairs. Most balconies are very small. The deluxe premium balconies aft, and the balconies on the midship bump out (you’ll see on the deck plans) are larger. As far as the cabins themselves, deluxe and premium deluxe will both have a sofa. I haven’t had a third in these, but I am pretty sure it is a sofa bed and will accommodate your son. The standard balcony cabins, if they can accommodate a third, will be an upper berth (comes out of the ceiling when in use). The lower bed can be arranged as a Queen or separated into 2 singles. I believe they have to be separated when the upper berth is in use, but it’s been a long time since we travelled with our son, so I’m not sure. As far as motion far forward, you are right that it is such a short distance you shouldn’t need to worry. Hope this helps.

No. You can’t select which days to purchase in advance. If your sea days are near the end of your cruise, you could wait and purchase then for the “remainder” of the cruise. @Steelers36 great answer to your original question which tracks with my recent experience. I purchased wifi (or internet for those who really, really care) for one day and was charged $10 ($20, less plat discount).

There is an “Internet cafe”, but generally it is to get assistance with devices, login issues, etc. There are also computers for use to access princess website and the web version of the app (can’t remember what they call it). In the event someone didn’t have their own device, they could probably use those computers for general use after purchasing service of course.

No free wifi, except for the Princess.com site which works without paying for wifi.

Thank you. That is very helpful information!

We were on the Emerald last November in a minisuite, and DH’s side of the bed was awful. We asked them to fix it and I’m not sure what they did but it was better. We just sailed on her again, but this time in a regular balcony and the bed was great. It felt like a new bed.

I was not asked. Others on my roll call also weren’t asked. Tests can show positive for much longer than they are requiring isolation, so what would be the point. They count 6 days from when you report your symptoms starting, and that’s the day they release you. No tests.

I didn’t see medical. I did my own test and reported to medical. They isolated me for 4 days (of a 19 day cruise). Guest services and medical were in contact with me daily, and medical had to ok my release. I didn’t get anything in writing saying I had been isolated. I guess I should have, but I’m not going to stress over it. If my FCC doesn’t appear, I’ll follow up.