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This was E407 with a foot rest on the Discovery(obstructed deluxe balcony) We had one footrest shown here underneath the chair:

That’s crazy. This itinerary would only be useful to someone trying to accumulate airline miles or segments. Hopefully they will agree that the Princess transfer to Montreal is the best option. I am sorry you are dealing with this. It is especially difficult when you are responsible for making a travel mate’s journey as smooth as possible. I feel we were fortunate when we did a similar cruise to leave from Montreal instead of Quebec City (HAL Zaandam)

My DH would love this, but I don’t eat shellfish, so not interested. Can we reserve just for one of us? Would I be able to get food from the buffet to keep him company? It sounds like this is served in the buffet?

Yes, this is true. I have restricted fares showing for almost all of the one way Alaska itineraries in my account of $329 Canadian inside and $369 Canadian outside! Port taxes and fees are pricey, but still an excellent price. I’m just not ready to jump back on HAL after their accounting errors and “customer is always wrong” attitude afterwards from my cruise last summer.

You’re right tipping is not required, but we did “round up” a little bit in most places leaving a few pounds if service was good. You’ll need very little cash, but be sure you have a MC or Visa as Amex isn’t always accepted.

Good for you! Even though I didn’t get the offer, it’s always nice to hear of someone else’s good fortune.

My sister just got this offer too. I didn’t. Our last HAL cruise was together. I think she’s 2* and I’m 3* so not sure the logic. Seems random. Neither of us use the casinos and the offer doesn’t mention casinos at all unlike the pdf that was included in the other thread about casino cruises. It was for coastal repos, Mexico and Caribbean along with partial Panama Canal.

I don’t think this has been answered so I’ll try: if you click on payments in your personalizer, that is where the financials would show if you booked through Princess. Because you booked through an agency, it doesn’t, but you should have received an invoice from your agent. Any OBC you may have will show up on this page however, at the bottom.

I think so. We’ve had them on Royal class balconies mid ship (the larger angled ones), but not on the regular balconies. No room.

It is now $38 CAD (or about 28 usd) plus tax and tip, but I agree more cost effective unless you’re travelling solo. It’s not a great distance like in some other ports. Less than 10 miles.

I purchased one of the metal bangle bracelets on board last year and have worn it on all the cruises since. I love it. It does fit very small though. I have unusually small wrists and the small fit, but not comfortably. The larger size is good. I do keep the lanyard they supply for ports though, as it’s a magnet that holds the medallion in the bracelet, and I worry it could pop out off ship.

Have you looked at the seat maps for your flights? How full do they look?We fly AC often (due to lack of choices, lol) and if we are in coach I just wait until the check in at 24 hrs and get them free. If the seat maps look pretty wide open, I would just wait until then as most are doing the same thing. Just check in right at the 24 mark and you can get your seats for all 3 segments. You may also notice at check in that they have already assigned you seats (which you can change) and they will likely be together.

I do asap when I have booked our cruise. I have it done as far as April 2024.

I don’t recall being asked for good reviews on HAL, but on Princess and Celebrity we have been. On our last Celebrity cruise our waiter was very good, but the speech in the last evening for 10s on the survey was cringeworthy. It was very uncomfortable. On Princess we always have the same waiters and usually they just quickly ask kindly the last night to remember to fill out the survey and they hope we’ve been happy. Our one waiter added that it was especially important if we’d been happy with his assistant to mention his name as it was his first contract. I thought that was very kind of him to look out for his helper. I think also what they are trying to say in not so many words is that good reviews are almost more important to them than extra (over and above) tips

Remember also that tipping is not so much the culture in Europe. In restaurants in France, tax and “service” is included in the price posted outside and on the menu. We had wonderful service everywhere and the only time we saw an extra line on the bill for a tip was in a restaurant in Paris that catered to a lot of tourists.

Interesting. I suspect this is a popular sailing as I was watching the following one which goes from FLL to Galveston (essentially a reposition) and the price has doubled. I think a lot of Texans may be sailing B2B.

Things are a lot different than they were in 1967. I remember driving down to the US frequently in my late teens (early 80’s) and just having a driver’s license. I know I had a passport as we used to visit relatives in the UK, but I didn’t bring it with me to the US. By the 90’s we definitely weren’t going anywhere without our passports. My current one was to expire in Feb 24, so I sent in for the renewal early June. Summer is our time to stay put or travel locally so I figured this was the best time to do it. I was told it would be 6 weeks or more as the Canadian govt employees were only recently back from a strike. I had my new passport in 2 weeks! Pretty impressed. I booked a last minute cruise to Alaska of course! We don’t have to stay home after all.

I think probably because it’s a closed loop cruise? We know of people who have disembarked in Victoria on one way cruises too, particularly Hawaii to Vancouver itineraries.

Thank you. I think I’m past 60 days. I’m pretty happy with what I have so I shouldn’t be greedy.

Yes, I find the constant need to fill the areas with recorded music really annoying. I just want a quiet spot to read my book. It would be fine if it were something very understated like quiet classical or soft jazz, but it’s usually grocery store pop, and too loud.

So, just to clarify I have a cruise booked and deposited with Princess (with a lot of OBC). I can now transfer this to the warehouse and everything stays the same, and now I get their benefits ($ cards) too?

I agree. It would be nice not to have to get a deluxe to have this.

Like @rjack22 I have also had success at getting my PVP to book a cabin that only showed as bookable for 3. A lot of these deluxe balconies on Royal Class ships are held for triples it seems.

He would also need one to drive over the border. Additionally he would need to clear US customs at the port in Vancouver to board the ship and that would be easier with a passport.

He’s not re-entering Canada. He’s on a one-way to Whittier. I think he will run into PVSA issues for sure if he tries to embark in Ketchikan. It’s not like he “missed” the ship due to travel delays really.