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It all depends on you definition of capacity. At the moment some decks or part thereof have been set aside for crew and passenger quarantine. With this in mind they won’t be sailing to full capacity. I understand that some routes it is pretty. Near full capacity.

I wouldn’t have posted if I had not done the research. I do not always believe what I read on the internet! The have been no announcements from the European Union re pre cruise testing. The only announcements re pre cruise testing are from those cruise lines that have stopped pre cruise testing on select cruises.

Whatever happens it won’t happen quickly

I have yet to see any announcement from the EU verifying this bloggers statement.

10% off onboard spending - shops not alcohol.

Probably because there is currently a large surge in Covid cases. Throughout Europe and U.K.

She may be getting 19 knots but she did not have the speed to beat a 5:30 am deadline to get into Southampton on the 25th June. She had to wait in the Solent pending completion of the annual Cowes yacht raise. The result she did not berth till 11 am. She cannot get her usual top speeds of 24ish knots.

I think you will fins this is the case on most European cruise As Europeans tend to eat later than North Americans.

Thanks Ken. Looks like there had been little change in prices for now. Makes me wonder what you are paying for on the premiere package. Thanks again

Happy to see you made it in good time especially with all the travel disruption at the moment. If you get a chance can you take a picture of the drinks price list. With the new premiere packages it will be interesting to know how many drinks now fall below the $12 Princess Plus limit?

On Sky Princess Canary Islands cruise in April the internet was very poor.

There is a shack down by the old pier where the sell (or used to sell) king crab leg bloody Mary’s. Very good - a meal in itself!

You have you itinerary well researched. A word of warning though. We are currently seeing nationwide train strikes. Whilst I have not heard when the next ones will be they can be at short notice. In addition you seem to be packing a lot in on your call at Glasgow. Don’t forget you have a half hour train journey getting from Greenock to Glasgow. I hope it all goes well for you and your family.

Cruise mapper indicates she did call at Icy Strait yesterday and now on way to Victoria. https://www.cruisemapper.com/

Thanks - I think I will need to take my loyalty elsewhere!

I am Elite and have paid for princess plus - how do I get the 50% discount?

Yes they do .

Testing station is opposite the terminal no distance at all. In March (on Sky) it took no time at all. Then or was $60.

Sky has had engine problems and not making full speed.

We self disembarked from Sky in April. We were in the car park within ten minutes.

Regardless of whether passengers have been tested pre boarding people are still catching covid on board. To me this means the testing procedure is not warranted any more.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-infections-increase-in-uk-for-the-first-time-in-two-months-12631373

We just cancelled this cruise - it was just too expensive for what you were getting. It is an older ship with less dining choices. There are only 4 ports of call in 14 days. To top it all the price if shore trips was also very expensive. We rebooked for the Canary Islands on the Sky - 10 days with 5 ports of call for less than half the price of the Norway cruise (same cabin grade). In addition we have paid the same price for shore trips for two people than we did for one on the Norway trip!

We cancelled a raise recently and had the shore excursion ref7nf within two days.