6 minutes ago, ghstudio said:

where is everyone seeing this change.....the US site still says we need a supervised test for cruises from the UK.  We cruise late this month from Southampton.

Its under 

CruiseHealth™ FAQ: Sailings from the United Kingdom

3 hours ago, seapals2 said:

Received notification from Princess this morning with regard to departure terminal for our sailing on Enchanted 16th August.  No mention of the important changes to Covid testing procedure.  
I wonder when we will find out.  Presumably at the terminal when everyone gets out their paperwork.  There will be many with unnecessary paid for test certificates.  It will be … ‘you can put those away ..we don’t need to see them anymore ‘.    Thank you for wasting your money. 

We are also on this cruise and have also received email (duplicated) this morning just giving the cruise terminal, I just wanted to clarify this update, so we now only need to state at check in that we are negative.

Do we still have to register the covid test with the NHS as we had to do in the past if visiting a hospital for example or will people just not bother taking a test but say yes no problems at the port ???

We are on the Enchanted next week and wondered if you can get a Porn Star Martini, I havnt seen them on any of the drinks menu but we were able to get them  on the Crown a couple of years ago.

thanks

3 hours ago, Fjord4Fun said:

Testing might have been scaled right down.  However, the number of case is still soaring.  You might not be worried about catching Covid on a cruise but you might well be spreading it.

I think you have old news here, in the UK last week cases dropped by half a million on the previous week so we are now seeing cases coming down.

This was discussed the other day on another thread, if you have a drinks package you can order alcoholic drinks via your app or by tv to anywhere on the ship and that includes your cabin so you are not charged any extra and the drinks go towards your 15 a day allowance.

On 7/3/2022 at 2:51 AM, taylor_99b said:

I'm not new to cruising, but I am new to Princess and Medallion. 

 

I have had drink packages before and don't normally tip when I order a drink at the pool, or go to a bar etc  because the cost of the tip is built into the package. But, if I ordered food through Room Service I always tipped a couple of bucks when it was delivered.  I know that tipping is a very personal thing and I'm not trying to start anything, but was wondering what the acceptable protocol is for when having drinks brought to your room through the medallion app.  Again not trying to start any drama about tipping, but wondering what the general consensus from more experienced cruiser is, thanks!  

Quick question, we are on the Enchanted in 3 weeks time and wondered what do people tip on a European cruise, euros or dollars ?

cheers

rob

Yes same here, we are green and selected 1130-1200 and it did show on the app under personal information and then arrival & departure groups but cant get that up now.

A couple of thoughts, if you purchase the non alcoholic package would you be able to order the  Heinekin 0.0 ? also as I have the plus package if I fancied one of those for a change does it count as one of my 15 drinks in a day.

14 hours ago, JimmyVWine said:

Thanks for posting the menu.
 

Absolutely unacceptable that the “Plus” wine list does not describe the producer or bottling but the “Premier” menu does. I’m never going to order a “Pinot Noir” without knowing anything about it. I hope the this isn’t a ship wide issue and is unique to Explorers Lounge. 
 

 

You do have 15 hits in a 24 hour period so Im sure if you pick a glass of wine you find unacceptable just chuck it or give it to one of your companions, also I keep seeing people referring to a beverage package for $50 or $75 but bear in mind these packages include wifi, gratuities, specialality dining etc so in fact the plus package for example is probably coming in around $20-$25 a day for drinks so you would only need a few drinks to make it worthwhile.

46 minutes ago, latebloomer56 said:

We don't drink much  as long as I have one maybe two in a day plus a few specialty coffees and water on tours I'm all set. My husband doesn't drink but loves his soda.

If you only drink 1 or 2 a day and your husband doesnt drink why would you want to pay extra for the beverage package, surely it would have been cheaper just to pay for your drinks.

2 hours ago, MissP22 said:

Being an older ship I suppose you could expect some of those problems from time to time. 

I would agree with you except that we were on the last Crown cruise before Covid shut everything down in March 2020 and the ship had problems back then meaning we couldnt stop at Princess Keys due to the speed problems, Princess have had ample time to fix the problems but nothing seems to have been done, we are on the Enchanted in August and hopefully we wont suffer any of these troubles which have blighted Crown passengers.

7 hours ago, Esprit said:

It was just unfortunate Diamond Princess was in the wrong place at the wrong time to pick up that passenger in Hongkong who it would seem was the "super spreader".

 

What with the bias reporting from the Miami Herald lady the programme was rubbish.

I'm surprised you found the program rubbish, I thought they had put together a balanced timeline of events as covid spread around the world and how it affected the cruise industry, I also feel that Princess definitely played down the dangers of the virus especially when you saw just how many cases and deaths had occurred at the time we boarded Crown Princess  on the 6th March. Looking back now I'm think it would have been more responsible if Princess had cancelled out cruise along with all the other ones at that time.

Discovered a Dirty Banana a few years ago in Sandals Antigua and was delighted to find out that Princess did them on our March cruise and being on the drinks package certainly helped with the amount I managed to get through LOL

In this image courtesy of Lauren Carrick, Carrick, a 29-year-old British dancer, and her fiancée Joe Harrison speak for a video log from their cabin aboard the “Celebrity Infinity” cruise ship, on May 4, 2020. The couple embarked the cruise ship on March 14, a day after the US issued a “no sail” order.

It seems strange that these 2 crew members boarded the ship a day after the no sail order was issued, I think if I had been in that situation I would have thought twice about boarding a ship that was going to be laid up for at least 60 days plus would I really want to enter an environment that could have covid-19 on board. 

16 hours ago, Diver2014 said:

Yeah, it would be nice to discuss when we can go cruising again instead of all these people saying a vaccine will have to be found before the cruise industry can restart.  Ain't gonna happen.  There are plenty of folks chomping at the bit to get back on a ship, me included.

We love cruising and were on the last Crown cruise in March before Princess announced the shutdown but am amazed when I read posts like this, I find it hard to believe that anyone would be willing to risk themselves and their familes health in getting on a ship again without either a vaccine or a treatment for Covid-19.

Are you really happy to be among anything up to 6000 people where someone may have the virus which would result in a quarantine periord, being denied docking in various ports and not knowing how and when you could return home.

I can't get my head around how some people are willing to gamble their money, their vacation plans and most important their lives just to get on a cruise ship.

25 minutes ago, AF-1 said:

Nauty,  you still have at least ten ships in the picture.  Not bad for making a turn.

There are 11, you missed the one on the far right of the photo lol

11 hours ago, Willwils said:

Well of course only after I cancelled our Ruby Princess 7/4/20 Alaska cruise, Princess cancelled that & all other Summer 2020 Alaska cruises. Only had a deposit, but now my travel  agent  said , after checking w/ Princess, that we are ineligible for their bonus double deposit back for FCC. 

see announcement...

https://www.princess.com/news/notices_and_advisories/notices/global-ship-operations-pause-2020-summer-season.html

Not sure why you think you are ineligible for the double deposit FCC as that is what Princess Says on their announcement.

11 hours ago, Willwils said:

 

It after all else fails and you don't get back a cash refund would you not be able to book a future cruise for someone you know, pay for it by your fcc and then get them to pay you the cash, I know this is not ideal but at least you may be able to get your money back.

5 hours ago, AF-1 said:

Cash123;  did you ever have symptoms from the virus?  Did you have any passengers who were sick on board? 

Hi, my wife was breathless and had a cough after we had returned home but when we spoke to our local doctor on the phone she assured us she didn't have covid but a chest infection and prescribed steroids and anti biotics, with regards to passengers on board we didn't hear anything about guests or crew being ill but was a bit worrying one night when we were returning to our cabin and while walkng along the corridor we passed some crew in masks and gowns cleaning out a cabin.

And as I said we did witness 3 ambulances waiting on the dock and then 3 crews  taking stretchers onto the ship so obviously there were sick people on board.

We were on the 6th March Crown cruise, we left the UK on the 4th and flew from Heathrow to Miami, at that time there had not been many cases the UK so travelling through Heathrow was fairly normal and the same for Miami, once on the cruise again everything was normal except after a couple of days they changed the buffet from self-service to having crew and kitchen staff serving you.

I think it was around Friday 13 th !!!!!  that we heard that Princess were putting on hold all cruises from the 17th March and our cruise would be the last one for at least 60 days, the day after we heard that Trump had included the UK in the flight ban and it was taking effect from midnight the 16th and our flight home was at 6.30 pm on the 16th, that's when we knew things were bad not helped by seeing 3 ambulances waiting on the dock as we disembarked and paramedics dressed in masks& gowns taking stretchers on board.I

Well we did manage to make it back on schedule but to a different place we had left, supermarket shelves empty due to panic buying and lastly a few days after we got home getting an email from Princess saying someone on our cruise had developed  Covid-19, certainly a cruise to remember.

7 hours ago, busterfla said:

The Crown and the Island have left St Maarten and now are en route to Fortaleza Brazil. Not sure how many days it takes get there. The Crown is faster than the Island (so far), but I bet it's a 6-7 day passage. I'm sure someone has done it before and will correct me.

Does this mean the Crown has had the generator problems  fixed ???

50 minutes ago, CCFC said:

I see Crown Princess has upped anchor and is heading to St Maartin

This was discussed on another thread recently about various ships making their way to Europe &  Asia taking back crew, there are around 12 ships involved.

So around 10-12 cruise ships sailing from America to Asia, surely it would have been cheaper for the cruise lines to send their crews home by flying them, I realise there are travel band still in place but as far as I'm aware countries are allowing repatriating flights to take off and land.

Would be interesting to know how much the fuel would cost for a ship to sail these distances plus the cost of food, cleaning etc.

17 hours ago, kruisey said:

Will  no longer be allowed to board due to Atrial Fibrillation of my heart...Would be denied boarding permanently.

Princess refunding my future cruise credits.

 

Hi, my wife was diagnosed with AF in Dec 18 after she was taken to hospital suffering from chest pains, after a spell in hospital she was discharged and was prescribed a betablocker  bisoporol and blood thinners, after various tests in the following months she was told she would have to have a cardioversion. On the day she went on to have it they did a ecg first and said because her heart wasn't in AF they couldn't do the procedure so was sent home,.

We saw her consultant a few weeks later and he said she to the  medication she no longer had AF , we told him we had applied for travel insurance a d told them about the AF and the premium was way to high to we didn't bother booking a holiday however the consultant told us to tell the insurance company she is no longer in AF which we did and got a much better quote.

We were on the last cruise of the Crown in March and when we booked it last year there was no reason to mention the AF , so I wonder if it's worth speaking to your consultant to see if you could go down the same route.

17 hours ago, kruisey said:

Will  no longer be allowed to board