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D727 is a great choice. Large wrap around balcony and it's partially covered. We've stayed in that suite on the Discovery several times.

If it's the two of us, we prefer the mid-ship suites close to the Concierge Lounge and laundromat. When we travel with family (adult kids and grand-kiddos) we book aft suites for the larger balconies. Yes, there is a problem with soot and an uncovered balcony on Marina and Riviera deck, but being able to enjoy afternoon tea, cocktails or snacks with the fam on the balcony is wonderful. We've also booked aft suites on Emerald deck and experienced smoke from the crew smoking area on deck 7. We won't book that deck again.

I would hope Princess limits the number of mini-suites being offered the chance to upgrade to the Sanctuary Collection. It could be very crowed otherwise. Since you're traveling with grandchildren, you'll need to book another cruise for the two of you and go for the upgrade if offered again. 🙂

Great question. Grandfathered means being allowed to continue or keep what was in effect before implementation of new rules or offers. In our case, we booked with the Plus package earlier this year, so we'll keep the Plus and not have to upgrade to the Premier. Hope that makes sense.

We booked an S2 Owners Suite for November 2025 earlier this year with the Plus package. From our understanding, we're grandfathered and keep the pricing and package we originally booked. Trying to keep up with these constant changes by Princess gives me a headache.

We've had corner aft suites on the Regal, Royal and Discovery. Experienced soot on Riviera and Aloha deck suites on those ships, but not on Dolphin deck. The Riviera deck is so convenient to the concierge lounge for a quick cup of coffee or light snack. The Dolphin deck is great for the balcony being in part shade.

We prefer aft suites on Dolphin deck on the Regal. Large balcony half covered and half open. The aft suites we've booked on Riviera deck are totally open, large and might have a bit of a soot problem from the stacks depending on the direction of wind. Riviera deck is convenient to the Concierge Lounge. We've also booked aft suites on the Emerald deck but experienced cigarette smoke from the crew smoking area on deck 7.

Max was our Concierge during our June 8-22nd cruise. Max and staff were amazing! We really enjoyed the margaritas, appetizers, and meeting some of the senior officers.

We’re on the Enchanted Princess for our second week. I emailed Princess asking to change the date of invite to the Go Lounge and they did. Great job Princess! We were able to make dining and Santuary reservations at the lounge. Although we were the 5 party in line to be bussed to the ship, we didn’t board until 12:45 pm. The reason was traffic and weather related.

Yes, I did find the threads. Thanks for the suggestion. I contacted Princess with the beginning date of our back-2-back and they changed the invite date to accommodate us. We are happy cruisers! Non cruise vacations can be fun!

Thank you! I’ll search for the posts.

We booked a suite for back-2-back cruises on the Enchanted Princess this month. Today we received an email invitation from Princess to take advantage of the new GO lounge in Fort Lauderdale. Unfortunately, the invite is for the day we start the second leg of the cruise, not the day of our initial embarkation. For those of you who have used the lounge, was it a good experience and would it be worth our while to contact Princess to see if they would move the date to our embarkation date?

There were slot machines against one wall in Take Five on Discovery Princess last October. We spent time in there because it wasn't as smoky as the main casino. The rest of Take Five was seating area and the bar.

Thanks! I'd appreciate that. Enjoy that new ship! Jan

Wow! That's amazing! We booked owners suite #16611 on Sun Princess in 2025. I contacted Princess "Live Chat" this morning to ask a few questions on this cabin. The rep said the shower was a "roll-in" shower which leads me to believe this is an accessible suite. The website indicates a separate tub/shower. May I ask what suite you were in?