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I have read that there are many kids on board during this time. We would not cruise then due to what we have read about it getting a bit crazy. Keep an eye on your kids.

Thank you. We will keep that in mind.

We tried. It was a no go.

I wish many of us would have similar results regarding the crew smoking area in the aft area on the Promenade deck. We have all been blown off.

You are correct. OOOPS 😄

Our REFUNDABLE OBC was refunded to our credit card about 6 weeks after our cruise was over. It was a substantial amount and we are Platinum 🤪

A different cruise line may work out better for you, as you mentioned MSC and P&O.

Can you be more specific? What is the cabin number to which you are referring?

Is there something specific you would like to know? By looking at the deck plans, the balcony is one of the smaller ones. It also looks like there may be lifeboats under you. There is no loveseat in the cabin.

Nope. Bummer, right?

Here is a link from the Princess website. It does not look like under 3 years old can be accommodated. https://www.princess.com/learn/faq/onboard/cruising-with-family/

If it is of any encouragement, the food on the Celebrity Reflection in 2018 was poor to mediocre as well as the service.

The most we saw at the Crown Grill was a table of 6.

We have experienced excellent enrichment talks and commentators on the our Princess cruises for Alaska, Panama Canal and British Isles! The Alaska cruises were 7 nights long.

This is very true about the air fare. It is best to book ASAP through the cruise line (we have discovered this).

Thanks!

Hi @leck57! What is a RAT test? Thanks!

This is a wide range question. We were on the Celebrity Reflection in October 2018. We found it to be a snobby atmosphere snide comments from the crew. The dining room took us over an hour to get our entree. the buffet had flies on the food. No thanks. Our cabin steward was a sweetie.

They will do whatever the market will bear. Americans are the supply chain, apparently and put up with it.

I can really relate to what you are saying. We also recently took advantage of the low deposit. We are not new to cruising, and thought maybe we would try Viking Ocean. The itinerary we booked is actually costing twice as much as one we would choose on Princess. Yes, I know there are many differences; maybe like apple and oranges. It just seems like a long time to have the full payment when we could be earning interest on it and not the cruise line.

You are absolutely correct! Our small group was really nice!

Great! Fingers crossed... since it is in July, there is a high percentage that you will get on the tour!

it is unclear if you have contacted Overload Tours or if you are talking about just the tours through the ship. I would suggests above per my suggestion and get on the waiting list with the company directly.

It is true that mid to late September will find businesses closing down and having sales. This happened to us twice and we had a great time!

Can you do this tour the day before boarding? Typically, the ships want all aboard at least two hours before sailimg. I would not want to push time element- way too stressful.