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:) Hoping someone will see this on the cruise 

I can't seem to find the group thread (Meet and Mingle?) and it doesn't come up when I look for it in the meet and mingle or when I look at the threads I have been active on- can someone let me know what the meet up times and locations are please? I'm sure someone who has the details will see this :)

That was really useful, thank you! I have cruised on RCCL, Disney CL, and HAL and am heading out on Princess this Friday. I am def considering NCL with their prices and extras! 

Hi All,

We head out on our first Princess cruise on friday- I was looking at possibly pre-purchasing the coffee card- is it the same price on the ship as pre-buying?

Thanks all!

I really like the late booking deals, a few weeks before sailing, which were around this year for the start of the season in Alaska,

 

No OBC, no free anything just a cost per 7 days of as little as $299 plus taxes.

 

May happen next year, may be not, who knows?

 

I did 4 x B2B like that several years ago roundtrip Vancouver for the same cost but at the end of the season, it was good.

I’ve never seen 7 days for $299- where do you see these?

Howdy!

 

My husband and I are boarding the Emerald next week and we just got upgraded to a penthouse suite. What’s the MUST DO areas on the ship? Any cool hidden gems?

 

Any feedback about penthouse cabins and club class dining would be great!

 

 

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Penthouse suite :hail: I was hoping for an upgrade- nope lol no offers at all

Was the Escape Room offered?

I’m on the Emerald in 2 weeks so I’m curious now how busy it will feel...I’ve been on some bigger ships so will see how it compares

Are you doing the 4 night cruise from

Vancouver to LA on the emerald?

 

 

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Yes indeed!

My husband and I are late 30 somethings, doing a kid free Vancouver- LA cruise next month- I will do a little trip review when I get back if people will find it helpful?

Not if you've read any of the other threads about the problem.

Sorry to bother you - no I hadn’t seen them as I just came and posted- rookie.

Just logged on to my account- my cruise next month (my first with Princess, paid in full) and it says there are no bookings associated with your sign in- should I be concerned?

We are doing a Vancouver to San Pedro cruise next month, just wondering if you self carried off, and if so, around what time did self carry off start?You have me very excited- our first princess cruise and a little kid free getaway for the husband and I- woohooo! Ours is 4 nights though, with a day in Astoria :)

We are getting closer :) Wondering if anyone can advise when self carry off generally starts?

30 days until Emerald Princess!

Always excited as it gets close!

 

 

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Me too! Our first Princess cruise!

Thank you so much for sharing! From Kamloops, so booking last minute like you did is something I can see us doing sometime. Was it a pretty good deal then?

Interesting, thanks! We’ve been on Oasis but are going on our first Princess on Emerald next month :)

I can’t wait to be retired an go on a 28 day cruise :hail:

Thanks for your thoughts I guess, I guess we will indeed see what they offer!

Our first Princess cruise is coming up fast (yay!) and I was just wondering if Princess has daytime tastings - ie wine, whiskey, beer, mixology with cocktails etc...we’ve enjoyed this on other cruises so curious if we can do them on our Emerald Princess upcoming cruise :D

We’ve done one Disney cruise- it was a VGT on the Fantasy- even at that rate it was still double the cost of our cruise on RCL’s Oasis.

While we LOVED the cruise (we try to go to Disney as much as we can although are from BC Canada) I doubt we will cruise Disney again as we’d rather do more cruises are say a week at Disney and a cruise

BOGO +$1 was in effect every night in the Wheel House on Emerald last week (7-22 through 7-29).

We are on emerald in Oct, hoping this is still going :)

Breakfast is usually 6:30 to 8:30 in the MDR but doors will close when the room reaches capacity, which could be before 8:00.

Buffet will be serving breakfast until around 9:30.

You are generally expected to be out of your cabin by 8:00.

 

But there is no such thing as "typical disembarking". Case in point: the response above was geared for US citizens disembarking a round trip USA cruise. According to what I could piece together from the extraneous information on your Cruise Critic member account, you are a Canadian citizen disembarking Emerald Princess in Los Angeles from a repositioning cruise you will embark in Vancouver. As the only intermediate port call is in the USA (Astoria) you will very likely--though not guaranteed--be processed by US immigration as entering the USA as you board at Canada Place. If this occurs there will be no immigration or customs inspection at the pier in San Pedro.

 

Since this is only a four night cruise Princess will assume the vast majority of passengers will do self-carry disembarkation rather than claim their bags in the terminal. If you wish your bags to be picked up the night before and be placed in the terminal be sure to indicate so on the disembarkation questionnaire you will find in your cabin, so the correct luggage tags can be delivered to you.

 

If I have erred in picking out this cruise from your signature and you are asking about a different ship/itinerary/disembarkation port please be kind enough to clarify in response.

You are correct- just doing a short 4 day Vancouver to LA :)

We plan to only have carry ons so will probably just self carry.

Thanks for the info re the MDR - we will aim to be in before 8 :)

Thanks so much for your review.

My husband and I are sailing on our first Princess cruise in Oct, just a short 4 day on Emerald from Vancouver to LA. We picked this cruise because

A. It sailed out of Vancouver and we can drive to Vancouver, visit some family and then head to the port

B. It is super cheap...

C. This is our first time away from our 2 year old and it's a short cruise with minimal travel time

We are 36 and 38- our cruising history is 2 cruises on RCCL and 1 Disney and 1 on HAL to Alaska last year. We are expecting this cruise to be a lot like HAL..ie we don't expect much for night life, plan to just enjoy pool/deck time, each other's company and the port day in Astoria...hopefully we will be pleasantly surprised. Although we love the pzazz of the big ships, we are just happy to get away, and the date worked and the price was too good to pass up :)

Hi All,

Only 78 more days till our first Princess cruise :) just curious how a typical Princess disembarking works- ie when you have to be out of your room, what the dining room breakfast hours are, how long it takes to clear customs etc.

Thanks so much!

We are booked on the 4 day Emerald cruise in Oct- Vancouver to LA- our first Princess cruise- I plan to report back :)