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Really Nice - is that the Grand Suite?

My happy spot for sure. Our next 4 cruises are in B751 on Sapphire and then A751 on Crown and A751 on Emerald B2B.

On the newer ships the suite balconies on the Riviera Deck are very narrow and what you see above is what you get (although I can not attest to cushions or not). The PH Suites on Ri iera on Crown class ships are bigger than the newer shops and have a table, 4 chairs and 2 loungers. This is why we always book aft PH Suites and definitely prefer the Grand and Crown class ships. We have been on Majestic and Discovery in aft PH suites in the last 8 months. Both times we specifically chose Dolphin decks because of the huge balconies. Baja deck also has good size balconies, but the other decks are fairly small.

Sapphire is definitely on the move and is scheduled to arrive Singapore on 7/28. After that (assuming she follows track of Diamond) she should head to Phillipines to pick up crew. San Pedto shows her arriving there on 8/20. Let's hope this all happens.

Just checked my Personalizer and Medallion App and texted my TA- no notification of change or cancellation, BUT I do see that this cruise shows as Unavailable when trying to book. Wondering if sold out???

Sapphire is our favorite ship. Will be on her in September for a 10 day. The various dining rooms, as has been said previously, all serve the same menu. The decors are different, Savoy = old fashioned steakhouse/private club. Vivaldi = classic old upscale Italian. Pacific Moon = Asian theme and Santa Fe = Southwestern (think New Mexico) theme. Santa Fe is Club Class, but I don't know if it is exclusively Club Class. Can't tell you about International, never been in there. Try them all and enjoy!

Ours still show pending and we uploaded 3 months ago, but we have never changed from green lane so it sounds like I must be another reason that you went to blue lane. Have you ordered your Medallions? I know on one of my future cruises I couldn't get out if blue lane until I did that.

We loved Alfredo's on Majestic last November, so really looked forward Gigi's on Discovery. So disappointed. The pizza was dry and tough, the soup was lukewarm at best.

Agree - we love aft cabins and are very fortunate to be able to afford PH and Owners Suite cabins. However, we have worked very hard to get to this point and to not have full use of the balcony due to a small percentage of the crew that needs to smoke does not seems right. We have 4 cruises coming up in the next 12 months and are having 2nd thoughts due to this situation.

Since we drive in maybe we will shoot for noon and if things look crazy we can just wait in the car for a bit.

Going thru the Suez today and headed to Singapore. Then on to Phillipines to pick up crew assuming she will follow same schedule as Diamond which will be sailing from San Diego a few weeks before Sapphire sails from San Pedro.

For a number of years now, we have been lucky enough to cruise in Penthouse or Owners suites on Princess and almost all our of San Pedro. Never have we received any special treatment as regards boarding. Yes, we are able to wait in the suite/elite area and therefore able to board a little earlier than most, which is really all we have expected. In April, boarding the Discovery at about 10:30am was chaos. We started up the escalator and the crowds were backed up all the way to the top of the escalators. We were shuffled into a line and were in that line for almost an hour before we were finally able to move into the elite lounge, within about 15 minutes we were allowed to board. We have 3 more cruises coming up out of San Pedro and we are hopeful it will have improved, but since one of those sailings is on the Sapphire assigned to Berth 46 we are quite anxious to see how that will work out. We have decided, going forward, not to arrive at the port until about 1:00pm so maybe most people will be on board already. We do not worry about lunch in MDR on embarkation and we don't need to reserve spaces in the Sanctuary - so no hurry to board. Rather be relaxed than stressed when we do board.

Yes, unfortunately we had used all of ours. Will buy more in September..

We booked B2B Calif. Coast and Mexico with La Paz for July 2023 and got the $1 deposits!!!

Did you log in? If your account recognizes that you are elite, you should be able to see pricing once you log in.

Just found them - booked with $2 deposits. WooHoo - thanks so much for the heads up. Never would have known if I were relying on Princess to let us know.

Ok - will be checking all day as there is a back to back we want, but we want a specific cabin and there are not many of them.

Not seeing anything yet - also did not receive the usual notice to Elites the day before bookings open up. Anyone know if this is still going to happen?

I also remember that discount. It was anywhere from $50 to $100 per person (7 day or 15 day cruise) after you signed in as a past passenger. Seems to be gone now, as so many other things.

Definitely Green Onion! If you are staying at the Crowne Plaza it is 1/2 block away.

We just cancelled our Panama Canal cruise out of FLL and switched to a round trip Hawaii cruise from San Pedro because we can drive to the port in 2 hours. No flying for us anytime soon.

I was able to put a 2 day hold on a cruise on Sunday. Called TA to takeover the booking but she called me on Monday and said she could not the the takeover docs processed by Princess in time to guarantee my cabin selection. So I went back online, used the Chat and within 3 minutes she booked the cruise and used our FCD's. Within less than 5 minutes I had the confirmation email. Now my TA can do the takeover paperwork (and get me her normal discount).

The Crown is scheduled for 17 day refurbishment in October - hopefully that will fix the propulsion problem. We much prefer the Crown class and Grand class ships for the promenade deck amongst other things. Will be on Sapphire in Sept and Crown in March.

We live aft facing suites. We actually prefer the aft penthouse suites on the older ships (Crown, Sapphire, Caribbean, etc.). We have sailed in aft suites on Majestic and Discovery but other than access to the Concierge suite, they don't have as much appeal for us even though we had the largest balconies available (except for Sky Suites). Just our opinion.

We are also on this cruise. IF it's a go, we are scheduled to board at Berth 46, which should be interesting as there are 2 other large vessels loading at Berths 92 and 93.