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Say you decide to give an extra tip on a reposition transatlantic cruise to either England or Europe, should the tip be in usd (now NCL only currency) or attempt to give them the tip in the final destination currency? Not sure the hoops and difficultly the stewards, etc have converting usd to either euros or pounds.

Curious . For our 2024 Primi April Transatlantic sailing , reservations are not available for the two main dining rooms (that never showed being available either except party of 6 or 8). Were you able to prebook the Mdr meals at the theatre for party of 2? Thanks

You can check the port for your sailing date. You can simply type in google Southampton cruise port schedule may 12, 2024 If only one MSC or Ncl owned company including Oceania, etc., than it will be Horizon. If multiple entries, you may be assigned another berth.

I would recommend you look at how busy the Southampton port for your planned date? This can be done on sites like cruisetimetables.com. Good luck

Full disclosure. We only took them once from LHR airport to Southampton August 2022. To be honest, I don't remember many details of the trip except it was convenient and reasonable priced. It left no emotional scars from the trip that we can remember after 2 years. It got us to point a to point b as advertised. Last year we took a train from Civitavecchia to Rome with luggage. While we would do it again, the train was completely full, cramped, and traveling with luggage was a chore. Of the two experiences, we had no concerns using National Express again. It was 19.00 Usd for the both of us one way to London.

National express luggage allowance seems sufficient for most cruisers (see below). And we have travelled by train in the past with luggage at busy times and just felt the cheapest/easiest transportation wins out for us but i coincide it may not be the quickest and you may have a different opinion.

Besides the price, another reason to consider using National express is baggage. Storing and keeping track of luggage on a busy train is not fun. But it just seems very strange to me that a busy port like Southampton would not have some type of bus transportation to either the Southampton bus station or train station (even if need to pay). With sometimes 14k disembarking passengers, I hope they have hundreds of taxi lined up at the 5 separate port areas. Will consider walking, but if it would rain.. not sure walking would be considered.

Not sure if you have been following our sailings Primi roll call but on May 12 there will be four ships and potentially 14k passengers in Southampton that day. Consider making your plans early.

We are on the same sailing and booked the 09:35am . Cost us 19.67 usd (on credit card with no international surcharges) for the 2 tickets to the Victoria bus station. I assume there are no bus transfers to the Southampton coach station. Any idea how long the queue would be to get a taxi when a roughly 3000 passenger cruise line arrives?

We pre-paid our daily service charge under the old rate of 14.50 usd a day last year. If we would be upgraded to a mini-suite, does anyone know if we would need to pay an additional? 1.00 usd a day or 2.50 a day? On a 28 day cruise, 56 dollars vs 140 dollars for the both of us may start to add up.

It is not the technology but the staffing required to deliver the food/drink.

I guess I am confused. We are sailing Australia this coming October/November for 28 days. Is the new norm as stated in these posts or as Princess officially stated below?. I would love to not have to bring a suit,etc but at the same time do not want to bend the rules and be considered rude. Formal When formal nights are held, please observe the dress code in the dining venues for the enjoyment of all our guests. Evening gown, cocktail dress or elegant pant suit for women Tuxedo, dark suit or dinner jacket and slacks for men

Thanks. Never hurts to ask and maybe could get lucky. A couple dollars here and there never is a bad thing.

Curious. Can these coupons be used by all princess cruisers in 2023 or are there restrictions? Wonder if i could use them on our sailing?

Thank you

Did you notice if the dinner theatre production velvet played in the spiegel tent and what nights? It originally showed up as a breakaway entertainment option on our breakaway sailing this coming may. But now it seems to be gone.