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Onboard Sapphire Nov 2nd, and finally getting back to Hawaii after all the Grand cancellations as you may recall last fall 😎

Looks like the generator issue may have been resolved, at the end of last week on open sea's she was doing 19 knots between Norway and Iceland... As we're on her in late August for the "Midnight Sun" I've been closely following her performance and itineraries progress daily, and up til now she's made all her itinerary stops on time, and at all the required speeds necessary. Fingers Crossed

Well Any updates.. Did they finally resolve the issue ?

Did you happen to hear what the minimum days was for the "Most Traveled" Elite luncheon or the total days for the Most Traveled couple ?

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Sorry if it's been asked already, how many passengers onboard this cruise ? P.S. really enjoying your reports and updates 😉

It's Very True ... Didn't I clearly state PRINCESS cruises ??? . The Op or any body else here isn't asking about P&O AU or past Princess ships

Thanks, that what I thought

Just curious .. Was Travel Insurance required (asked for) in Southampton at boarding for North Americans ? The FAQ's on the UK Princess site seems to require travel insurance for Brits, but not from USA and Canadians passengers (?)

Yikes ! 🤥

FYI --Sapphire does not have the shopping cart Skywalkers, but rather the same Skywalkers layout as Ruby, Emerald, and Crown, and Diamond . The Caribbean Princess is the only remaining Princess ship with the shopping cart handle Skywalkers

John just a heads up Though not direct you can now access LHR by rail pretty easily -- SOU to Reading, and change to the new Elizabeth line with one more quick change before LHR right to T-2-3 or T-5

Use "Trainline.com" the UK's biggest rail search engine, it is very easy to use and book from the US. PS. You can also book Nation Express coach tickets from the same site

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When we departed Anchorage on the 7 hour McKinley Explorer train to Denali we had 3 full HAL train cars, with apox 75 passengers each car, additionally coming from the other direction from Fairbanks 5 buses arrived at Denali the same day for the tours originating in Fairbanks all told there were near 450 people booked in at the HAL McKinley Chalet Lodge during our stay (FYI they were unprepared for such a large group !!). The combined land tours were the first bookings of the season there, and there were some serious hic-ups to be sure --- On boarding day all Anchorage groups bused to the ship and all Fairbanks groups trained to the ship, with arrivals in Whittier staggered through out the day.

We just returned from the NA land first from Anchorage "Double Denali", no pre-test for the land portion in Anchorage, we were only tested on day 3 the day at the McKinley Lodge in Denali the day before heading to Whittier to join the ship. As far as I heard (rumors) 7 people tested positive and were returned to Anchorage, and not allowed to join the ship in Whittier.

You are correct.. Land first tours receive a provided test from HAL just prior to boarding after your land portion - This information is posted directly on the HAL site