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Looking forward to following. We are on 14 day Enchanted Princess Aug. 10-24th.

I've had success getting 3 price reductions for my Enchanted Princess cruise in August 2024. I also booked directly with Princess. My final payment date isn't until May 2024. I notice the price drops and called in each time and did not have any problem getting the reduced price. Total savings for me was $668.00 CAD.

Checking the current cruise on the app it looks to be the same menu for lunch and dinner.

I copied the Text out of all the different menu’s I’ve found in the app into text files. Cannot confirm all my copies and paste were 100% but if interested here they are.

A Taste of Mexico Menu.rtf Welcome to Bon Voyage Menu.rtf A Taste of the Mediterranean Menu.rtf A Taste of Italy Menu.rtf A Taste of the Caribbean Menu.rtf A Taste of Asia Menu.rtf A Taste of France Menu.rtf A Taste of the USA Menu.rtf A Taste of Royal History Menu.rtf Welcome Aboard Menu.rtf A Taste of the UK Menu.rtf A Taste of the Classics.rtf Welcome to the Royal Night Menu.rtf A Taste of the World Menu.rtf

If you know who Matt is that has a blog. He has a write up about it posted. He also states it's one package for 2 people.

My experience with UDP on Wonder Transatlantic. We were the first group boarding, went straight to Giovanni's and even then I couldn't get venues and times I wanted. I was able to make most of my bookings but not the times and dates I wanted and couldn't get the lunches I wanted. The couple of lunches I was able to booked were canceled and I couldn't rebook anything else. I was NOT able to make any changes throughout the cruise for any dinner reservations, I was always told everything is booked. I will never get the UDP ever again.

Currently on Brilliance of the Seas, wasn't expecting Starlink but it's up and running.

My Speed tests from Day one

While in Port Tampa at Schooner Bar

Still in port but in cabin 8574

Later Day one while out at sea in stateroom...

Yep, very good turn around times. We applied in person and got our passports in 7 days in mid December. Did not pay for expedited service either. No more long delays.

We choose to Fly to Honolulu 5 days before our Ovation of the Seas Cruise so this allows us to spend about a week in Hawaii between the 3 Islands before the Pacific crossing to Vancouver. 5 days in Honolulu, 2 days in Maui and the one day (9hrs) in Kona. Hopefully this give us a good taste of the Islands. If not I guess we'll just have to go back 😀

02 MAY HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII (Departs 9PM)

03 MAY LAHAINA, MAUI, HAWAII (Arrive 7AM)

04 MAY LAHAINA, MAUI, HAWAII (Departs 9PM)

05 MAY KAILUA KONA, HAWAII (Arrive 7AM, Depart 4PM)

11 May VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA 

I have canceled items I’ve purchased in the past and it only took 2 or 3 days for the refund. Nineteen days ago I canceled an internet package when I saw a better price during the Black Friday sale. I’m still waiting for my refund. They obviously changed their policy on processing refunds. Very disappointing.

8 hours ago, Longford said:

Fog and delays in the Tampa port aren't daily events in the Winter season causing cruise ship delays.  Some people don't like to leave from Tampa because ship size is smaller than the mega ships leaving from elsewhere in Florida.  Fine.  To each her/his own choice.

Thank you for this confirmation, reading the other posts I was worried that I would miss my flight home because it seemed like fog was the norm… We board Brilliance on Jan. 30th - Feb 5th. I know we cannot predict what Mother Nature has in store for us but it’s nice to hear this issue is possible not probable. 

Yes if you want to book a P&O cruise from North America you must go through that one TA. So you can use them or try calling P&O direct.

Amazing start to your live thread. Thanks for all your work on the roll call. Wish we were there now but our flight leaves YYZ in about 6 hours. Should be arriving around 12PM on the 29th. Hope to see you onboard.

21 minutes ago, LouTheGlue said:

I can explain my scenario for our October 28th TA on Wonder. My wife was using her iPhone app and it stated check in was Sep 14th, my Android phone app stated Sept 15th.

At 6PM on Sept. 14th our Checkin was available. My thoughts, both apps were kind of right. 6PM in Eastern Time zone on Sept 14th is 12AM on the 15th in Spain.

Correction… too late to edit. My cruise is on October 30th. The 28th is in my mind because that is the day we leave 😀

I can explain my scenario for our October 28th TA on Wonder. My wife was using her iPhone app and it stated check in was Sep 14th, my Android phone app stated Sept 15th.

At 6PM on Sept. 14th our Checkin was available. My thoughts, both apps were kind of right. 6PM in Eastern Time zone on Sept 14th is 12AM on the 15th in Spain.

Been on 5 cruises from Cape Liberty, never sailed toward the Statue of Liberty, it's in the opposite direction.

On our May 1st cruise, the first Oasis cruise from Bayonne this year we were directed to the outside lot and they handed us a ticket to pay when we leave...

Good news is we were on B2B and when we left the terminal on May 15 the outside pay terminals were not functioning. There was someone with a mobile phone processing the payments. I handed my ticket and credit card and didn't notice till later that day that I was only charged for one week. 

25 minutes ago, triiip42 said:

What port and country is your turn-around in?

Bayonne NJ

2 hours ago, LouTheGlue said:

 

Currently onboard Oasis of the Seas (May 1-8th) and will be staying on for the next cruise (May 8-15th). I'll let you know what we need to do for our B2B as soon as I find out (I should know later today). 

Guest services said no testing required for our back-to-back. I'll post back later if anything changes

23 hours ago, Atlantic Girl said:

Just read a couple of posts about testing between B2B cruises on RCL cruises. It appears that they are eliminating the testing between the cruises but I can’t find any official notice on the RCL site. Has anyone seen anything official or is it only on certain ships? We have an European B2B in August.

Currently onboard Oasis of the Seas (May 1-8th) and will be staying on for the next cruise (May 8-15th). I'll let you know what we need to do for our B2B as soon as I find out (I should know later today). 

Ephesus is a must.

Be aware vendors at the terminal are extremely aggressive. One crew member told us the key is to walk through wearing earbuds or headphones that are visible, some will just ignore you thinking you cannot hear them.

The biggest issue was being escorted off the bus after Ephesus tour and told we will have tea and cookies, they brought us into a carpet store and we were stuck there for 30-45 minutes while being highly pressured into purchasing their hand made carpets. They did served us the tea and cookies, were harmless but some older people were very uncomfortable because there was only one door in and out and they were blocking it until they were done.

Yeah that's how much it is... got an email yesterday "exclusive savings of up to 35% off just dropped" Logged into my planner and here is the cost.

Whenever I have canceled something I've had the refund within 3 days.

Update...

I've been very sick this week, It got worse as the week went on. Today is my best day. For me it was much worse than just a cold, it was like a severe flu. Never had a fever, very sore throat, very congested, severe headaches. My wife continues to test negative, I started testing negative a couple of days ago.

I did notify Royal Caribbean in my survey. Wasn't sure  of any other way to let them know but honestly don't think they care once you're off the ship.

So Glad to be done with this #$%#, will have so much less to worry about in May when we cruise again.

1 hour ago, MaddyandMax said:

 

The cruise director was gone by the third day with a "lost voice"

 

Yep, the cruise director was no where to be found on our cruise. I actually thought Cici was the cruise director until I overheard someone say that Joff the CD got sick the cruise before ours so he must have been in quarantine.