Kathiebrown Posted June 14, 2012 #1 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Our last three cruises we booked the Sanctuary for the entire time on the cruise and loved it. Thinking about going on the Emerald Princess in January. Call Princess today and was told you could only book the Sanctuary day by day and that you were never able to book it for the entire cruise. I know that is not true. Has anyone recently booked the Sanctuary for the entire week? What is the truth about the booking now in the Sanctuary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted June 14, 2012 #2 Share Posted June 14, 2012 You can't pre-book the Sanctuary. The "truth" is that it depends on the ship and maybe even the itinerary. On some ships/itineraries, you can book for the length of the cruise. On some ships/itineraries, you can book only by the day. Best thing to do is to check when you board the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovevacadays Posted June 14, 2012 #3 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Our last three cruises we booked the Sanctuary for the entire time on the cruise and loved it. Thinking about going on the Emerald Princess in January. Call Princess today and was told you could only book the Sanctuary day by day and that you were never able to book it for the entire cruise. I know that is not true. Has anyone recently booked the Sanctuary for the entire week? What is the truth about the booking now in the Sanctuary? I'm thinking the rep you talked to might not have been well informed about the sanctuary. Certainly, it is not true that you can never book the santuary for the entire week. I believe in most cases you can book for the whole week. Once you get on the ship, pop on up to the sanctuary and check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunviking Posted June 14, 2012 #4 Share Posted June 14, 2012 We have booked the Sanctuary for the entire cruise twice. As said previously, it can't be done in advance but we did it immediately upon boarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted June 15, 2012 #5 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I have always had the option of booking for the duration of the cruise. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_heart_vaca Posted June 15, 2012 #6 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I seem to recall someone on here mentioning that since Staggered Boarding meant some people couldn't get on early enough to book, that on those cruises you could only book daily, so the early boarders didn't get all the seats. Someone else mentioned they had been told that since Sanctuary has limited space - and most people don't use it the whole time, Princess was thinking of selling slots in 1/2 day increments to increase the number of potentials who could use it. I suspect its a change in policy they are testing on different ships before making a fleet wide change. If you can't book pre-boarding, I would just go first thing on arrival and ask on ship. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunviking Posted June 15, 2012 #7 Share Posted June 15, 2012 As far as I know since the Emerald transatlantic in 2007, the Sanctuary has always been available for sale as half day versus full. We have done that many days on our transatlantic cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicomp Posted June 15, 2012 #8 Share Posted June 15, 2012 We booked the Sanctuary on the Sapphire for the entire cruise right after boarding in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseterd1 Posted June 15, 2012 #9 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Alicomp or someone who has recently been on the Sapphire, can you please tell me what the cost of a day per person would be. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted June 15, 2012 #10 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Alicomp or someone who has recently been on the Sapphire, can you please tell me what the cost of a day per person would be. Thanks in advance. All ships the same. $10/half-day $20/day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinChris Posted June 16, 2012 #11 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Princess changed policy on the Sanctuary back in March. You have to book day by day they no longer allow you to book for the entire cruise. I personally experienced this on the Emerald in March. We were on the first cruise with the new policy. What a stupid change in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted June 16, 2012 #12 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Princess changed policy on the Sanctuary back in March. You have to book day by day they no longer allow you to book for the entire cruise. I personally experienced this on the Emerald in March. We were on the first cruise with the new policy. What a stupid change in my opinion. Does anyone know if this is per ship or if it is a system-wide change? Is there anyone who has been on a Princess ship in the last couple of months that has had a similar or different experience? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK21 Posted June 17, 2012 #13 Share Posted June 17, 2012 We were on the Caribbean Princess the last week in April and booked the Sanctuary for the entire cruise. There is no 'volume' discount though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tequilatamm Posted October 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted October 1, 2012 We're down here in Sydney, and just popping onto a quick "short break" from Sydney to Brisbane for 2 nights. I can't find any info about booking or pre-booking The Sanctuary on such a short cruise. It sounds like you can book it in half-day blocks, but no word on whether you can pre-book or how to book once you're on. Is the consensus to simply pop by The Sanctuary when we get on-board and try to be quick? I'm imagining that everyone and their brother will be trying to book it for the ONE full-day we have sailing! Argh. Anyone with experience of this recently in Australia on the Sun Princess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crows nest club Posted October 1, 2012 #15 Share Posted October 1, 2012 We have recently got off the Grand some 10 days ago and I can confirm that you can book the Sanctuary for the entire cruise. They sell approx. 50% of the loungers for the whole cruise and and the remainder are held back for the day-to-day bookings on a first come first served basis on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted October 1, 2012 #16 Share Posted October 1, 2012 All ships the same. $10/half-day $20/dayI'm currently on the Island and booked the Sanctuary for the entire cruise. It is $15/day for the whole cruise, not $20. I booked as soon as I boarded the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shofer Posted October 1, 2012 #17 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I seem to recall someone on here mentioning that since Staggered Boarding meant some people couldn't get on early enough to book, that on those cruises you could only book daily, so the early boarders didn't get all the seats. Someone else mentioned they had been told that since Sanctuary has limited space - and most people don't use it the whole time, Princess was thinking of selling slots in 1/2 day increments to increase the number of potentials who could use it. I suspect its a change in policy they are testing on different ships before making a fleet wide change. If you can't book pre-boarding, I would just go first thing on arrival and ask on ship. Good luck! We did a half day on our last sea day this past trip. No hassle. Just ran up there at 8 AM and put in our names. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locksley10 Posted October 2, 2012 #18 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Hi does anybody know if your loungers are reserved when you pay for sanctuary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted October 2, 2012 #19 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Hi does anybody know if your loungers are reserved when you pay for sanctuary? When you reserve, the lounger is yours. If you booked for the entrie cruise, it is yours for the entire cruise. You get to pick the location from the available lounges at the time you book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eppe4 Posted October 2, 2012 #20 Share Posted October 2, 2012 We were on the Emerald 4/6/12 for 10 days and all three of us booked the Santuary for the entire cruise. We also did this on the Grand in January and we'll be doing it later this month on the Caribbean Princess. My D/H will be devastated if he can't have "his" lounge chair for the entire cruise. We love it up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudio Posted October 4, 2012 #21 Share Posted October 4, 2012 i was on dawn princess for 16 days last year and never saw anybody in there the crew love working there as they have a rest no customers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted October 4, 2012 #22 Share Posted October 4, 2012 i was on dawn princess for 16 days last year and never saw anybody in there the crew love working there as they have a rest no customers!! Yes, but no tips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazinglife Posted October 4, 2012 #23 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yes, but no tips... thought they would get a share of them :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted October 4, 2012 #24 Share Posted October 4, 2012 thought they would get a share of them :confused: Who knows... We always give our "Serenity Stewards" a bit extra. On our next cruise, it will be too cold to book the Sanctuary for the 2 weeks. I will probably avoid the open decks as much as possible, except to run/walk in the mornings.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canalslb Posted October 4, 2012 #25 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Would the Sanctuary be good for a cold weather cruise, such as NY to Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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