RNCheryl Posted June 14, 2022 #1 Share Posted June 14, 2022 British Isles in 8/23 now to be on the Regal. We have sailed on Coral and Regal, and I preferred the Coral. Any thoughts? We were booked in an M1 suite on Emerald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted June 14, 2022 #2 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) My guess is more individuals want to do British Isles as that is as far away as possible in Europe from Russia/Ukraine. Thus, larger capacity ship. Edited June 14, 2022 by Coral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted June 14, 2022 #3 Share Posted June 14, 2022 50 minutes ago, RNCheryl said: British Isles in 8/23 now to be on the Regal. We have sailed on Coral and Regal, and I preferred the Coral. Any thoughts? We were booked in an M1 suite on Emerald. We liked both the Regal and Coral. The Coral IC was so tiny and by the casino and Effy’s. Didn’t like the smoke. The Regal is a little bigger and we loved Alfredo’s. We’re starting to prefer the ships that are a little newer, more restaurants to offer and not so many maintenance problems like the older ones… JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted June 15, 2022 #4 Share Posted June 15, 2022 We’ve booked Emerald Princess sailing British Isles September 5, 2023. How did you learn that Emerald is being replaced by Regal? Website still shows Emerald sailing for the summer. I’m so confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISER94044 Posted June 15, 2022 #5 Share Posted June 15, 2022 We were booked for the Emerald TA in April 2023 and just got an email saying we are being moved to the Regal Princess We are awaiting our cabin assignment. I checked Princess.com and saw that sPrincess is Canceling the Baltic cruises and moving The Regal to the British Isles. I don’t know where the Emerald is being redeployed to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted June 15, 2022 #6 Share Posted June 15, 2022 25 minutes ago, Lady Arwen said: We’ve booked Emerald Princess sailing British Isles September 5, 2023. How did you learn that Emerald is being replaced by Regal? Website still shows Emerald sailing for the summer. I’m so confused. Don’t know when the deployment starts, after passengers are notified, it should be updated on the website. I just got a notice for departure Sep 29, 2023. You could check with your TA or your roll call to see if they have heard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Racer Posted June 15, 2022 #7 Share Posted June 15, 2022 We was on Regal for NY upto Canada and back in Sept 23 - advised yesterday we will now be on Emerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNCheryl Posted June 15, 2022 Author #8 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Lady Arwen, we were notified by our travel agent. Agree with others re: higher request for bookings = larger capacity ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lady Arwen Posted June 15, 2022 #9 Share Posted June 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, RNCheryl said: Lady Arwen, we were notified by our travel agent. Agree with others re: higher request for bookings = larger capacity ship. Thanks! Hoping to book Regal for September sailing British Isles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese please Posted June 15, 2022 #10 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Smart move by Princess. Who would want to go or spend money in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted June 15, 2022 #11 Share Posted June 15, 2022 31 minutes ago, cheese please said: Smart move by Princess. Who would want to go or spend money in Russia. But the cruise wouid not have gone to Russia ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted June 18, 2022 #12 Share Posted June 18, 2022 We loved the Regal! We were on the Emerald May 9-21 and love the Regal much more!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted June 18, 2022 #13 Share Posted June 18, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 12:58 PM, RNCheryl said: British Isles in 8/23 now to be on the Regal. We have sailed on Coral and Regal, and I preferred the Coral. Any thoughts? We were booked in an M1 suite on Emerald. M1 is a mini-suite category (not a full suite) on the Emerald. M1 (mini-suite) on the Regal seems to be located on the Baja Deck with angled balconies. I have been on the Emerald but not the Royal Class ships. It seems as though Princess is really shuffling around ships. This was happening before the Pandemic. I was switched from the Grand to the Regal to the Sky. Do your homework. Check out available cabins. I was not happy with my move over replacement and finally cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SargassoPirate Posted June 19, 2022 #14 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 8:45 PM, PacnGoNow said: Don’t know when the deployment starts, after passengers are notified, it should be updated on the website. I just got a notice for departure Sep 29, 2023. You could check with your TA or your roll call to see if they have heard? She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are booked on that sailing as well. We received a notice from Princess on 6/14 and then our big box travel agency on 6/15 that the cruise would now be on the Regal. I immediately checked the deck plans for the Regal and see that it doesn't have a full promenade - a deal breaker for me as we were also going to do the transatlantic to Fort Lauderdale after the British Isles cruise and really enjoy walking laps on the promenade and also reading while watching the sea slide by. It's one of the few quiet areas on the ship. We'll probably cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted June 19, 2022 #15 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, SargassoPirate said: She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are booked on that sailing as well. We received a notice from Princess on 6/14 and then our big box travel agency on 6/15 that the cruise would now be on the Regal. I immediately checked the deck plans for the Regal and see that it doesn't have a full promenade - a deal breaker for me as we were also going to do the transatlantic to Fort Lauderdale after the British Isles cruise and really enjoy walking laps on the promenade and also reading while watching the sea slide by. It's one of the few quiet areas on the ship. We'll probably cancel. You are so funny, with the “SHMBO”! I have to tell my DH about that! 😂 We like our balcony for a quiet place, well usually! There is a track on 18, where we can walk, if the weather is good. The itinerary is really what we’re interested in. We’ll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehootu Posted June 19, 2022 #16 Share Posted June 19, 2022 We just got off our first Royal class cruise on the Royal. We had a regular balcony room booked on the Emerald, and now can get a deluxe balcony room.It takes 7 laps around the walking/jogging track to equal a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SargassoPirate Posted June 19, 2022 #17 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 hours ago, PacnGoNow said: You are so funny, with the “SHMBO”! I have to tell my DH about that! 😂 We like our balcony for a quiet place, well usually! There is a track on 18, where we can walk, if the weather is good. The itinerary is really what we’re interested in. We’ll see. SWMBO uses the balcony as her private sanctuary and a balcony is her deal breaker. I'm ok with an inside when I cruise solo and prefer the full promenade as my walking track and as a quiet place to read - so it's my deal breaker. Fortunately, there are many ships and cruises to choose from. I just don't choose ships with pretend promenades. I adopted She Who Must Be Obeyed from the Rumpole books by John Mortimer. SWMBO for short. Please feel free to adopt it also. Smooth sailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunks Posted June 19, 2022 #18 Share Posted June 19, 2022 We were on Emerald for the crossing and following British isles cruise I say thank your lucky stars! We will never set foot again on Emerald. It was far and away the worst conditioned and run ship we have ever been on in 50 princess cruises. The life boats they use as tenders kept breaking down. Ship was filthy. I suspect it was taken out of service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananavan Posted June 19, 2022 #19 Share Posted June 19, 2022 We booked the Emerald September 29/23 on June 17. Nobody at Princess mentioned anything. That is super strange. We want an M1 and are waitlisted for one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeno Posted June 21, 2022 #20 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/19/2022 at 2:43 PM, spunks said: We were on Emerald for the crossing and following British isles cruise I say thank your lucky stars! We will never set foot again on Emerald. It was far and away the worst conditioned and run ship we have ever been on in 50 princess cruises. The life boats they use as tenders kept breaking down. Ship was filthy. I suspect it was taken out of service. We were on the Emerald in February. It was substituted for the Crown. The food on the Emerald was terrible, but anything is better than the Crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggie777 Posted June 21, 2022 #21 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/19/2022 at 8:46 AM, SargassoPirate said: She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are booked on that sailing as well. We received a notice from Princess on 6/14 and then our big box travel agency on 6/15 that the cruise would now be on the Regal. I immediately checked the deck plans for the Regal and see that it doesn't have a full promenade - a deal breaker for me as we were also going to do the transatlantic to Fort Lauderdale after the British Isles cruise and really enjoy walking laps on the promenade and also reading while watching the sea slide by. It's one of the few quiet areas on the ship. We'll probably cancel. We were booked on Emerald for British Isles and TA. We do not like the lack of promenade deck on regal so we cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie4082 Posted July 9, 2022 #22 Share Posted July 9, 2022 We were booked on the British Isles cruise on 5/8/2023 and were notified by email that the Emerald ship was changed to the Regal ship. Now if you go on princess website it doesn't show any British Isles cruises for 2023 at all. I think they are waiting to notify the people already booked for next year about the ship changes unitl they assign the cabin. I was booked for the M1 club class with a prime location. Now who knows what I will receive when they assign it. That part sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted July 9, 2022 #23 Share Posted July 9, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, jackie4082 said: We were booked on the British Isles cruise on 5/8/2023 and were notified by email that the Emerald ship was changed to the Regal ship. Now if you go on princess website it doesn't show any British Isles cruises for 2023 at all. I think they are waiting to notify the people already booked for next year about the ship changes unitl they assign the cabin. I was booked for the M1 club class with a prime location. Now who knows what I will receive when they assign it. That part sucks Yes they are working on all the reassignments, then it will open up on the website. Check with your TA or whomever booked this for you to get your cabin assigned. Look at the deck plans to see what your choices are. We’re in the same situation for the Fall of 23 and my TA was able to get our cabin assigned. They have the same computer system as PCL. Edited July 9, 2022 by PacnGoNow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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