colsky Posted July 17 #1 Share Posted July 17 We're on the Sun Princess in a little over 3 weeks. It is scheduled to stop at Santorini on 13th August. Cruisemapper is confirming this, it looks like its the first time the Sun will have stopped there in a while. We have a Princess excursion booked there, I've never been before, so I'm looking forward to it. The Sun Princess facebook group is still getting a number of posts suggesting they have heard that it won't be stopping in Santorini this year, which is worrying me. I am naively thinking that if they are going to move the 13th August stop there, then they would have done it already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Globaler Posted July 17 #2 Share Posted July 17 1 minute ago, colsky said: We're on the Sun Princess in a little over 3 weeks. It is scheduled to stop at Santorini on 13th August. Cruisemapper is confirming this, it looks like its the first time the Sun will have stopped there in a while. We have a Princess excursion booked there, I've never been before, so I'm looking forward to it. The Sun Princess facebook group is still getting a number of posts suggesting they have heard that it won't be stopping in Santorini this year, which is worrying me. I am naively thinking that if they are going to move the 13th August stop there, then they would have done it already! I hope you get to go. We were on the 6/8 sailing and China was a subpar substitution. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted July 17 #3 Share Posted July 17 Sounds like bigger changes in store for 2025 cruises. Princess removed “some” of the Port calls this summer for Sun Princess. Here’s one article. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/greece-cruise-ship-cap-santorini-mykonos-b2563943.html# Really hope you get to stop there. We love Santorini and Rhodes. Totally different Greek islands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Globaler Posted July 17 #4 Share Posted July 17 39 minutes ago, Globaler said: I hope you get to go. We were on the 6/8 sailing and China was a subpar substitution. I wish it had been China! It was Chiana. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 17 #5 Share Posted July 17 (edited) Our Santorini stop is still scheduled for 13 August 2024. According to the port schedule there will be approx' 12,000 passengers able to disembark that day!😲 Edited July 17 by Esprit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted July 17 #6 Share Posted July 17 12 minutes ago, Esprit said: Our Santorini stop is still scheduled for 13 August 2024. According to the port schedule there will be approx' 12,000 passengers able to disembark that day!😲 That’s crazy for such a small island. Hope you get in early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsky Posted July 17 Author #7 Share Posted July 17 Per cruisemapper, this is Santorini's schedule for 13 August: Silversea Cruises Silver Whisper 08:00 22:00 MSC Cruises MSC Divina 08:00 18:00 Princess Cruises Sun Princess 09:00 22:00 Royal Caribbean Cruises Odyssey Of The Seas 13:00 23:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 17 #8 Share Posted July 17 51 minutes ago, colsky said: Per cruisemapper, this is Santorini's schedule for 13 August: Silversea Cruises Silver Whisper 08:00 22:00 MSC Cruises MSC Divina 08:00 18:00 Princess Cruises Sun Princess 09:00 22:00 Royal Caribbean Cruises Odyssey Of The Seas 13:00 23:00 Hopefully the spacing of the ship arrivals and departures will ease the queue for the cable car. I've done the 588 steps up and down twice before. I'd do them again, but DW will definitely not! 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaGoose Posted July 17 #9 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, Globaler said: I wish it had been China! It was Chiana. You are getting closer. I believe you mean Chania. The port in Crete, Greece. I don’t want to even mention how it is actually pronounced. A Greek friend of mine has really given me a hard time about how I say it…. 😉. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted July 17 #10 Share Posted July 17 3 hours ago, Globaler said: I wish it had been China! It was Chiana. I was definitely scratching my head on that one! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted July 17 #11 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, PapaGoose said: You are getting closer. I believe you mean Chania. The port in Crete, Greece. I don’t want to even mention how it is actually pronounced. A Greek friend of mine has really given me a hard time about how I say it…. 😉. So how does your Greek friend say it? I've heard it so many ways. Our Italian captain says it with a hard K, like Kawn-ee-ah, others omit the C like Hawn-ee-ah and without any other knowledge I say Chawn-ee-ah. Another variation for the end uses "ya" instead of ee-ah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaGoose Posted July 17 #12 Share Posted July 17 47 minutes ago, beg3yrs said: So how does your Greek friend say it? I've heard it so many ways. Our Italian captain says it with a hard K, like Kawn-ee-ah, others omit the C like Hawn-ee-ah and without any other knowledge I say Chawn-ee-ah. Another variation for the end uses "ya" instead of ee-ah. He says it with the “h” beginning. Hahn-yah. He claims the Greek spelling uses an “X” at the beginning which has that “H” sound. We will be there next May while doing a 14 day Mediterranean cruise on the Sun Princess so I’ll find out how the locals pronounce it. Nothing like first hand experience! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted July 17 #13 Share Posted July 17 22 minutes ago, PapaGoose said: He says it with the “h” beginning. Hahn-yah. He claims the Greek spelling uses an “X” at the beginning which has that “H” sound. We will be there next May while doing a 14 day Mediterranean cruise on the Sun Princess so I’ll find out how the locals pronounce it. Nothing like first hand experience! Thanks, that's one of the pronunciations I heard. I will use that. Be sure to visit the waterfront in the sailboat harbor. It's full of nice little tavernas. We had a wonderful lunch there. Fresh sea bass, calamari, greek fries and grilled veggies. Of course a bottle of wine followed by complimentary baklava and ouzo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted July 17 #14 Share Posted July 17 (edited) We had one of the absolute *best* meals we've ever had at the Venetsanos Winery . It was included in a private tour that we did with a local. Venetsanos winery is located in Megalochori, right above the port of Athinios, overlooking the caldera of Santorini. If you get the opportunity to go here plan on a meal, either lunch or dinner. I don't know if reservations are required...if so our tour guide probably arranged this ahead of time. Edited July 17 by Rick&Jeannie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumble_b62 Posted July 18 #15 Share Posted July 18 20 hours ago, Esprit said: Our Santorini stop is still scheduled for 13 August 2024. According to the port schedule there will be approx' 12,000 passengers able to disembark that day!😲 Our tour "Oia & Fira on your own" with Princess was removed from our schedule yesterday and also a couple of other guests too. They're still showing tour options but not this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubi Posted July 18 #16 Share Posted July 18 (edited) Next June we are scheduled to call into Santorini and as of today, these are the ships listed to call on that day. Add to that the number of passengers on Majestic at 3560 and you're looking at just over 22,900. And that number does not include crew. Star Flyer - 170 MSC Divina - 3502 - 4202 Marella Explorer - 1924 - 2681 Costa Fansinoca - 3014 - 3617 Norwegian Pearl - 2394 - 2873 Odyssey of the Seas - 3844 - 4805 Total = 14848 - 19348 Edited July 18 by Anubi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted July 22 #17 Share Posted July 22 We are still scheduled to stop in early September. If we stop, there will probably be 14,000 passengers dropped off that day and potentially up to 16,000. The Sun is the last ship to get in. I was extremely disappointed to learn we might miss Santorini, but the more I read I’m beginning to think it might be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted July 22 #18 Share Posted July 22 My Princess App is showing a scheduled stop on 13 August at 9 am, leaving at 10 pm. There are also 23 excursions available to book. Shame for those currently on the Sun as it's bound for Chania (Crete) on the ship webcam instead of Santorini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted July 22 #19 Share Posted July 22 6 minutes ago, Esprit said: My Princess App is showing a scheduled stop on 13 August at 9 am, leaving at 10 pm. There are also 23 excursions available to book. Shame for those currently on the Sun as it's bound for Chania (Crete) on the ship webcam instead of Santorini. This has routinely been changed at the last minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted July 22 #20 Share Posted July 22 While we've been to Santorini twice now, I personally would jump at the chance to go again. However, with what @Anubi has posted above regarding the number of ships that are scheduled...I don't know. It was crowded (IMO) the times we went but I don't think there was only 3 ships there at the time. I can't imagine trying to get up the mountain on the cable car with that many people trying. The first time I think we stood in line about 30 minutes. The second was closer to 1.25 hours...and it was HOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Globaler Posted July 22 #21 Share Posted July 22 We had Santorini and Kotor cancelled very late in the game. It was very disappointing and I probably would not have booked that cruise had I known ahead of time that we were not going to either port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jadn13 Posted July 22 #22 Share Posted July 22 I can’t imagine Santorini with that many ships. I visited in April on the Sun and booked a non Princess tour so it would only be necessary to take the cable car one direction. In the end, we walked back down, which I don’t recommend. The cable car lines to get back to the ship are very long and it’s very hot so be prepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted July 22 #23 Share Posted July 22 2 minutes ago, Jadn13 said: I can’t imagine Santorini with that many ships. I visited in April on the Sun and booked a non Princess tour so it would only be necessary to take the cable car one direction. In the end, we walked back down, which I don’t recommend. The cable car lines to get back to the ship are very long and it’s very hot so be prepared. IF we stop we are planning to take the water taxi to Oia, explore it for a while then the public bus to Fira. Since the Sun is the last ship in port that day, I’m nervous about how long to get the water taxi, if even available. And I know the cable car line will be long. The other three ships leave 2 to 4 hours before the Sun, but we don’t want to get back to the ship too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaws2 Posted July 23 #24 Share Posted July 23 We board in 18 days and so far it shows we're still on for Santorini, was informed a few months back about the kotor to bar change so if there was going to be a change would have hoped that the same would have happened, we booked an excursion through princess, have been to Santorini before but the couple we're traveling with have not so keeping our fingers crossed 😀. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhsail Posted July 23 #25 Share Posted July 23 26 minutes ago, macaws2 said: We board in 18 days and so far it shows we're still on for Santorini, was informed a few months back about the kotor to bar change so if there was going to be a change would have hoped that the same would have happened, we booked an excursion through princess, have been to Santorini before but the couple we're traveling with have not so keeping our fingers crossed 😀. If you are scheduled for August 13 you might make it. Fewer ships in port that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now