Princess biweekly TA’s to Europe and the US

[Globaler]

I would love to see Princess offer TA’s to Europe and the US all year long not just in the spring and fall.

[Ombud]

Especially if the US disembark port is in the northeast. Wont return to the south after June. Did that once and the weather was not enjoyable. Yep definitely a once - and - done

[1025cruise]

Look at Cunard.

[Globaler]

5 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

Look at Cunard.

I have - don’t like the price and the dining room formality. We are going over next year on the Regal in April and then back in July (In Boston) on the Majestic. Plus I like the casino rates I get on Princess

Edited August 2 by Globaler

[DCThunder]

16 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

Look at Cunard.

Even the QM2 doesn't go back and forth across the North Atlantic all year long. True New York to Southampton sailings happen relatively infrequently.

[cr8tiv1]

Don’t hold your breath.  Transpacific and Transatlantic have always been repositioning cruises….to get ships from one season to the next.  
 

I have always wanted one way cruises to Hawaii.  It will NEVER happen 

[Kay S]

1 hour ago, cr8tiv1 said:

 

I have always wanted one way cruises to Hawaii.  It will NEVER happen 

You and me both.

[skynight]

Not going to happen. The $$$ and largest demand are in the the warm weather, south in winter, northern itineraries in summer. Also more demand for one week cruises. 

[burnabyjean]

3 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

I have always wanted one way cruises to Hawaii.  It will NEVER happen

It will never happen because of the PVSA (Passenger Vessel Services Act). Round trip US ports only have to visit a foreign port (usually Ensenada), but one way US ports have to visit a DISTANT foreign port, so would have to go into South America before getting to Hawaii

[Coral]

8 minutes ago, burnabyjean said:

It will never happen because of the PVSA (Passenger Vessel Services Act). Round trip US ports only have to visit a foreign port (usually Ensenada), but one way US ports have to visit a DISTANT foreign port, so would have to go into South America before getting to Hawaii

A ship can go from Vancouver to Hawaii. I think a ship does this once a year or so.

[burnabyjean]

47 minutes ago, Coral said:

A ship can go from Vancouver to Hawaii. I think a ship does this once a year or so.

True, but having lived most of my life in Vancouver, it's not the nicest place to visit in the winter (basically rains from October to April, with a bit of snow thrown in to make life miserable 🙂).

[mtnesterz]

Flying is becomming more arduous and expensive. I'd like to see not only the regular TA that Cunard is renown for, but a TP. Some ship going from somewhere on the west coast to Japan or stopping there and on to Singapore, something like that. They just need the speed of an ocean liner, not a slow cruise ship.

Edited August 2 by mtnesterz

[Coral]

2 hours ago, burnabyjean said:

True, but having lived most of my life in Vancouver, it's not the nicest place to visit in the winter (basically rains from October to April, with a bit of snow thrown in to make life miserable 🙂).

It is nicer than where I live 🙂 Everything is relative. 

[kiwimum]

Pre Covid we did several one way cruises from San Diego to Honolulu on Celebrity.   The big issue was you checked in at San Diego and transported to Ensenada.   Honolulu disembarked in Ensenada and bused to San Diego.   Not the greatest but it worked.

[ebeluga]

10 minutes ago, kiwimum said:

Pre Covid we did several one way cruises from San Diego to Honolulu on Celebrity.   The big issue was you checked in at San Diego and transported to Ensenada.   Honolulu disembarked in Ensenada and bused to San Diego.   Not the greatest but it worked.

How long is the ride from SD to Ensenada?

[kiwimum]

4 minutes ago, ebeluga said:

How long is the ride from SD to Ensenada?

Couple of hours if the bus did not get lost.   The border crossing was under construction for years but now has many more southbound lanes open.  Buses used the toll road to Ensenada.

[JimmyVWine]

9 hours ago, DCThunder said:

Even the QM2 doesn't go back and forth across the North Atlantic all year long. True New York to Southampton sailings happen relatively infrequently.

Trans-Atlantics are not profitable enough. Can’t sell excursions unless the itinerary adds multiple ports. And when that happens, the itinerary becomes 10-11 days or more and that defeats the purpose of the transportation aspect of the crossing. When the QE2 was doing very regular, year-round crossings, (I think it was the last ship to really do that), the sailings were 5 days long from NY to Southampton and 6 days in the other direction. People wanting to use a ship for transportation were willing to handle that, but the trips were bare bones and wouldn’t make a cruise line any money now. And when the itinerary gets bumped up to 11 days, it stops being transportation and becomes a North Atlantic “cruise”. Not much call for that. 

[sunviking90]

2 hours ago, Coral said:

It is nicer than where I live 🙂 Everything is relative. 

Are you sure? It’s dark and grey and wet, and the wet cold goes through to your bones. 🥶 

Edited August 3 by sunviking90

[Mara4166]

12 hours ago, 1025cruise said:

Look at Cunard.

we seriously looked at that option since we could do b2b2b with the Caribbean in the middle.  Although we like Princess formal night and dressing for dinner, Cunard takes it a bit too far for us.  DH likes nice trousers and Hawaiian shirt for casual evenings, which is way too casual for Cunard.

[Cathygh]

3 hours ago, Mara4166 said:

we seriously looked at that option since we could do b2b2b with the Caribbean in the middle.  Although we like Princess formal night and dressing for dinner, Cunard takes it a bit too far for us.  DH likes nice trousers and Hawaiian shirt for casual evenings, which is way too casual for Cunard.

I think if he drops the Hawaiian themed shirt and has something plainer he would be ok on Cunard, and for formal nights you an eat elsewhere on board where you won't need to dress up. 

[Mara4166]

Just now, Cathygh said:

I think if he drops the Hawaiian themed shirt and has something plainer he would be ok on Cunard, and for formal nights you an eat elsewhere on board where you won't need to dress up. 

He likes his Hawaiian shirts too much.  On formal nights he is happy in a tux on Princess and would be on Cunard, but we do not want to feel underdressed (or in the bottom 20%) without a long sleeve shirt, tie or jacket on a casual night.  
We like the more relaxed cruising on Princess -although we wish they would enforce the dress code in the MDR on formal and casual nights.

[dockman]

 I would like to see more tahiti and south pac cruises to/from hnl,,,

[Desert Cruisers]

6 hours ago, Mara4166 said:

He likes his Hawaiian shirts too much.  On formal nights he is happy in a tux on Princess and would be on Cunard, but we do not want to feel underdressed (or in the bottom 20%) without a long sleeve shirt, tie or jacket on a casual night.  
We like the more relaxed cruising on Princess -although we wish they would enforce the dress code in the MDR on formal and casual nights.

For non-formal nights on Cunard, jacket and tie optional.  Collared shirt required but it doesn't have to be long-sleeved. 

[Globaler]

13 hours ago, JimmyVWine said:

Trans-Atlantics are not profitable enough. Can’t sell excursions unless the itinerary adds multiple ports. And when that happens, the itinerary becomes 10-11 days or more and that defeats the purpose of the transportation aspect of the crossing. When the QE2 was doing very regular, year-round crossings, (I think it was the last ship to really do that), the sailings were 5 days long from NY to Southampton and 6 days in the other direction. People wanting to use a ship for transportation were willing to handle that, but the trips were bare bones and wouldn’t make a cruise line any money now. And when the itinerary gets bumped up to 11 days, it stops being transportation and becomes a North Atlantic “cruise”. Not much call for that. 

I like the 14 day crossings with stops along the way! We are doing a 2 week over in April and then a 15 day July home with 3 months in between in Europe.

[DCThunder]

13 hours ago, JimmyVWine said:

Trans-Atlantics are not profitable enough. Can’t sell excursions unless the itinerary adds multiple ports. And when that happens, the itinerary becomes 10-11 days or more and that defeats the purpose of the transportation aspect of the crossing. When the QE2 was doing very regular, year-round crossings, (I think it was the last ship to really do that), the sailings were 5 days long from NY to Southampton and 6 days in the other direction. People wanting to use a ship for transportation were willing to handle that, but the trips were bare bones and wouldn’t make a cruise line any money now. And when the itinerary gets bumped up to 11 days, it stops being transportation and becomes a North Atlantic “cruise”. Not much call for that. 

There is also the fact that most recent cruise ships are not built for traversing the North Atlantic during the winter season.  And most passengers do not want to sail in the potentially very rough seas encountered on the route from NYC to Southampton during the winter.  I think QM2 does a Christmastime crossing/roundtrip, but she was built for those conditions and people booking that trip know what they're getting into weatherwise.

 

And there's really little demand for longer than 7-10 day cruises, whether across the Atlantic or Pacific.  If there were, the cruise lines would schedule many more of them.