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0:00 Welcome to Today’s Video
0:38 Disembarkation Thoughts from last week’s New England Cruise
7:47 Jamaica Health Alert
8:25 Passport Requirements Discussion
11:39 EU Travel Authorization Update
13:45 Princess Casual Dining Update Requests
15:21 Exciting HAL & Azamara Cruise Announcements
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31 Comments
Get a passport. Mailed my renewal on March 15th to Philadelphia and received my passport on June 1st
If there is a government shutdown who knows how long it will take to get your new passport
Why pay for pizza when you get it free on the pool deck
Our cruise two years ago to Alaska, last week in September, was a horrid disaster with rough seas the whole time, a late departure from Seattle, and all but one port call canceled. No matter the savings, I would never do it again. I'd rather go somewhere else with better odds and do Alaska no later than first week in September.
LOL, all these new fangled weather phrases. 'Bomb Cyclone' We just call it wet, west coast Fall weather. Totally normal here!
Did Princess just increase their Plus Package to $65 per day. I just received a mailing indicating that. If I am not mistaken, it was $60 per day when I recently booked.
I saw Majestic Princess arrive in Vancouver this morning around 11am. Wasn't scheduled until tomorrow. Currently both Royal and Majestic princess are at Canada Place.
This may be a good time to renew your passport (assuming the gov't doesn't shut down). I sent it in on 8/20/2023 and had it on 9/2/203, regular service. I suspect it's the summer travel rush that creates the backlog.
On the Emerald now, and yes we arrived to Boston 2 hours early this morning and missed Rhode Island yesterday. Still rainy, but I was glad to sit still at port after a very rough day at sea and the horn blowing thru fog for hours into the night.
My brother just received his passport renewal in less than 8 weeks.
One of my nieces expedited her passport in May because she heard that it was taking a long time. She had it back in 10 days. My sister renewed hers in August (not expedited or any special processing) and had it back in 3 weeks. Another niece and her husband just got their passports renewed (not expedited or any special processing) and it took 3.5 weeks.
I have some videos in Norway. We were just there! Maybe you are going to some of the same ports. Shirley’s Journeys.
Welcome home! I am wishing you ALL the 🍀 in seeing the northern lights-they are magnificent! Either way have a spectacular trip!!!
My late hubby & I did the Norway cruise up to the artic Circle from South Hampton. This October, we will be sailing in Alaska from the 11th -the 28th on the Sun & Bliss back to back from Seattle. We are so excited! Love your videos! god bless you!
We are sailing on October 21-28th on the Bliss from Seattle.
A renewal will go out this week for a 1/28/24 cruise. will be 5 months before expires . some say no need others say renew . so error on the side of caution. will see. worst case cant board cause no passport.
We got my nephew a passport earlier this year for our recent trip. Applied in Feb and had it back by the end of April. (About 11 weeks total). My dad renewed his at the same time and it took just as long. We didn’t need them until August. I wonder if certain areas aren’t as backed up as others. We’re in the Boston area.
Azamara cruises sound interesting. I can’t wait to retire (in 2 years) so I take some long cruises.
We mailed our passports for regular/non-expedited renewal on May 30, 2023. It took one week for our renewal to show up on the State Dept. website. We received our new passports on August 29 – TWELVE weeks in processing, 13 weeks from the time we mailed the renewals. We have NOT received back our old passports that have records of our amazing travels in the past decade… yet🤞
Thank you I was considering a late cruise to Alaska. I don’t think I would.
I renewed mine middle of August and had it back the middle of September. Regular service, they had quoted me 10-13 weeks
Princess needs to rethink its casual dining charge. I think both the 14.99 activation charge and for Alfredo’s is a bit much.
We all learn the hard way.
On embarkation day we would got to Alfredo's for lunch. Not going to happen , because the plus packages are not a big advantage to us.
FYI-We are on Caribbean princess New England cruise right after your Emerald cruise. Concerning the old Princess plus and new plus. We made our reservations before the Dec 14, 2022. We kept checking before cruise and was told by TA we had new plus and Princess website said no, but either way info was not clear. Anyway on ship we finally found out we had the new Princess Plus with casual dining and such. Nice surprise but I was prepared not to have it as not a big deal. Just wondered how often this happened. For certain info was never totally clear.. Having a great time with good weather also! Joe
I would not pay for pizza at Alfredo's even though I do love their pizza. We don't usually get a package so I would also go for the free pizza on the Lido deck – it is really good pizza also.
How much is that Holland Japan Cruise?
My husband sent in for renewal passport 15 weeks ago. We are still waiting. 😢
We just renewed passports doing all things you said. It took 7 weeks. But it cost almost $220 for each of us. 🤦🏻♀️
We do plan on going to casual dining but we have the pakages but would probably not if we did not have
I have seen several media reports accurately describing what is not a Visa for visiting Europe. Hopefully folks realize that there are reliable media sources.
We renewed our passports this summer. Our applications were received and into the system on June 13th. They arrived in our mailbox on August 15th. That works out to 10 weeks. We were surprised we got them so early. This WAS a renewal though…so maybe that makes a difference from a first-time application.
We're traveling next year, in June, with family who do not have passports…so your video was a reminder to me to let them know not to wait too long to get their applications going.