r/PrincessCruises

We are from an Asian country, where skimpy bikinis are often considered lewd and unsightly. But often times when we’re on vacation, far from anyone we know, we would prefer to let loose a bit.

So here comes the question: if a lady wears a skimpy bikini in the Enclave spa (which we are assuming is an all-adult area), would it be frowned upon by other cruisers?

And taking it one step further, what if she was topless? Would people generally mind? Within the confines of the Enclave of course.

Hello everyone! I'm going on an enchanted princess cruise and was wondering if anyone has explored the ports without booking excursions through the cruise line?

I'm sailing from Civitavecchia, Salerno, Santorini, Kusadasi, and Katakolon. I was lucky enough to book an affordable excursion with GetYourGuide for Kusadasi (Turkey), as the ship's options were quite expensive. Unfortunately, GetYourGuide is fully booked for both Salerno and Santorini.

Does anyone have tips on how to get to Fira in Santorini and to the Amalfi Coast from Salerno on our own?"

Going on a Princess cruise for the first time this December. My husband and I and our three young adult children. Total party of 5. We are sailing on the Sky Princess.

We have cruised before and enjoyed having a set dining time, but I have some questions about that. If we choose a set dining time, will they put us at a table with other people? I don’t think my husband would like that. If we choose the later dining time, would we still be able to make it to the main stage shows? Those are also a big priority for us.

Hey. I’m going on my first cruise ever! On the Princess Ruby to Alaska for 10 days in Aug 2026. I’m going with a group and it was booked through a travel agent. I didn’t do any of the planning or research. We got the package Plus 65. But from reading some posts on here it sounds like I should still tip. I don’t know who to tip or how much. I’m not a stingy person so I want to know all the ins and outs of tipping and any other tips people can offer for a first time cruiser. Thank you so much.

We will be flying into Vancouver the morning of our cruise next month, and our flight is continually be changed to an earlier time...it's now arriving at ~7:45am and we don't board until early afternoon. Do we have any options for storing luggage anywhere either at the port or a nearby hotel? I wasn't able to find much information online so I thought I'd see if anybody here had any experience with this, cheers!

Hi everyone, in a couple weeks im going on my first alaskan cruse with princess! Something ive been concerned about was internet. I dont intent to really use it all to much but im concerned that I wont have any connection at all. I wanted to see whats the difference of having the wifi package on board vs without as well as if I should just go through my phone provider for a international plan.

I have the premier package, so I booked 4 out of the 7 nights in specialty dining, but I didn't think to book anything for the other nights. When I look at the app, the only slots available are for 9 pm. It does say that walk-ins are welcome, but I am just curious if I shot myself in the foot by not booking regular dining for the 3 other days, or if I really can just walk in.

I haven't been on a cruise on my own before. Ie, where I was in control of planning, so apologies if this is a dumb question.

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I would have never thought I would write that title. But here we are.

So my wife and I were on our 5th cruise. Our first with Princess. We had done 3 with Holland and one with Carnival before that. Two to Alaska, one to Mexico, and one to Hawaii. The first one was to Alaska in 2011. The rest were in 2024 and 2025.

The Hawaii one was with Carnival in Feb 2025. We really loved the trip. Not so much Carnival. So booked another Hawaii cruise, but this time with Princess. Almost the same itinerary, but instead of 14 days it would be 16.

We booked the Ruby Princess. 16 Days out of San Francisco. Jan 29 to Feb 14. We were psyched.

Picked an inside cabin. R741. Aft. Second cabin from the back. You would walk up some stairs and you were at the aft pool and you had a great view. Who needs a balcony with that so close?

I liked the location, but there was one small problem.

There was a pump or some kind of noise in the pipes coming from the bathroom. Loud enough you could hear it with the door closed. I could hear hit when walking outside the room. It was not a consistent sound. It would get quieter, then louder. So it was not white noise that your brain could just ignore. Because the volume and tempo of the noise would keep changing.

It did not start until the 2nd sea day. But it would not fully stop. Maybe it would stop for hours but take a shower or flush the toilet and it would return. I think I might have heard it on embarkation day, but it went away before sail away.

I called Guest Services and explained the issue. They said they would send someone.

I never heard back.

The noise affected my ability to sleep. My wife had noise canceling headphones and earbuds. Somehow, she was able to fall asleep with those on. Not me. I cannot sleep with those in my ears.

I found a few hacks. I could turn the water on just the slightest and it would sometimes stop. Or once in a while, after a shower, it would go away for most of a day.

But it always returned.

I called again one day when our toilet would not flush. The toilet was fixed, the noise never was.

By day 11, I gave up. I had reported it and heard nothing back. Then Princess left a NPS survey to fill out. Give a score and comments. I was not a happy camper. Gave a 3 and explained why. Explained I had given up since they had ignored my issues and never even left me a note.

Strangely enough, after I dropped off the survey the night before, when we got back to our room that night there was no noise! It was fixed finally! I slept until after 9 AM when we were called by Guest Services. The Hotel Manager was outside and wanted to talk. I said come back in 30 minutes becuase we were not dressed. We both took a shower and that damned noise came back. It was NOT fixed. It just gave me a one night reprieve. I was twitchy from the sleep deprivation. I was not in a good state of mind.

We were moved to a Balcony more midships after talking to the Hotel Manager. He heard the noise in our room. They apologized.

I was happy not to have the noise and the balcony was nice for the last 5 days of our cruise. But it was too late. To top it off, we missed one of the Hawaiian ports, Kona, due to the sea state and Kona is a tender port. We missed the port. I was going to hit a couple of beaches to snorkel. I had purchased a snorkel set just for this cruise and did not get to use it. Sucks but can happen. Coupled with the noise and <insert silent screams>.

So be the Karen. Complain every day. Do not feel like you reported it once and that is enough. Go to Guest Services and report it. I know that doing that is not being a Karen, but I feel like it is to complain over and over. But they never contacted me until I submitted that NPS survey.

Do not be like me. Thinking that one report, or two, is enough. If it is impacting your cruise, report it over and over until you get a response. Even if you do not like the response, at least get one. Do not give up as I did. I would have been perfectly happy if they had just fixed the noise. I really liked the location.

I am not sure what I will do now in regard to another cruise. I was planning on a second cruise in 2026 in the fall. That is not happening. I am in tenative plans to do a land trip to Alaska in 2027. Strangely enough, I want to visit Whittier for the 26 Glaciers Cruises and Seward for Kenai Fjords. We will visit two of the cruise ship ports but not on a cruise ship. But no southbound cruise to Vancouver from Whittier as we did in 2024. Just a trip to Alaska and driving by car. Denali, Whittier, Seward. Sounds like a winner.

Our next Hawaiian trip will be by plane. One island for at least a week. But I am not sure when that will happen. Maybe 2028.

Will I cruise again? I hope so. My parents have cruised a bunch. We have never gone together. I would like to go with them. They are winding down as they get older, so the opportunities are becoming fewer.

Is it worth it? Seems like only one casual dining venue on the Ruby? We do need Internet but only for one device. Hubby doesn’t drink- I do but not excessively. Wish I could just do one person since we only need one Internet (due to hubby’s work) and only I drink. We also have a 9 year old with us but I know it wouldn’t apply to her. I’m too tired to figure out of this is worth it but I’m leaning to not?

Anyone use the thermal suite on Emerald recently? Does it have heated loungers? I'm assuming it does not have a hot tub.

Some of the older reviews I've seen are not great....

We’re going on a long cruise (50) days in October on the Island Princess. We have Premium package so we could eat in Sabatino’s or the Crown Grill whenever we want. But obviously we’ll also eat in the MDR also, we don’t know our schedule yet, time of shows, may eat in the ports, etc. suggestions on booking or not?

With the drink packages, how do you know when you are close to hitting the 15 drink max? Thanks!

The short of it: Has anybody been successful in getting more than 250$ reimbursed for lost luggage (from Princess), and how did you go about it?

An entire bag of items purchased from the onboard gift shop was lost on a B2B room transfer... and the amount they are willing to reimburse is less than half of the receipt from the gift shop (which they acknowledge as still having on file, and was submitted with the lost luggage form), since the carriage contract only covers up to 250$ for lost luggage. There was a handful of personal items tossed on top, for which I don't have receipts, nor expected reimbursement.

For people unfamiliar with a B2B with a room change process, the instructions are (basically) to pack up any smaller personal belongings and put them near the door/closet area, and hang up your clothes. A team will come in during turnover and move it all over for you. You are not "supposed" to handle your own luggage (and the front deck discourages it)... which means you are quasi-forced into relying on their services. All the other bags made it through, and a photo I took it it all shows that the lost bag was placed in the middle of the other bags.

The phrasing from the claims officer indicates they find the matter settled with a 250$ cash reimbursement, on over 500$ worth of receipted goods purchased from the ship; at a minimum, I would have expected ~500$OBC to cover the lost goods from the ship... purchased with OBC.

I know the usual advice is "book early for the best deals". That advice is good for popular dates but not always.

Planning a Nov 2026 cruise on the Sun. Pre thanksgiving so it's low season. I tracked these dates last year and the last minute pricing a few weeks before the cruise was very good.

I'm holding off booking for now. I'm not going to wait until super last minute but would still like to see when the next price drop might happen. I'm monitoring on CruisePlum FWIW.

Anybody who watches pricing closer than me have any sense when Princess starts discounting these late fall itineraries?

I think I tried private internet access but didn’t work. Work requires my address comes from a US endpoint so I’m just looking to get “back home” so to speak.

Husband and I are going on a 10 day sea/land cruise to Alaska via Grand. We will be visiting family before so we will be gone 14 days. We just discovered we don’t really have 14 days worth of clothes without having to wash clothes. Is laundry service an option? Thank you in advance!

We sail on May 23rd and I put in a bid for a cabin upgrade. In your experience, how close to the departure date have you been notified that they accepted your bid?

My husband and I are doing our first Alaskan cruise in a few weeks and it's also our first time on Princess. We've only done the Caribbean in the past. The late embarking in Vancouver is throwing me a bit. The earliest boarding time option is 4:00 pm. Does the ship really board that late?

I understand that due to the tides, the ship leaves late but boarding that late is making me anxious. We are flying in the night before and have our hotel room booked but checkout is 11 am. What do people do for those 4 hours? I know Vancouver is beautiful but I'm afraid I am going to be too stressed to enjoy it.

I'm hoping that I'm missing something.

P.s. I'm only stressed until I get in the ship. I promise ❤️