Need Advice on Leaving a Princess Cruise mid cruise
Feb 8, 2016, 12:01 am
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Need Advice on Leaving a Princess Cruise mid cruise
I need some expert advice. I booked a 10 day ( and paid for it) and now I have a family issue that requires me back after 7 days. I know I can apply for a deviation but it can be denied. Any ideas on how to get the change approved? other strategies?
Feb 8, 2016, 12:52 am
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Call/write Princess customer service and tell them. As long as your departure mid cruise doesn't contravene the PVSA (e.g., embarking at a U.S. port and disembarking at another U.S. port), and you're willing to pony up the gratuities due among other things, it should be no problem.
Saw quite a few people getting off a Princess cruise at Victoria, BC (coming up from California) rather than continue to Vancouver only to be booted off the next morning.
Saw quite a few people getting off a Princess cruise at Victoria, BC (coming up from California) rather than continue to Vancouver only to be booted off the next morning.
Feb 8, 2016, 1:03 am
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They can't really prevent you from leaving the ship. There might be customs issues if you leave in a foreign country, though, requiring inspection of your baggage which would not routinely be available.
Feb 8, 2016, 7:47 am
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It also depends on your itinerary and cabotage laws. You will not get any money back from the cruise line as Princess sold it as a 10 day cruise. if its an Alaska cruise and you boarded in Seward and want to get off early in Kethcikan that would be forbidden due to Jones Act. The only way they would let you disembark is due to medical emergency.
What is the itinerary?
What is the itinerary?
Feb 8, 2016, 7:55 am
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Cabotage and Jones Act all prevent the sale and thus marketing of the tickets for certain routes. Nobody can prevent you from disembarking other than for safety or security reasons, e.g., they can prevent you from diving off the ship or they may even skip a scheduled stop if it's unsafe.
You may face Customs and other issues depending on where you boarded and where you disembark, but in the end, if you want off, you get off.
For those reasons, the cruise line will facilitate your effort.
You may face Customs and other issues depending on where you boarded and where you disembark, but in the end, if you want off, you get off.
For those reasons, the cruise line will facilitate your effort.
Feb 8, 2016, 8:26 am
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For arguements sake if this is an Alaska itinerary and he says he wants to get off before the ship arrives in Canada, Princess will NOT allow this. They would be fined, heavily, if they did. In any case Pincess will not refund any money for the unused 3 days. Why would they, they could have sold that cabin to someone else for the full 10 day cruise. I am speaking from personal experience.
Feb 8, 2016, 8:43 am
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Years ago I took a Princess cruise and decided that I wanted to leave the ship for 3 days mid-cruise. I called Princess directly and (after making sure that my plans would not break any cabotage-type laws) they sent me a form to fill out and fax back to them. Unless things have changed recently, you should be fine (again, assuming your plans don't involve cabotage or PVSA issues).
Feb 8, 2016, 9:28 am
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Two years ago, we boarded the Celebrity Reflection in Rome and downlined in Athens after 8 days. (itinerary for days 9-11 did not interest us) Celebrity granted permission without hassle at T-30 days. Upon dismbarkation, we immediately cabbed to the airport and flew to Berlin.
Feb 9, 2016, 9:14 am
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Ship Deck Plans--including crew areas
I'm a bestselling writer and my current novel involves a cruise ship mystery. I am a frequent cruiser and know ships well, but I now need a deck plan that shows crew areas so my crew characters can move about in an accurate way.
(I'm a stickler for accurate details.)
Can't find any such thing online, so far, for obvious security reasons. Any modern cruise ship will do, name doesn't matter. Ideas?
(I'm a stickler for accurate details.)
Can't find any such thing online, so far, for obvious security reasons. Any modern cruise ship will do, name doesn't matter. Ideas?
Feb 9, 2016, 1:42 pm
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I'm a bestselling writer and my current novel involves a cruise ship mystery. I am a frequent cruiser and know ships well, but I now need a deck plan that shows crew areas so my crew characters can move about in an accurate way.
(I'm a stickler for accurate details.)
Can't find any such thing online, so far, for obvious security reasons. Any modern cruise ship will do, name doesn't matter. Ideas?
(I'm a stickler for accurate details.)
Can't find any such thing online, so far, for obvious security reasons. Any modern cruise ship will do, name doesn't matter. Ideas?
Feb 9, 2016, 6:48 pm
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For arguements sake if this is an Alaska itinerary and he says he wants to get off before the ship arrives in Canada, Princess will NOT allow this. They would be fined, heavily, if they did. In any case Pincess will not refund any money for the unused 3 days. Why would they, they could have sold that cabin to someone else for the full 10 day cruise. I am speaking from personal experience.
Feb 15, 2016, 12:21 am
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Jones pertains to freight/cargo. PVSA (Passenger Vessel Services Act) pertains to passenger transportation. Both have the same effect (though PVSA says no U.S.-U.S. transportation without a "distant foreign port" destination).
Feb 16, 2016, 9:31 am
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In the same train of thought, apologies if this seems like an attempt to "hijack" this thread but...What happens to those people on shore excursions who literally miss the boat and it departs? I'm assuming the cruise line has no liability but what happens to those people? Do they just have to fly home? How about the things left in their cabin?