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Long Line-ups/Princess
Just a warning to future Princess Cruisers. I just came back from a
European cruise on the Golden with 9 ports visited. The ship is great as is the service but their boarding at the end of a day is horrendous.I stood in line for up to an hour. It wasn't a huge deal for me because I'm young but I was very upset to see elderly people barely able to stand 10 min. let alone an hour trying to stay on their feet without passing out. A large percentage of the passengers were elderly and they really had a hard time of it. In one case there was only one entrance to the ship for all 2500 of us (not including staff off duty) Ridiculas! If you are elderly and not capable of standing for these durations, I highly encourage you to make contact with Princess to possibly make arrangements for a speedier boarding. I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just prepare you. Where there's a will there's a way! -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Darlene Hinton wrote: Just a warning to future Princess Cruisers. I just came back from a European cruise on the Golden with 9 ports visited. The ship is great as is the service but their boarding at the end of a day is horrendous.I stood in line for up to an hour. It wasn't a huge deal for me because I'm young but I was very upset to see elderly people barely able to stand 10 min. let alone an hour trying to stay on their feet without passing out. A large percentage of the passengers were elderly and they really had a hard time of it. In one case there was only one entrance to the ship for all 2500 of us (not including staff off duty) Ridiculas! If you are elderly and not capable of standing for these durations, I highly encourage you to make contact with Princess to possibly make arrangements for a speedier boarding. I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just prepare you. Where there's a will there's a way! Why was there such a long wait to board the ship? sue |
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"Darlene Hinton" partially wrote in message news:84a5b0160362880b9cd951b07b4745b3.51473@mygate .mailgate.org... In one case there was only one entrance to the ship for all 2500 of us (not including staff off duty) Ridiculas! Been on nine cruises with RCCL and never had to wait more than 10 minutes to get back on. Tendering is a different story. BTW, all of them had only one way off, one way one. Even with 6 passengers boarding a minute, that would make 360 an hour. That would be one long line to stand in. Jeff |
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Isn't this the case with all ships...one hatch open for passengers? The
larger the ship, with everybody returning at the last minute to board before the ship leaves will make for lines. We've seen it in Key West, Costa Maya, St. Martin, and almost every other port we've been to. The larger the ship, the longer the line. Personally, I want them to go through one by one so that nobody who doesn't belong can't slip in. I'm all for older people travelling, but where do you draw the line? People who can't stand up for 10 min. might be better off in a wheelchair. They can still enjoy life from that perspective. Mark T. "Darlene Hinton" wrote in message news:84a5b0160362880b9cd951b07b4745b3.51473@mygate .mailgate.org... Just a warning to future Princess Cruisers. I just came back from a European cruise on the Golden with 9 ports visited. The ship is great as is the service but their boarding at the end of a day is horrendous.I stood in line for up to an hour. It wasn't a huge deal for me because I'm young but I was very upset to see elderly people barely able to stand 10 min. let alone an hour trying to stay on their feet without passing out. A large percentage of the passengers were elderly and they really had a hard time of it. In one case there was only one entrance to the ship for all 2500 of us (not including staff off duty) Ridiculas! If you are elderly and not capable of standing for these durations, I highly encourage you to make contact with Princess to possibly make arrangements for a speedier boarding. I'm not trying to discourage anyone, just prepare you. Where there's a will there's a way! -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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In article .com,
MarkT wrote: Isn't this the case with all ships...one hatch open for passengers? The larger the ship, with everybody returning at the last minute to board before the ship leaves will make for lines. We've seen it in Key West, Costa Maya, St. Martin, and almost every other port we've been to. All Princess cruises I have been on except the old Pacific Princess had two gangways open for passengers. Never had any long lines on Princess but I don't return at the last minute. I wonder if were they doing more security on this cruise since it was European than they do in the Caribbean? -- Charles |
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We cruised the Golden Med cruise last May & had -0- wait time to
reboard from excursions. 2 gangways were open & most chose the front one & we walked to the back & just walked right on....... Charles wrote in message id... In article .com, MarkT wrote: Isn't this the case with all ships...one hatch open for passengers? The larger the ship, with everybody returning at the last minute to board before the ship leaves will make for lines. We've seen it in Key West, Costa Maya, St. Martin, and almost every other port we've been to. All Princess cruises I have been on except the old Pacific Princess had two gangways open for passengers. Never had any long lines on Princess but I don't return at the last minute. I wonder if were they doing more security on this cruise since it was European than they do in the Caribbean? |
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