Princess Chatter

"They claimed they had to many people in the upper classification."
Ah, the pox of a successful promotion. Let's hope that Princess doesn't follow, but every indication is that cruises are moving to an a-la-carte sale structure. Bids for cabin 'upgrades' now have a base level for the offer, ie: last December we snagged a balcony 'upgrade' for $200pp. This year, it's a sliding scale, where the minimum bid is $370 'ish per person. For a blind upgrade. Yuck!

Agreed Rich. Elite doesn't carry much 'humph' anymore, eg: Priority Embarkation waiting area, free internet time, and a 3 day turnaround on laundry service. The 'new' structure is clearly pay to play, with epic charges for bundled packages. Clearly there is less resistance to consideration of other lines.

The Premiere reserved seating practice is abysmal. Many empty seats, and when they finally open up these seats 5 minutes before showtime, it's amusing to find people diving into the seats in an experience that reminds me of chuming the water on a fishing adventure.

It's pretty, but isn't fully functional. Much construction around the facility, and passengers are absolutely not allowed to walk on the pier to go to the empty terminal. (A March 28th visit had over a dozen buses idling on the pier while loading.. fumes were fairly awful.) Technically the facility is open, but inno way can it be said to be ready.

Very nice, but almost a certainly it's out of my price league.

That seems a little...  premium.

That's not really a negative. If they feel that their community is being ruined by too many passengers then it's a good move.

Wow, 1000 passengers. That's going to crimp the marketability of Bar Harbor for the cruise lines.