Princess Chatter

"The line has also canceled a 16-night transatlantic sailing from Southampton, England, to Fort Lauderdale scheduled from Oct. 20, 2025, to Nov. 5, 2025."

"The new inaugural sailing will be followed by two more new voyages: A seven-night Mediterranean trip scheduled for Oct. 15, 2025, and a 14-night transatlantic trip scheduled for Oct. 22, 2025."

https://thepointsguy.com/news/star-princess-cruise-ship-delay/

"Cancellation fees
As part of the change, cancellation fees – for all bookings for sailings starting July 1, 2024 – will be assessed on the amount of the adverted price, excluding the government taxes and fees.

As an example, if the advertised price is $849 and that includes government taxes and fees of $50, the cancellation fee will be assessed on the amount of $799."

"Travel advisor commission breakdown
In all travel advisor disclosures, the Carnival Corp. brands will provide a full breakout of the pricing to document the portion that is commissionable.

The company provided an example of the new travel advisor disclosure.

Advertised Price:                                      $849
Non-Commission Fare (NCF):                    $119
Government Taxes & Fees:                         $50
Required Cruise Fees & Expenses:           $100
Commissionable Cruise Fare:                 $580"

https://www.travelmarketreport.com/Cruise/articles/Carnival-Corp-Changes-Advertised-Pricing-Policy-Cancellation-Fee-Structure-to-Comply-with-Calif-Law

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says "plans are afoot to have discussions with Princess Cruises, another major player under their umbrella, regarding further collaboration.”

https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/04/bartlett-leads-jamaicas-cruise-tourism-growth-with-major-cruise-lines/

"Throughout the 2023/2024 cruise season, Princess Cruises had four ships sailing in Australia, Royal Princess, Grand Princess, Majestic Princess, and Coral Princess. The ships have a capacity of 3600, 2610, 3560 and 2000. However, next season Princess will operate only three ships in Australia, Royal Princess, Diamond Princess, and Crown Princess. These ships can carry 2670 and 3080 passengers respectively. Then there will be another reshuffle for 2025/2026, with Discovery Princess entering the mix. it has a capacity of 3660. Meanwhile, Australia will see Crown Princess remaining and Grand Princess returning."

https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/cruise-lines-cut-ships-to-australia-despite-demand-boom/

"Princess Cruises and ship builder Fincantieri today announced what they said was a mutual decision to postpone the delivery of the Star Princess, a sister ship to the Sun Princess (pictured above) that was delivered earlier this year.

Following a comprehensive review of the remaining construction milestones, both parties have elected to adjust the ship’s delivery date from July 29, 2025 to September 26, 2025, which will result in the cancellation of the nine inaugural sailings."

https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/04/princess-and-fincantieri-to-delay-star-princess-delivery/

"A Royal-class cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises sailed in to Darwin today on her maiden voyage to our tropical city, bringing more than 3,500 passengers for a one day stopover.

The Royal Princess is the largest ship to grace our shores this cruise season with her visit estimated to contribute between $1.5 to $2 million in direct spend in Darwin’s CBD."

https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/darwin-welcomes-over-3-500-royal-princess-passengers/

A new California consumer protection law that go into effect on July 1, 2024 will require an advertised price to include port taxes, fees, and taxes.

Because of this, five of Carnival’s cruise lines have elected to include ALL the current taxes, fees and port expenses into the advertised price of a cruise.  They are:

    Princess Cruises
    Carnival Cruise Line
    Holland America Line
    Costa Cruises
    Cunard North America

https://cruisefever.net/5-of-carnivals-cruise-lines-changing-how-prices-are-advertised/

"Travel advisors should be aware that the purchase of cruise line tours of Princess Cruise Line, Holland America Line, and Seabourn Cruise Line products made prior to April 4, 2024 shall continue to be protected under the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program," said Terry Dale, USTOA president and CEO. "Client deposits and payments thereafter will not be covered by the USTOA program."

https://www.travelmarketreport.com/Cruise/articles/Holland-America-Group-Resigns-USTOA-Membership