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CRUISE NEWS! Huge News Southeast Asia 2025-26 Season! MSC Expands For Families | Princess Hotels
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- VIDEO CHAPTERS - Wednesday, May 29, 2024
0:00 Welcome to Today's Video
0:56 Princess Announces Exciting News for 2025-2026 Southeast Asia Season
4:13 MSC Increases Family & Children Cruise Offerings
8:12 Princess Hotels
12:43 Do You Prefer Princess or Holland America?
14:17 Booking the Wrong Flight Destination?
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We did a 10 day Japan cruise and then added another 10 days to do a land component too. The cruise was great and the Diamond Princess, although an older ship, was really comfortable and everything worked well. I would definitely add a few day land only pre or post cruise to see Tokyo and other cities and towns. The best holiday I’ve ever had.
I just did a 14 night circumnavigation of Japan on Holland America’s Westerdam. Sailed from Yokohama on March 30. It was an amazing experience and one of my most memorable cruises. I’m retiring in early 2026!!! So I would definitely like to go back to Japan and I would be be interested in doing a cruise again, We all know that cruising is the best way to travel! So if you decide to do a group cruise, please mention it in your videos, I’m in!
Yes to Japan
Love your Spring colors Allison !
Group cruise to Japan and Korea sounds great!
MSC is the place for children
Friends lived in Canada. St John”s NF. They had so many relatives who booked St John NS. Instead lucky easy fix by plane or ferry😂
We love both Princess and Holland America. BB Kings on Holland is outstanding!!!
Iam hoping MSC do well for kids and then Princess can get back to its Original market ...😊
Japan sounds great.
Had our first cruise on MSC last month - a transatlantic - and absolutely loved it.
We are interested in 2026 Asia cruise. Please keep us posted on what you decide.
We have sailed on both and we really like both. Each have their things That I like. Princess for us is the self laundry and Holland the served food in the buffet. Each had GREAT entertainment along with their amenities. Food was great and unique to each line. The staff is so wonderful on both lines that would be hard to choose which one we like the most. Right now we are working our way to Platinum with Princess and hope to restart working on Mariner Society Amenities. Safe Travels.
That 25-day fall foliage Japan and SE Asia tour sounds fabulous. If only there were transpacifics to get me there and back. I HATE to fly - and the thought of those long flights ... ugh.
We are cruising to Antarctica on January 21st and Princess Hotel is booked. I like hearing your explanation, we like to get to the ship early.
The Antarctica cruise by Princess is outstanding! I went this January and just loved it!
If someone gives you a lemon, make lemonade and enjoy it!!!
Connie & Iove your upbeat and positive attitude. You always seem to make the best of whatever comes your way. On our recent Holland America Cruise to Australia & New Zealand, the pastor onboard talked about having an "attitude of gratitude", and we always try to have that. We like Holland America better for their smaller ships and better food, but like Princess as well. We have cruises booked on both well into 2026.
...also, one of the things I REALLY like about Holland ships is they all have a promenade deck that goes around the whole ship. Some of the newer Princess ships don't (Sky Princess, e.g.) I like to walk around the promenade deck every day to combat the extra calories available onboard
I dont think I would ever book the wrong destination
OK, in response to your invitation, we have sailed on the Diamond Princess in Japan on many cruises. Most recently we were on the Spring Flowers cruise this March which included ports in Kyushu and Busan, Korea. In August of 2023 we were on a Japan Festivals Cruise. In early 2023 we sailed on the first returned to Japan after COVID Cruise, also a Spring Flowers Cruise. In 2019 we experienced our first Spring Flowers Cruise. Prior to that we had sailed on a cruise that included ports in Hokkaido as well as the Russian Sakahlin Island. and on another that took us to Okinawa, Taiwan and Hong Kong before returning to Yokohama.
I jokingly refer to the Diamond Princess as our "Time Share" given the number of repeat cruises. Yes, we highly recommend any of the Japan cruises on the Diamond Princess though obviously our favorite time is during Spring Sakura (Cherry Blossom) time. On the most recent cruise I noticed an increased emphasis on Enrichment Programs. One I enjoyed particularly was about Japanese Wood Block Printing. There have always been opportunities to learn basic Japanese language skills, Japanese arts such as folk dances and even origami. On this year's cruise we invited friends to join us and it was their first cruise in Japan for all four couples - all said they could see why we have come back again and again.
When I had researched Japanese cherry blossoms, all ships seemed to be a week or more LATE for peak blossoms. Can anyone confirm that you saw the cherry blossoms when you were there and provide specific dates and cities for us to plan please?
@@nancyc1196 It varies each year within a window from late Mach to mid April. This year even though the peak was delayed to after the first week of April there were still some to see on our last week of March Spring Flowers cruise. Also you may catch them in varied ports since each part of Japan has a different start and end date.
No surprise since ports in Europe limiting ships and the demand in Asia so high. I wish that they would do the Tokyo to Singapore as a recurring trip instead of just for repositioning.
A few years ago, I cruised Asia from Singapore that included, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, ending in Hong Kong. I spent a few days in Hong Kong. Ha Long Bay was beautiful as we cruised by the islets in the evening with the moonlight behind. I have beautiful pictures. That was a fantastic cruise. The ports were so interesting and not offered on many cruises. Sadly, Hong Kong may not be quite the same. Thankfully, I've been there several times.
Welllll...thats a good reason to book princess ez air..harder to end up in the wrong place!😁😄😆
Love the flower print. It looks good on you. We have done both Princess and Holland America. We prefer Princess at this point but Holland America is a very close second. We'll be trying Holland America again to see if a different ship is better, but we love Princess.
You look just beautiful the colors very much suits you. Thank you for the great video. You and Gordon will enjoy Japan. Have a friend that lived there for 5 years and loved it. Have a great evening
If I ended up in the wrong place, I'd stay and make the best of it, and hope I'll be able to make it to the intended place again.
I was on a puddle jumper flight to Jamestown ND. That flight usually has 10 or fewer passengers. We were all talking to each other when a young woman from Brazil told us about her conference and hotel . It was clear she wasn’t going where we were going. Her conference was in Jamestown NY. The pilot left the takeoff line and took her back to the terminal and off loaded her luggage in hopes of getting her out to the right destination
Hello Allison love your pretty floral print very spring like. I always shop around for hotels before a cruise although we live close to the Terminal in Sydney we have stayed at the Four Seasons circular Quay great views you can walk to the Terminal.
I've done 11 cruises on HAL and 7 on Princess. Our last cruise was a 28 day cruise on the Zaandam on the Amazon River and it was the best cruise we've ever taken. There are things I like about both cruise lines--overall though I prefer Holland. The food has been better on Holland (especially the buffet) and I feel like there are more covered spaces on Holland from which you can enjoy sailing to cold weather places like Alaska, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, etc. Also--Holland usually has better enrichment lectures than Princess. However--I do love the medallion service on Princess and loved being able to order a drink anywhere I was (at least I did before you had to pay extra for this service). Princess has better entertainment--especially the game shows and the production shows in the main theater. I loved sitting in the Atrium on Princess--Holland's atrium is not really a gathering place. And of course there are the lovely pools on Princess ships for warm weather sailing--so many to choose from!
Thanks for the great information. You look beautiful in that floral blouse. It really enhances your red hair. Would love to do a cruise to Japan someday.
Thank you Allison & Gordon for a really nice program tonight. I especially like what you said about Athens. I’ve been watching y’all from Phoenix since covid lockdown. I always tune in to catch the latest on Princess (recently made Elite) and other cruise lines. You two are doing us a great service and are always very entertaining. Keep up the great work. God Bless You.
In Japan they had the airport transfer to hotel and the ship but no transfer after the cruise.
We cruise on both HAL and Princess. We like them both, but we give a slight edge to HAL.
In 2022 we priced out the Hilton Sydney and I got an Opera House/Bay Bridge Deluxe room at the Four Seasons for less money than the Princess price, including adjusting for the cost of transfers/car service. Bottom line: shop around and you may find something better.
I’ve read that MSC has always been a family cruise line in Europe. They are trying and succeeding in accommodating American cruisers. I watched an interview with MSC corporates and their goal is to be #1 choice in the American market. More and more MSC is getting noticed. These changes will give them another advantage to gain the American dollar. As you stated, one of the ways to do this is to keep the prices low and cater to children. They probably won’t get to #1 but they will climb much higher up the ladder as time goes on. I love MSC Yacht club. The PRICE, services, status matching perks, plus the perks that come with the YC keep me going back year after year. I hope you try them soon if you haven’t already.
Love their ships they just need to do better with their food
Embassy Suites in FLL with Princess pkg needs a lot of work. There is no rep at the hotel so we never knew what time our pickup would be..for the ship or the airport. I ended up getting my own taxi to the airport.
We prefer princess
Just returned from a wonderful cruise: 22 days Japan to Alaska. Embarked in Tokyo (Yokohama) and was in Japan 7 days-crossing the Pacific-plus Alaska 7 days! Fantastic itinerary, great Japanese ports - and great Alaska cruising college fjord, Hubbard Glacier, Glacier Bay, Sitka & Juneau. Saddest part was Royal Princess was not prepared or well stocked to make the journey. Food was for the most part like you, when you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel or forage through an old pantry to pull together a meal. Staff in the shops, restaurants, bars, arts&crafts, anywhere really, kept saying we will be able to pick up supplies when we get to Vancouver. Guess what?! We disembark the trip in Vancouver, so this was not encouraging to us. We paid full fare for a trip on a ship that was not fully supported. Yes, we were fed (from frozen food - can you say no fresh fruit or veggies?!), we participated in on board activities, and the ports were the star feature. But I'm sad to say I gave Princess an earful on the survey. Yes, we are blessed to travel and I shouldn't complain, but why not get fresh supplies along the way - Japan had them. Alaska had them. But No, Princess was under contract to get supplies in Vancouver. For once in a good while I do not have a Princess cruise in my future. Sorry to dump on your comments feed. On a good note - I can highly recommend Japan! And you can never go wrong visiting Alaska! 💟
Wow! I hope this doesn't happen when I cross from Seattle to Tokyo!? Things with cruising are getting very concerning!? How is that even a thing ...saying they'll restock in Vancouver!..It's a long crossing...for GOD'S SAKE!
My friend Dan was on the same sailing and he was not happy with the Royal Princess, he said the food was awful.
@@shellyreed8241 Seattle is a great port for Princess to pick up fresh supplies. I don't think you will have the same issue. My sailing had previously been in the New Zealand/Australian market and they are so, so, so restrictive about food supplies.
@@markt9805 It was! I don't see how they planned this sailing without picking up fresh food along the way.
We sailed the Diamond Princess 14 nights from Singapore to Tokyo in 2015. It was wonderful. Might be interested in a group cruise. Prices have increased so not sure.
We would love to go on your group cruise to 🇯🇵 Japan.. however, with the groups cruise to Antarctica and doing the Iguizu falls land extension, unless it is at the very end of 2026, not sure if we can swing the time off. But if you decided on 2027 it would be a definite yes
Hi Karen, I had that same thought of how much we are already spending in 2026!
Staying at the Mayfair Hotel in London pre cruise and the Courtyard by Marriott in Galveston post cruise. Both are Princess hotels
You have convinced us to book a Princess cruise, we have done 5, so is not like we don’t know the line, but we have been doing Celebrity lately!! Love your color clothes!
Princess vs Holland America. I find there are things that each of them do better. Disembarkation - Princess hands down. Some is by the ship. Captain Paul on the Volendam -- far and away the best at communicating, at taking responsibility, etc. Wait time on the phone is typically better on Holland America.
Princess all the way. In 30+years, they have never disappointed.
You look simply gorgeous. Out of approximately 50 cruises with various others cruise lines, I’ve cruised 38 on Princess so you know my answer.
Thank you Tom💕💕
MSC has positioned itself as a value-priced brand and is aggressively entering the North American market. MSC is in position to take market share primarily from Carnival that traditionally has been the value price leader in the U.S.
This is regarding MSC cruise
I ve been on 1 MSC cruise...and never again!...It was the worst cruise Ive ever been on ..ship was too many people versus staff...and the food was not good...but that seems to be a thing!😂
Love their ships they just need to do better with their food
Hamburgers should be made fresh
And quality food should be added to the dinner and lunch buffets
We have recently returned from a repositioning cruise Sydney to Yokohama on Royal Princess, which included 5 Japanese ports. Cruisers need to be aware that Princess did NOT communicate which port the ship was docking at in Yokohama until 2-3 days before arrival, which prevented guests pre-planning hotels, transport etc near the cruise port, and this added significant cost. Princess kept free shuttle options from the different ports secret, until pressured by guests at Guest Services. Also, Princess charged very high shuttle prices for each guest to get from the port to the town on a number of Japanese ports. It was not possible to walk from the ship to the town centres as too far. No information about these charges were given to guests until the day before! Not acceptable for cruisers budgeting their on-board expenses. Princess needs to up their game!
We were on the Royal from Sydney to Yokohama, and we agree about the lack of information about shuttle and transfers, not good enough. We can say the food on the most part was good on the Royal, and also you had the midday update given by the Captain most days. We transferred to the Diamond in Yokohama and found the food options no where near as good as the Royal. We enjoyed Japan and would consider doing another cruise there.
Dearest Allison,
I am concerned that you and Gordan might be overextending yourselves by cruising to Japan in 2026. Wouldn’t a group cruise to Japan during the 2027 cherry blossom season be delightful?
Girlfriend, I am teasing and being slightly selfish.
Just a hopeful wish.
One more thought, I would need to go to Australia. The Thornbirds miniseries and book have held my heart for decades.🫶