I've been reading about a new tour that Princess is going to offer- The Ultimate Ship's Tour. You'll be able to see the bridge again along with the ships engine control room & laundry facilities. They'll be charging some where around $100 per person. You'll even get to have canapés & a drink with the Capt. on the bridge. I guess the excuse of not touring the bridge wasn't a security reason after all.
Originally posted by Dave Beers: Wow! The tour really does include the laundry? You aren't just leading me on are you? I'd hate to get my hopes up.
It seems to be true. Do a search on "Ultimate Ships Tour" & you see where I was reading about it. There doesn't seem to be any end to the ways they can part you with you checkbook but I suppose there are some who value everything aboard the ship. Princess appears to be the leader with the innovative ideas for making a buck but at least it doesn't take anything away from me like the "reserved seating sections" of RCI.
None of it holds a lot of excitement for me, even when it was free. But I guess that might be true for a lot of former sailors. I don't care to see another engine room, bridge, galley, or laundry, even if it was free. As the Captain, I'd be offended to now be a revenue center for the shakedown of passengers.
That's what they have kind of been all along; this just really brings it home.
That is what I meant. It is now a direct sale as opposed to the past practices. They'd probably make more money if they sold seats to eat dinner with the Captain. Of course if he had to miss because of a problem, they could substitute the Staff Captain and offer a $25 credit to your account.
Don't laugh. They have already laid the groundwork for that with "The Chef's Table". For $75 you get a tour of the kitchen with the Executive Chef, a "special" dinner AND an autograghed cookbook.
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That's not a bad price, considering the cookbook alone was $35 when my hubby bought it for me years ago. I'm going to try to do the dinner this December. I don't know if I can afford both the tour and the dinner, dang! That's $350/I could lose in the casino.
Originally posted by penny3333: That's not a bad price, considering the cookbook alone was $35 when my hubby bought it for me years ago. I'm going to try to do the dinner this December. I don't know if I can afford both the tour and the dinner, dang! That's $350/I could lose in the casino.
I wonder if they give a cookbook for each person attending??? What could you possibly do with a second book? sell it on ebay?
The funnel and the bridge are the 2 areas I would really like to see, but for $150/pp I don't know that we'll do that. I've been on many ship tours before they locked them down. Went into the engine room, laundry rooms, behind the stage, etc., but never into the funnel. It does sound intriguing.
Originally posted by penny3333: The funnel and the bridge are the 2 areas I would really like to see, but for $150/pp I don't know that we'll do that. I've been on many ship tours before they locked them down. Went into the engine room, laundry rooms, behind the stage, etc., but never into the funnel. It does sound intriguing.
We did a behind the scenes tour on the Caribbean Princess last year & it was free. I suppose now they realized that people will actually pay to see such things. I'd have to think long & hard to part with $150 to tour places like the laundry.
