Princess Cruises has released the following update regarding Regal Princess:
Following further assessment of the damage to Regal Princess after it touched bottom on February 18 upon departure from Huatulco, Mexico, we deeply regret that it is now necessary to cancel the March 1 South America voyage departing from San Juan.The time required to make the necessary repairs is, unfortunately, longer than we had originally hoped.
As a result of this cancellation, we will give passengers a full refund, including air fare. We will further provide passengers with a future cruise credit equal to 25% of the cruise fare paid for this voyage.
The ship will proceed tomorrow to a dry dock where repairs will be undertaken. The next sailing, a 12-day South America voyage between Lima, Peru and San Juan, will operate as scheduled on March 13.
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March 2nd, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I was one of the passengers aboard the Regal Princess when it didn’t sail. I felt that we were treated very fairly…The logistics of getting 1500 plus people off the ship and arranging our flights home must have been horrific. As thngs turned out, we had a nice three day vacation . It was much like being at a luxury resort. We Even get the whole adventure free. I would recommend Princess Lines to anyone who was interested in a cruise.
March 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
It’s always nice to see a line stepping up to accomodate their passengers when something unexpected like this happens.
Most lines are very fair when things like this happen, some however are better than others…