A question ref the latest refit

Island Princess Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Island Princess

12 Night Grand Mediterranean (Venice To Barcelona)

Sail date: May 22, 2015

Ship: Island Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

Hi we are on the island princess from venice on the 9th july 2015 and i noticed that the island princess is having a fair large refit.

Does anyone know what that is covering as some of the reports on the ship are very negative at the moment about what a sorry state the ship is in

 

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6 Comments

carmell    9 years ago

Grandpaeliot, I was just at an Expedia Princess Cruise event this past week and they had a rep there from Princess who said that they have upgraded the WiFi.  Large antennas have been installed on all of their ships and they are now taking the signal from land rather satellite and it's supposed to be much faster.  Princess also has a new app that you can use onboard too. Open the new app on your phone and connect to their WiFi (at no charge) and you can access the daily princess patter and you can text message to friends and family members onboard the ship.  I've already downloaded it and can't wait to try it!  It's called Princess@sea Messenger

magie    9 years ago

Anyone knows a tour agency outside the cruise, besides Bitacora and Ancora?

Grandpaeliot    9 years ago

Anyone know if wifi has been updated?

gavjenkins    9 years ago

From the Fincanteiri site, italian translations confirm International Cafe will be added, Horizon Court restructured, Universe Lounge remodeled, Casino remodeled, and up to 200 cabins added (likely some in the place of the Universe Lounge) & ordinary maintenance will be performed, including the cleaning and painting of the hull and the replacement of worn out carpets and upholstery.

Daniel159    9 years ago

Mostly the work consisted of the elimination of public spaces so that more cabins can be installed.

gavjenkins    9 years ago

I believe that the island left dry dock about 10 days ago after a 45 day refit in Italy

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