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Russell21

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  1. If the previous cruise was to NZ and the cruise you are boarding is going to NZ again, you may receive a notice that boarding will start at 3.00PM. This is because of the number of people who boarded at Auckland and are entering .Australia and needing border clearance.. This happened to us a few weeks ago but we actually boarded just before 2.00PM.
  2. I did the same thing and it worked, when I went back to the app I was able to give my wife permission to bill my debit card. Both are now Blue lane except that I have to renew our passports later in the year, fingers crossed.
  3. One would tend to think that a company as Large as the Carnival Corp would be able to either themselves develop or hire a developer to construct a WORKING APP. I updated to the new app and it worked fine for our last cruise, however having recently booked a new cruise I am having problems. It clearly shows my current debit card but will not accept it to finalise that point. It also won't download the Cruise Contract so I can lie and say I've taken the trouble to read it for the 10th time. I mean really FFS what is going on?😡
  4. BACON, a problem not isolated to just the Royal, but to Princess in general. Usually Princess has English Bacon and US Bacon in their Horizon Court but on our very recent trip to NZ on the Royal it was only US style bacon available. Now this would be no problem if it was cooked either soft, or crispy like US strip bacon is supposed to be. However they have managed to come up with a new style that my wife has named "Neglected Baseball Glove". Best described as tough leather in the softer parts with hard as a boot sole in the tougher parts with an occasional rare sign of crispness now and then that borders on tooth breaker. Come on Princess, you can do better than that. Apart from that problem all else was fine, service was great as usual, dining room food was slightly below pre coved days but still very good. Some of the pre covid Platinum benefits that were free are now either charged for or non existent. All in all a good trip.
  5. That is just being a miserable tight bas...d.
  6. I just asked for opinions on a possible situation. The responses were quite an introduction to the variety of personalities on the forum. 😉
  7. True, but Royal Princess carries 3560 passengers, and with boarding starting at 3.00PM, and the notification states that everyone has to be onboard by 5.30PM, it seems like to me a great recipe for a crowd.
  8. They can choose either departure time, but it must not be during peak hours due to the increase in ferry traffic.
  9. Am I being cynical by thinking that the recent 2.00PM and 3PM boarding times on Princess, which are claimed to be for Immigration reasons, are nothing but a penny pinching exercise along the lines of the other things that are now being charged for. Just think of all the food not required for Lunch on the first day! 🤔
  10. Anyone else get an email regarding the change in departure time, and boarding time changed to start at 3PM?
  11. I faintly remember old Navy ships were moored in Athol Bay when I was a Kid, (many many years ago 🙂 )
  12. Very sound advice from OzKiwiJJ, a veteran of many many cruises.
  13. Once I realised that it would only let me log in with my next booking number everything went smoothly. All the details for my wife and I were transferred, including all dining bookings.
  14. We are cruising on the 5th February, I wonder how we will be?
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