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Love my wrist band. Sometimes I have a problem getting the scanner to recognize the medallion when I'm leaving the ship. I hear the air tag bands work also. There is one you can get that attaches to your watch band. On my last cruise a lot of people were wearing the lanyards.

@smwg is correct. If you use a gift card keep that card or cards until after your cruise. I had 4 cruises booked for 2020 and was using gift cards to pay for those cruises in 2019. When those cruises got cancelled everything went back to the gift cards. If I had thrown those cards away in early 2019 I would have been out a lot of money. Also, the gift cards don't expire. I used some of those gift cards from 2019 to pay for a couple of cruises this year. @AZjohn I'm planning on using a gift card towards OBC once I get on the ship. I've heard that sometimes guest services have a problem getting the card attached to your account. Just an FYI for some that would like to do that.

Just a bit off topic. So, my daughter and her husband are going on a cruise and booked an evening at the Crown Grill. My son-in-law asked if they should leave a tip after dinner. I have no idea since I haven't dined in these venues. Opinions please.

I would think Uber would be fine as long as they can manage all of your luggage.

Makes perfect sense. Enjoy your cruise.

I'm just curious why you would want to wash the clothes from your land portion, unless you plan to wear some during your cruise. Every time we did Alaska we packed two bags. One for the land portion and the other for the cruise. Oh, and at least one carry-on. 🙂

@sadiwest For the most part I have had good luck with EZAir. I have had no problem booking a flight a day early and I wouldn't think two days early would be a problem. You have a pretty good selection of flights and times. They don't offer budget airlines. Also depending on the airline, you can't pick your seats until final payment. I don't remember which airlines. A few years ago, I used EZAir for flights to and from Fort Lauderdale. I noticed that our flights had gotten cheaper by about $200. I was able to rebook with no fees.

I was on the Crown in October and the washer and dryer were free. But you had to purchase detergent and dryer sheets. Most people pack laundry pods and dryer sheets. Also keep an eye on the time for the washer and dryer. You don't want someone to remove your clothes and leave them on top of the one shelf or the dryer still wet or not totally dry. Also, if you can try to clean the dryer filter. It helps. Enjoy your cruise. @Callista_R welcome to cruise critic.

I was on the Crown this past October and they added a European power outlet and a USB port in every cabin. They were installed in the desk. There was no prior notice before the cruise. I had a letter in my cabin giving me which day it was going to be installed. It might still happen for the Caribbean. @oceanlover1031 Welcome to cruise critic and have a great cruise. I will be on the Caribbean in two weeks. @philv Thanks for the report and great pictures. Looking forward to San Juan.

Thanks Ellen. The email I got back from Princess was pretty explicate on what we should do once on board. When I was on the Crown last October I asked a few questions about what to do. I appreciate your post. Marty

Welcome to cruise critic. Check out my post #16. Princess responded the same day with information about what to do once onboard.

@iankh Sorry to hear that Princess didn't respond. Just curious who you wrote to at Princess. The end of this month I will be cruising with my youngest daughter and her family. My three-year-old granddaughter has an egg allergy. I sent Princess an email, subject was food allergy and in the main part of the email was our sail date, ship, cabin number, passengers name and age and what the dietary request was. I had a response the same day. Here is the email address: dietaryrequest@princesscruises.com

The bottom line is you have to do the math and see if it's a right fit for you. You know your limits I don't. It might be a benefit it might not.

I was on the Crown last October and using the app to check your foli was convenient, but I was still able to print one out near customer service from the stand-alone printer. All I had to do was touch the medallion to it. I agree with @Rick&Jeannie that it is a different kind of accounting.

@dides Thank you for taking the time to write a review. Glad you were able to experience the Sun after the initial cancelation. Looking forward to my B2B in October out of Fort Lauderdale. I hope we see more information as the weeks move along.