Has Princess discontinued the blue tote bags?

On another forum, someone mentioned that Princess stopped giving out the blue tote bags to each cabin a couple of weeks ago. This was a passenger who was just on the Regal. Does anyone currently cruising or just off a cruise know if this is true?

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On another forum, someone mentioned that Princess stopped giving out the blue tote bags to each cabin a couple of weeks ago. This was a passenger who was just on the Regal. Does anyone currently cruising or just off a cruise know if this is true?

 

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We did not get one on the Royal in January. We did get one on the Regal in November. I don't know if this is fleetwide, but we didn't miss it as we always take our own zippered beach bag.

We did not get one on the Royal in January. We did get one on the Regal in November. I don't know if this is fleetwide, but we didn't miss it as we always take our own zippered beach bag.

To be honest I rather they discontinue the blue bags and spend it in the dining room. I don't know why we should expect princess to supply us with a bag, I bet that they come out the marketing budget

We are on the Regal this week and did not get one (we are in a CC cabin if that makes any difference). My wife bought a 50 year anniversary bag with us.

The Royal had them in Nov. I think they just occasionally run out.

The Crown had them on our December cruises.

Got two in December.

We are on the Caribbean Princess and got the blue bag at beginning of this cruise. The cruise prior to this one did not have the blue bags - they were out of them. Received one on the Regal last December

We will know for sure, I suspect, if there are no bags on the Majestic Princess.

On another forum, someone mentioned that Princess stopped giving out the blue tote bags to each cabin a couple of weeks ago. This was a passenger who was just on the Regal. Does anyone currently cruising or just off a cruise know if this is true?

 

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Just off the Ruby today and blue tote bag given to passengers.

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We got the bags on the Regal in November and the Caribbean in December.

Deciding that Princess has discontinued the bags because they weren't available on one cruise is like deciding they no longer have large togo type coffee cups at IC because they ran out on one of our cruises.

Our last cruise wasn't real recent - June 2016. We not only got bags but every steward's cart I saw in the passageway had stacks of the things. Many people don't want them and don't care about getting them but, here in wacko California, grocery bags have been banned so we use the blue Princess bags when we buy groceries.

None on the Grand last week. We already have so many at home that we give the things away or leave them in the cabin, so in our case it could have been viewed as a waste of resources, I guess. But it's lucky I'd read about this previously and brought my own non-Princess bag along to carry our stuff onshore for a snorkeling excursion.

I'm thinking they now sell nicer versions of those totes at one of the onboard shops or will shortly? (Though in fairness, we never asked the steward for one.) Not to whine, at least not much, but it just seems like another petty cutback. We used to win lanyards at trivia, but now they don't give them away. However, for just a few bucks Princess will be glad to sell you one. No useful Princess pens, either. (They do still give away carabiners, though, because no one, no one, would ever buy one.) No hors d'oeuvres at the Captain's Circle party. Nice crackers at the Platinum lounge replaced with plastic wrapped Keebler dreck. Little stuff.

It was a great cruise. But when what had been nice little grace notes are done away with or become monetized, it seems unnecessarily tacky.

None on the Grand last week. We already have so many at home that we give the things away or leave them in the cabin, so in our case it could have been viewed as a waste of resources, I guess. But it's lucky I'd read about this previously and brought my own non-Princess bag along to carry our stuff onshore for a snorkeling excursion.

 

I'm thinking they now sell nicer versions of those totes at one of the onboard shops or will shortly? (Though in fairness, we never asked the steward for one.) Not to whine, at least not much, but it just seems like another petty cutback. We used to win lanyards at trivia, but now they don't give them away. However, for just a few bucks Princess will be glad to sell you one. No useful Princess pens, either. (They do still give away carabiners, though, because no one, no one, would ever buy one.) No hors d'oeuvres at the Captain's Circle party. Nice crackers at the Platinum lounge replaced with plastic wrapped Keebler dreck. Little stuff.

 

It was a great cruise. But when what had been nice little grace notes are done away with or become monetized, it seems unnecessarily tacky.

They've got bags & hors d'oeuvres, but only on the better ships. :D

i came off the Dawn Princess in Sydney last week and they still had them

We were on The Island last month and got the blue bag.

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21 days on the Regal Princess xmas and New Years cruise. No bags. I did ask the cabin attendant because I like to give my granddaughter's souvenir in the bag. He said they did not have any.

We were on the Caribbean Princess in December 2016 and in January 2017. We got the bag on both of the cruises. We like them and hope they continue to provide the bag.

We got them on Regal in December

Got one on the Star in January. I use them for groceries at home. ;)

Just off the Royal on Jan. 29th. No bags were given. We had brought our own bags for the beach so we were fine. I wonder what would happen if we all started bringing RCL, HAL, and Disney Cruise Line bags on board. We toyed with the idea of bringing our Disney Cruise Line lanyards, but thought that was rather rude so we brought generic ones.

I got one on my January cruise on the Ruby. I love those totes. I use them on the ship to tote around any misc things like an extra sweater and book and then use them at home for shopping.

We were on the Regal last fall and rcvd one in our cabin on arrival. We took the UST and rcvd 2 more bags with the robes and stuff inside them. We have enough bags now that I don't care to have anymore.

Recently off Caribbean Princess from a B2B2B. We had a Blue Bag in our cabin on the 2nd sailing. Someone on another sailing said they had ask about them and were told they had run out.