mrrom92

I am not 100% but I suspect, and would not be surprised, that the files they offer for phone downloading are not the same as what they would give you on a USB stick. They probably shrink them considerably for easy distribution over the ship’s network. I can only hope that’s the case, anyway. They clearly do have the full resolution files available for them to make prints of.

Very good question. I say, don’t ask for permission ask for forgiveness

That effect is absolutely nauseating whenever I have the misfortune of seeing it enabled on a television in a public place. If Princess wants to maintain the image of a higher-end cruise line, they certainly shouldn’t be enabling a television feature which only serves to signal that someone has a complete lack of taste or culture. Absolute Philistines.

Not to my knowledge. It’s a Panama Canal crossing, LA to Miami

It is a little strange that you pay more and get less. On a 15 night we only got 2. I think it should be equivalent with the number of formal nights. If a 15 day is long enough for 3 formal nights then it should be long enough for 3 specialty dining reservations as well.

Aside from horribly long loading times, the app also attempted to charge us for dining reservations at Sabatini’s whereas previously it would show it correctly as being free. We are supposed to get 2 specialty dining reservations each with the Princess Premier package.

I am not an IT professional, but Princess presumably employs one. There should be a way to aggregate satellite connections or some other solution to better serve their passengers. Trying to excuse 1mbps in 2024 is kinda crazy to me, that speed simply isn’t up to meet the demands of the modern internet. I have 1gbps fiber at home. Certainly there has to be some sort of middle ground.

I checked this today and it is as you’ve described. Just that one page is a great example of their unclear/mixed messaging.

Different people may identify with the 80’s in very different ways. For some, their memory of the 80’s might be hearing Madonna songs in a nightclub. For others it might be Saturday morning cartoons and Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo. For the average Princess Cruise passenger, their memory of the 80’s may be of the time when they finally became eligible to collect social security

For whatever it’s worth, Carnival used to have matches available at pretty much any of the bars, all you had to do was ask - not sure if this is the case now, but in fairly recent history it was never a problem.

Where exactly is this info found? In the deck plan? the deck plan for the Emerald on Princess.com still clearly shows “Speakeasy Cigar Lounge” on deck 6 Elsewhere on cruise critic, people say the cigar lounge on Emerald has been replaced. the mixed messaging and lack of clarity around what is being offered on this ship SUCKS

Yikes, that is supremely disappointing. Oh well. I don’t want to be inconsiderate to others but I genuinely don’t know where would be the most appropriate place to smoke cigars on the ship, and the whole cigar lounge “vibe” is really part of the whole thing anyway. I practically only ever smoke on vacations. I would’ve liked a nice place to unwind, and maybe make my way through the cognac menu. Princess doesn’t seem to be much of a party ship like I’m accustomed to, and now I don’t have the solitude I was hoping for in lieu of that either. Talk about a bummer!

Thanks, so they should still be available in the cigar lounge if the cigar lounge still actually exists on that particular ship? Is there still a lounge on the Emerald?

Perhaps a stupid question, but do they provide a lighter in the cigar lounge of any sort? Or at least matchbooks you can pick up there, or at the various bars?

Great idea. I will start working through that 15 drink limit the minute I walk onto the ship