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15 minutes ago, Wishing on a star said:

Yes, Getaway, as mentioned,  Princess announced the NEW Premier some time ago.

People have had mixed results trying to upgrade from Premier the NEW Premier,  You might find that you can not do this until you board.  (are you sailing soon?)

 

Because of demand for the Specialty Restaurants, The NEW Premier could be capacity controlled.  So, if you want to upgrade you might want to see if there is any way you, or your TA, or Princess Planner, can get this done now.

Yes we sail in 20 days.  They are offering the Premier but only at the $80.  We are in a full suite and like the reserve dining.  How many steaks can one eat on a 21 day cruise?

Just now, 555 said:

Do have to do anything special or just open the cabin door?

In past cruise we've just ignored the message when entering.

just open the door during casino hours

On 7/20/2024 at 6:16 PM, AnyMajorCruiseDude said:

Don’t forget the prizes.  We have won 5k cash, a free cruise, free chefs table, free flowers, 25 and 250 obc.  

We won $250 obc, flowers and a full day at the sanctuary

On 9/14/2024 at 12:02 PM, newcruiserny said:

I understand unlimited but if i can only eat dinner that would be 7 for a 7 day cruise 

Since when is the Premier Package unlimited specialty dining?  My think says 2 per cruise with unlimited casual dining.

I just went in under Firefox and had no problems.  All my bookings are there.

3 hours ago, voljeep said:

$20 pp pd to upgrade - what will you be using that for each day?  upgraded drinks from $15-20?  what else?  Prizes?, Photos ?

My husband like the very good scotch at $20.  And we like Alfredo’s 

3 hours ago, chrysalis said:

if you book them as separate cruises....

Yes, they are booked as a b2b seperately

30 minutes ago, skynight said:

If they are separate booking numbers. Or, on boarding day of the 2nd cruise approach one of the crew selling these packages and ask if you are able upgrade your plus package. You will have experience to determine if premier will be required for your cruise style. 

The 2nd leg is a 21 day TA all the way from Southampton to Galveston so lots of sea days

Can I book the plus package for the 1st leg of our cruise and the premier package for the 2nd leg of a b2b?

On 6/9/2024 at 1:49 PM, techfashion said:

Thanks for sending. Our flight is at 12:20 pm United out of Heathrow. It is about an hour to Heathrow I think from the cruise terminal. It does look like independent guests have more options of times so maybe we will do that.

You can carry your luggage off with you but if you take Princess transfers they will wait until the bus fills up.  We took their transfers in May to Heathrow.  Took a little over 2 hrs once we were fully loaded but there was a bit of construction.

The email I received said dining reservations would open July 1st.

On 1/2/2024 at 9:16 PM, tjcletzgo said:

Someone posted a set lunch menu that doesn’t change. It looks great with a lot of great choices. My favorite menu on Princess is the embarkation lunch, shrimp and avacado, lemon butter dill salmon and orange soufflé. Will they still serve that on embarkation???

We were on the Caribbean Princess in May in a full suite.  Got very, very tired of the lunch menu.  The hamburgers were way better up by the pool.  Everything else was just ok, but after 27 days and a lot of sea days it was boring to say the least.

On 1/25/2024 at 8:08 PM, Sox Fan Cruiser said:

Make them make sure the suite concierge actually does something and you’ll be fine. It totally depends on your suite concierge. 

Do all ships have a suite concierge if they don't have a suite lounge?

On the Regal Sept. 2023 I won $25 but my husband one a free day in the Sanctuary for two.

3 minutes ago, phoebe2m said:

My OBC is still not on my account. It's been 7 business days since I sent the email to hellostockperks. The email said it would be 5 business days. I'm not worried because there is still time until my cruise but I'm wondering if they are getting slammed or my request fell through the crack. 

Or depending where they are located they got slammed with snow.  Give it a few more days.

35 minutes ago, nho9504 said:

 

Yes.  But if you have read my posts in this thread before, I MISSED this method.  Submitted thru the App an hour before reading the email method. 

 

That reinforces the notion that the App is no more than just a Sham.  Everything is still done manually just like in the past.  Princess always reinvents something stupid to break what worked well in the past.  Just look at the Medallion (the button itself) and the App.  After years struggling with the Medallion App, they now replaced it with just Princess, even ditching the silly name that keeps confusing people - the App and the button, both have totally different functions.

 

After having 250 days on Princess, I honestly wish Royal has their new ships to Europe but alas, except Odyssey, all other ships are junks.  We normally just use the cruise as a very comfortable yet very reasonably priced way to go between both Continents.  None of the ports on TATL matters as we have been at them many many times.  The ships are what matter to us.  Royal has better ships, better App, far superior internet onboard.  Except! They dont do TATL. 

At least Princess still allows stockholder credit.  More than I can say about Royal.  Diamond Plus on Royal and Elite on Princess.  Royal just keeps taking more and more perks away.  But with that said…..Princess needs to leave well enough alone.  If it ain’t broke don’t fix it…..imo

10 minutes ago, nho9504 said:

 

Do you mind to elaborate in more details on exactly how you received the 4 emails, and what did they ask for? 

 

Were those emails from after you did it thru the App or after you also sent request to hello@stockperks.com?

 

Did you sent email request AFTER submitting request thru the App?

 

What did they want from you, despite (I assume) you gave them the stock ownership proof?

 

So far I only received 2 emails -

1st one acknowledged receiving manual submission of stock ownership proof thru the App using Alinea, informing it would take 2 business days to get a eligibility decision.

2nd one came exactly after 2 business days, informing the request was eligible and has been submitted to Princess.  It would take 5 business days to reach 1) OBC posted,  2) Need to ask you more information.

 

I assume you fell into the 2) before they posted the OBC ?

 

Thanks a lot for your patience and further information. 

 

 

 

Why not use the email which is so, so simple

10 minutes ago, galelynn said:

If using hello@stockperks.com do you have to wait till it is 6 months before your cruise or can it be submitted before that?

Not sure.....I did mine in Dec and cruise in May

Just now, nho9504 said:

 

That is Great for you!

 

I seriously contemplate to resubmit the request thru the email channel as well. 

I would give it the 5 days first.  You don't want to confuse them.

6 minutes ago, TRLD said:

Once have gotten your perk eligibility email indicating that your proof of ownership was accepted. The next email you will receive. You then must go back into the app. Click redeem perk and enter the specific cruise information.

When doing through email, I also received an acknowledgement immediately then within hours received that it was approved.  Went to Princess and it was there.....easy peasy

25 minutes ago, nho9504 said:

I wish I have read your post a bit earlier.  I downloaded the app to iPad, and chose Alinea.  It went to single file submission mode and I uploaded the PDF file.  

There is NO screen to input the sailing information though I put it on the PDF just like what I used to do when using the fax or email method directly to Princess.

 

Now I realize that the sailing input screen would not show up until your submission is approved.  

 

Did get an acknowledgement on receipt of submission pending review.

 

Wish I have read the thread this morning before going thru the App.  It seems the email method works a lot faster and a lot less hassle!

 

 

Several of us had posted about using hello@stockperks.  Had my confirmation in less than 24 hrs and checked my account on Princess.com and sure enough it was there.

On the Regal the Premier desserts are in the Gelato station.  It just becomes "premier" because of all the junk they put on it......IMO

Does anyone know how much internet is if you don't have plus?  We are Elite.

2 minutes ago, kstaffen said:

Wow. I've never had to wait that long for a drink! Though, we hang at Wheelhouse each evening, and they just magically get refilled. I haven't been on the Regal since 2019, but I've done 17 between  on Ruby and Emerald since the restart, and I have only seen a couple of times where there was any wait for drinks. Often they bring in back-up at super busy times. We saw 5 bartenders in the Mix bar on deck 15 once! And at Wheelhouse (it's near the theater on those ships), they always make sure there is at least one other bartender during pre & post shows. That's too bad that Regal didn't bring in back-up for times it was needed. 

Maybe that was our problem....we were in Crooners.  They usually had maybe 4 servers that also had to handle the sushi area and one server always left for his/her dinner break around 5:30ish.  Right in the height of people trying to get a drink before dinner.  The only time we had no problem was sitting at the bar outside of Crown Grill waiting for our table to be ready.  We will be back on the Regal in Sept.  Will try the wheelhouse.

If we have the beverage package we always ask our room steward what he/she likes, then swap all the soda and liquor out for them.