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We have stayed many times at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Park Lane (across from Hyde Park and within walking distance to Buckingham Palace, etc).  Also have stayed several times at County Hall a Marriott Hotel right at the base of Westminster Bridge and the London Eye.  Big Ben is a 5 minute walk.

Has anyone ever used Britway Airport Transfer Service?

JimmyVWine....I want to thank you for your review of this cruise.  We had to cancel the whole cruise due to catching COVID but now we are booked on the 25 day Sept. 29 BI and TA.  But I do feel like I lived this cruise vicariously through your writing.

On 10/9/2022 at 10:00 AM, Fish42 said:

I'm not exactly sure I understand your question.  Here is the club class lounge on the Royal Princess on Deck 14.  Ironically it is placed between the wedding chapel and the laundry.

 

That is the lounge for suites NOT for club class

17 hours ago, geoherb said:

I disembarked from the Caribbean Princess today. I filled out my survey tonight. One of the things I mentioned was the failure to provide promised things such as the upgraded bathroom amenities and canapés on formal nights. Elites finally received chocolates on the third formal night. The lotion in the pump bottle on the bathroom counter is not the same as the lotion that was in the tubes. Perhaps it's just on the CB that it's different. This one had a gardenia scent, even though the label mentioned eucalyptus and sea salt. The liquid soap and body wash also had the gardenia scent. Only the shampoo smelled right.

 

We did get a champagne waterfall on our third formal night. The cruise director mentioned it was the first one on that ship since the restart.

Don't crucify me for my next question.....but......are the formal nights really formal?

1 hour ago, sonomaphil said:

All my pillow chocolates get put in a big pile on the desk and stay there all cruise.

Mine too

17 hours ago, geoherb said:

I disembarked from the Caribbean Princess today. I filled out my survey tonight. One of the things I mentioned was the failure to provide promised things such as the upgraded bathroom amenities and canapés on formal nights. Elites finally received chocolates on the third formal night. The lotion in the pump bottle on the bathroom counter is not the same as the lotion that was in the tubes. Perhaps it's just on the CB that it's different. This one had a gardenia scent, even though the label mentioned eucalyptus and sea salt. The liquid soap and body wash also had the gardenia scent. Only the shampoo smelled right.

 

We did get a champagne waterfall on our third formal night. The cruise director mentioned it was the first one on that ship since the restart.

Good to know....although I always take my own, soap, shampoo and lotion due to sensitive skin issues.

Hubby doesn't care what he uses. although not sure he will want to smell like gardenias.

22 hours ago, suekel said:

They haven't done much of this since the end of the pause.  The lotion in the big bottle in your bathroom was the same lotion that used to come in the elite bag.  The wifi is mostly because of the location, it was fine on my caribbean, mexico and California Coastal( 2 of which were on the Discovery) prior to Alaska.  Most of us are just happy to be cruising again.  That all being said, I thought the food on the Ruby last week was much better than on the Discovery last spring.  

Good to know.  Will be on the Ruby in Oct.

1 hour ago, LACruiser88 said:

That is how it is coming up for me also...

Yes.  I believe you are reading that right.  That's what mine said also.

Our 22 night TA & British Isles is up $458pp.  Think I'll leave it there.  Took me too long to get the cabin I wanted on the back of the ship.

On 8/6/2022 at 10:34 AM, Cruise2End said:

Steelers36 - I think you are probably right, so are right so although I scheduled 6:20 to share, I plan to ask the Maitre’D when I board if it’s acceptable to come later and ask to share.   I may schedule the Wine Dinner or the Chef’s Table so there wouldn’t be that many days involved and I can go with the flow.

Can you book either of these in advance of cruise or do you have to wait till you are onboard?

i thought the port in Lahaina was closed for repairs.

On 7/6/2022 at 10:15 PM, CalLuvsCrusingToo said:

1888 772 6697

Is the casino # I usually use.

Can also try

casinoinquiry@princesscruises.com

 

IF your casino offer includes Princess Plus?  Those should be listed seperately on

the Special Services list on your Travel Summary pages.  Print & bring with you as Proof.

 

Your Freeplay should be listed there as well, along with the $200 pp deposits you

paid that get reimbursed as credit to use onboard.

 

Most of my SS list is about 10-14 items long for the both of us.

 

(So on an earlier posting I knew something was wrong when my SS list included

only 3 items.  So definately called to get it fixed & items listed correctly.)

 

 

 

 

thank you for your help.

On 6/26/2022 at 8:38 PM, CalLuvsCrusingToo said:

 

It should be Listed on your Special Services page in your Travel Summary.

PRINT it and bring with you!  You Will Want Proof in case Casino Cage

doesn't have you listed on their Freeplay amount List. (its happened to me twice)

 

Read your Special Services list Closely as the Freeplay amount is listed with all your other perks, like deposit paid as OBC etc.

 

IF Freeplay is Not listed?

Then Call to have it Listed before you travel.  Make sure you have your Offer in front

of you when you call.  You will have to tell them your offer code Again.

 

My current issue is my Freeplay and $200 pp IS listed on the Special Services page.....

But NONE of my other perks from Princess Plus are listed. (and they are suppose to be there)

Much easier to correct these things Before you get onboard.

So I will be calling Princess casino (AGAIN) to get this corrected before our

cruise next weekend.

 

 

 

Is there a special number for the Princess casino?  Do they ever show more than 4 items under special service page?

On 6/7/2022 at 5:19 PM, cruzin4us said:

 

That is correct.

 

I was just saying somewhere up the thread that I got a bunch of casino offers so I booked 3 cruises B2B as a solo so I could become an Elite before our 30 day cruise.

 

I usually end up with some choc covered strawberries and a few bottles of wine that I give to our room steward.    I've always gotten casino offers, but they seem to have been coming hot and heavy since the restart.   Usually I get a balcony & $500 in freeplay.   Recently it's been a balcony & $1,000 in FP along with Princess Plus.     I'm also getting better cruises (Iceland/Greenland, British Isles, Hawaii) where as usually it's the Caribbean, Alaska or Mexico.

 

Can you see the free play amount on line?  I have one booked but the free play amount does not show up in my on board credit section or anywhere else for that matter.

On 2/6/2022 at 12:21 PM, vjmatty said:

Thanks! I wasn’t sure if they’d accept that without the account number showing the pages are from the same account. 

They did question mine one time when I blacked out the whole account number.  I had to resend with only the last four digits of the account number.  I send in from TD Ameritrade page one and two.  One has our name and account number and two has the account number and stock name and quantity.

On 11/18/2021 at 11:17 PM, Lucky TGO said:

I agree with you about cigar smoke the smell never bother me. But I can’t stand the smell of cigarette smoke. Go figure 😳. Outdoor cigar smoking is ok with me.

Tony

I can't stand the smell of either.  I used to like pipe smoke if it was a good tobacco.  Cigar smoke literally makes me nauseous and cigarette smoke gives me migraines.  I however do believe smokers have rights, but not the right to infringe on my health.  We are Elite with both Princess and Celebrity but I must admit, I love those non smoking casinos on Celebrity.  Doesn't look they lost any revenue by doing it since their cruises are usually sold out.

27 minutes ago, sandancer said:

Thank you Lady Arwen. I know I should wait for confirmation but I’ve got a hold on something else so I’m impatient. Time difference doesn’t help. Also we only communicate by email. I was pretty sure the Princess experts on here could help and I was right. We would happily move the deposit to another cruise if necessary. 

If your deposit was refundable you should get it back.  I never book a nonrefundable deposit even though the fare is a little cheaper.

Thank you.  I guess we were on the Royal when we had the lounge.

Does anyone know if the Emerald Princess still has the Suite lounge?

10 hours ago, caribill said:

 

The CCL Corp SHB is designed to be an enticement to book on Princess and other CCL Corp brands.

 

Removing this benefit would result in less bookings and would thus be "penny wise and pound foolish."

Too bad RCL and Celebrity don't feel that way.  Because if you get a discount on your cruise or other OBC then you don't get SHB.  RCL also did away with the dividends.

I'm just very grateful that Princess is still giving the SHB.  Given how poorly their stock has done.  They did take away the dividends, understandably, but so did RCL.  Thank you Princess for keeping the SHB & Military.

Great News! 

56 minutes ago, dog said:

Date Must be an error. 
Has anyone else on Sky received cancellation news rices?

Oops.  Sorry, it was our April cruise on the Sky.  The November cruise that was canceled is on the Crown,  So sorry for the confusion.

35 minutes ago, dulcet said:

You are saying nov 23rd cancelled by Princess we are on 15th November sailing and have to pay balance by 19 July... 

Yes.