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You may not find it so perfect when you try it. Just the regular Princess support that gets so many complaints.

Not really. I can get along with paying for slow Internet, but not ready to give up the savings I get on drinks.

We tried to have the internet charges removed on our recent B2B cruises on the Discovery Princess. The Internet Manager started to do it until he saw my Internet was part of the Plus Package. Sorry, can’t do it if internet is part of a package. They did refund internet charges on our TA and Western Europe cruises on the Enchanted Princess last year, but not the Iceland/Norway cruises last summer.

There never seems to be a shortage of people who are quick to state where and how people should dine.

In my experience with Princess Customer Service over the years I have found the best way to deal with it is to learn from what others have had to deal with and to be careful to not put myself into similar situations. One way is not to book specialty dinners prior to the cruise. We haven’t had an issue booking the time we want on board.

No, same class each time. They also offered TRX, Pure Barre, and Tour de Cycle, but I didn’t try them. They were probably more strenuous, but the gym is well stocked.

I have been on the Discovery Princess for 5 B2B cruises with the Plus package on each cruise. The yoga class on the first day of each cruise was well attended and then decreased in attendance. It was a 30 minute class that began with a few minutes of Child’s Pose and ended with a few minutes of Corpse Pose as do most yoga classes. It was a basic class and I think the most strenuous pose might have been Plank Pose for about 30 seconds. I doubt I burnt more than 150 calories, but then yoga isn’t about burning calories. Though I was eligible for two fitness classes on each cruise I only took three yoga classes, instead opting for my personal practice of yoga and the rowing machines.

Why does anybody have to cut your food? Can’t you just pick it up with your good hand? Also, do you have plans for your cabin steward?

We have been on the Discovery Princess for the past four weeks on 5 B2B cruises. Prior to the cruises we made Dine My Way reservations for a table for two at 5:00 PM. The first night we decided we liked our servers, so we reserved our table number for the rest of the cruise. Each night we maneuver through the crowd assembled outside the entrance and walk directly to our table. Sometimes the headwaiter will spot us and escort us to our table or the Hostess will ask us for our table number and tell us to go right in. Last night I realized that part the of the crowd was a line of people who had reservations. There are reasons the servers like us to pick a table number. The tables get filled sooner and they are more likely to get a tip. For us this has all the pros of traditional dining - Same servers and time each night - and none of the cons - being seated at a table for an entire cruise with people we are not compatible with. BTW, at 4:30 we have a glass of wine and a snack at the Elite/Platinum Lounge and then go to the MDR at 5:00. Vista Lounge is above Ketchikan MDR. Sometimes, we hear some negative comments as we cut through the crowd.

You must have really good ears. But, now it's time to move on to next complaint - Room service plates left on deck outside door.

I wouldn’t worry about it. Walking a lap around the promenade deck burned at most about 25 calories.

Nothing I guess. I was just making a comment. I'll try to be relevant in the future.

We have been on the Discovery Princess for the past four weeks. For the first two weeks I sat in the Buffet every morning watching people get their coffee out of a large coffee pot, because the coffee machine was out of order.

I wouldn’t have expected any less from someone of your character.

Currently on the Discovery also. Thanks for saving us the trouble.

Last Wednesday the MDR menu didn’t appeal and I have a bit of OBC, so I ordered the $19 lobster tail with red skinned mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. The next night MDR menu was Surf and Turf. I had two of the same lobster tails for free.

My guess would be yes.

We filed our Covid claims with AON and Princess last August. They were paid in January. Can’t speak for AON, but was told that Princess has an office of 14 handling over 60,000 claims. Makes sense to me that the process has been stretched to the limit. Even more if resources are devoted to answering questions that can’t be answered.

You should stay with Celebrity. Anyone who gets totally befuddled over something as mundane as deck names isn’t ready to move up to Princess. In other words, Who Cares?

In my recent experience it meant one or more people, including myself, were putting cabins on 24 hour holds. Princess has been offering a 1/2 price sale to those who are already on board through the Future Cruise Consultant. As I was about to sail, I was interested in continuing my cruise as a B2B by taking advantage of the sale. In the days before my cruise I would put the cabin I was interested in on a 24 hour hold in the morning. In the afternoon the cruise would show non-available and then available the next morning as the holds would drop off. Just one theory.

Recently watching the crew of the Discovery Princess testing the Marine Evacuation System

We are currently on a B2B2B2B2B on the Discovery. We have exchanged our minibar for a bottle of wine twice and 10 Do Equis and 6 waters once I think. At any rate, we have a lot of beer, wine, and water and two cruises to go.

Same here on the Discovery. Dress to Impress Night was impressive. All forms of dress from ball caps to tuxes. The photographers were busy and most seemed to be having a good time.

I agree. I was on this cruise - a five day r/t out of LA when kids were out of school- what would a person expect? I was also the 4 day 80s theme that preceded it and the 7 day cruise that followed it. All three had different vibes. All three were great cruises!

I am on the Discovery Princess and there are four FCCs. They even made an announcement about it last night at the Captain Circle party.